diff --git a/africa/ag.json b/africa/ag.json index 86883143..728c1783 100644 --- a/africa/ag.json +++ b/africa/ag.json @@ -120,7 +120,12 @@ "note": "note: although almost all Algerians are Berber in origin (not Arab), only a minority identify themselves as primarily Berber, about 15% of the total population; these people live mostly in the mountainous region of Kabylie east of Algiers and several other communities; the Berbers are also Muslim but identify with their Berber rather than Arab cultural heritage; Berbers have long agitated, sometimes violently, for autonomy; the government is unlikely to grant autonomy but has officially recognized Berber languages and introduced them into public schools" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Arabic (official), French (lingua franca), Berber or Tamazight (official); dialects include Kabyle Berber (Taqbaylit), Shawiya Berber (Tacawit), Mzab Berber, Tuareg Berber (Tamahaq)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Arabic (official), French (lingua franca), Berber or Tamazight (official); dialects include Kabyle Berber (Taqbaylit), Shawiya Berber (Tacawit), Mzab Berber, Tuareg Berber (Tamahaq)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim (official; predominantly Sunni) 99%, other (includes Christian and Jewish) <1% (2012 est.)" @@ -219,7 +224,7 @@ "text": "1.03 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "112 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -536,13 +541,13 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Council of the Nation (upper house with 144 seats; one-third of members appointed by the president, two-thirds indirectly elected by simple majority vote by an electoral college composed of local council members; members serve 6-year terms with one-half of the membership renewed every 3 years)
National People's Assembly (lower house with 462 seats including 8 seats for Algerians living abroad); members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)" + "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Council of the Nation (upper house with 144 seats; one-third of members appointed by the president, two-thirds indirectly elected by simple majority vote by an electoral college composed of local council members; members serve 6-year terms with one-half of the membership renewed every 3 years)
National People's Assembly (lower house with 407 seats including 8 seats for Algerian diaspora); members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by open-list proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms); note - in March 2021 President TEBBOUNE ordered the number of Assembly seats be reduced to 407 from 462" }, "elections": { - "text": "
Council of the Nation - last held on 29 December 2018 (next to be held in December 2021)
National People's Assembly - last held on 4 May 2017 (next to be held in 2022)" + "text": "
Council of the Nation - last held on 29 December 2018 (next to be held in December 2021)
National People's Assembly - snap election held on 12 June 2021 (next to be held NA)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
Council of the Nation - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 137, women 7, percent of women 5% 
National People's Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - FLN 164, RND 97, MSP-FC 33, TAJ 19, Ennahda-FJD 15, FFS 14, El Mostakbel 14, MPA 13, PT 11, RCD 9, ANR 8, MEN 4, other 33, independent 28; composition - men 343, women 119, percent of women 25.8%; note - total Parliament percent of women 20.8%" + "text": "
Council of the Nation - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 137, women 7, percent of women 5%,
National People's Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - FLN 98, MSP 65, RND 58, EL Mostakbel 48, Movement of National Construction 39, other 15, independent 84; composition - men 373, women 34, percent of women 8.4%; note - total Parliament percent of women 7.4%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -582,7 +587,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador John P. DESROCHER (since 5 September 2017)" + "text": "ambassador (vacant); Chargé d’Affaires Gautam RANA (since 20 January 2021)" }, "telephone": { "text": "[213] (0) 770-08-2000" @@ -950,23 +955,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,558,502" + "text": "4,635,217" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "10.77 (2019 est.)" + "text": "10.96 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "46,287,629" + "text": "47,081,131" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "109.36 (2019 est.)" + "text": "111.29 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "improved international connectivity and privatization of Algeria's telecommunications sector began in 2000; three mobile-cellular licenses have been issued; LTE service growth in additional provinces and rural areas; upgrade to LTE infrastructure and migration to 5G; LTE subscriber rate up 82% in 2018; Chinese company Huawei opens smart phone assembly plant in Algeria; the end of monopolies have made broadband services more affordable; Algeria and Tunisia end roaming charges for travelers (2020)" + "text": "

Algeria has a steadily developing telecom infrastructure through sound regulatory measures and government policies aimed at providing Internet connections across the country, including underserved areas; mobile penetration and LTE services are growing steadily; in common with other markets in the region, mobile connections account for the vast majority of Internet accesses; well served by satellite and submarine cable connections; importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "a limited network of fixed-lines with a teledensity of less than 11 telephones per 100 persons has been offset by the rapid increase in mobile-cellular subscribership; mobile-cellular teledensity was roughly 109 telephones per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -974,7 +979,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 213; ALPAL-2 is a submarine telecommunications cable system in the Mediterranean Sea linking Algeria and the Spanish Balearic island of Majorca; ORVAL is a submarine cable to Spain; landing points for the TE North/TGN-Eurasia/SEACOM/SeaMeWe-4 fiber-optic submarine cable system that provides links to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; MED cable connecting Algeria with France; microwave radio relay to Italy, France, Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia; Algeria part of the 4,500 Km terrestrial Trans Sahara Backbone network which connects to other fiber networks in the region; Alcomstat-1 satellite offering  telemedicine network (2020)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-run Radio-Television Algerienne operates the broadcast media and carries programming in Arabic, Berber dialects, and French; use of satellite dishes is widespread, providing easy access to European and Arab satellite stations; state-run radio operates several national networks and roughly 40 regional radio stations" @@ -992,10 +997,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "3,067,022" + "text": "3,582,739" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "7 (2018 est.)" + "text": "8.47 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1137,7 +1142,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM); Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) – Algeria; al-Mulathamun Battalion (al-Mourabitoun) (2020)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix T", + "text": "al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM); Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) – Algeria; al-Mulathamun Battalion (al-Mourabitoun)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix T" } }, @@ -1147,7 +1152,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "more than 100,000 (Western Saharan Sahrawi, mostly living in Algerian-sponsored camps in the southwestern Algerian town of Tindouf) (2018); 7,757 (Syria) (2019)" + "text": "more than 100,000 (Sahrawi, mostly living in Algerian-sponsored camps in the southwestern Algerian town of Tindouf) (2018); 7,757 (Syria) (2019)" } }, "Trafficking in persons": { diff --git a/africa/ao.json b/africa/ao.json index cc8d7d7a..f1e9f7de 100644 --- a/africa/ao.json +++ b/africa/ao.json @@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ }, "People and Society": { "Population": { - "text": "33,642,646 (July 2021 est.)

note: Angola's national statistical agency projects the country's 2017 population to be 28.4 million", - "note": "note: Angola's national statistical agency projects the country's 2017 population to be 28.4 million" + "text": "33,642,646 (July 2021 est.)

note: Angola's national statistical agency projected the country's 2017 population to be 28.4 million", + "note": "note: Angola's national statistical agency projected the country's 2017 population to be 28.4 million" }, "Nationality": { "noun": { @@ -117,8 +117,7 @@ "text": "Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, mestico (mixed European and native African) 2%, European 1%, other 22%" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Portuguese 71.2% (official), Umbundu 23%, Kikongo 8.2%, Kimbundu 7.8%, Chokwe 6.5%, Nhaneca 3.4%, Nganguela 3.1%, Fiote 2.4%, Kwanhama 2.3%, Muhumbi 2.1%, Luvale 1%, other 3.6% (2014 est.)

note: data represent most widely spoken languages; shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census", - "note": "note: data represent most widely spoken languages; shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census" + "text": "Portuguese 71.2% (official), Umbundu 23%, Kikongo 8.2%, Kimbundu 7.8%, Chokwe 6.5%, Nhaneca 3.4%, Nganguela 3.1%, Fiote 2.4%, Kwanhama 2.3%, Muhumbi 2.1%, Luvale 1%, other 3.6%; note - data represent most widely spoken languages; shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2014 est.)" }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 41.1%, Protestant 38.1%, other 8.6%, none 12.3% (2014 est.)" @@ -221,7 +220,7 @@ "text": "19.4 years (2015/16 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "241 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -986,7 +985,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "122,566" + "text": "124,726" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" @@ -994,15 +993,15 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "14,645,106" + "text": "14,830,154" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "46.6 (2019 est.)" + "text": "47.19 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "progress in opening up the telecom sector to new competitors, while still retaining a 45% govt. portion of the share; slow progress in LTE network development, with only about 12% of the country covered by network infrastructure; regulator offers 4th service license to be issued for competition, cracks down on informal SIM card sales, and auctions 800MHz spectrum; M-commerce services launch pending (2020)" + "text": "

Angola’s telecom sector shows consistent recovery following political stability, encouraging foreign investment; while the government opened the telecom sector to new competitors, there has been slow progress in LTE network development; only a small proportion of the country is covered by the 3G network infrastructure; Internet and mobile phone penetration remains low, hindered by high costs and poor infrastructure that limits access, especially in rural areas; upgrading telecom will support e-commerce, and rural access to education and health care; AngoSat-2 satellite expected to be ready in 2021; government aims to connect an additional 160,000 people to free Wi-Fi; importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "only about one fixed-line per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity about 47 telephones per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -1010,7 +1009,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 244; landing points for the SAT-3/WASC, WACS, ACE and SACS fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to other countries in west Africa, Brazil, Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 29, Angosat-2 satellite expected by 2021 (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state controls all broadcast media with nationwide reach; state-owned Televisao Popular de Angola (TPA) provides terrestrial TV service on 2 channels; a third TPA channel is available via cable and satellite; TV subscription services are available; state-owned Radio Nacional de Angola (RNA) broadcasts on 5 stations; about a half-dozen private radio stations broadcast locally" @@ -1028,7 +1027,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "109,561" + "text": "119,068" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" @@ -1178,7 +1177,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "36,883 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 9,274 (Guinea), 6,357 (Cote d'Ivoire), 5,725 (Mauritania)  (2021)" + "text": "23,472 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 9,274 (Guinea), 6,357 (Cote d'Ivoire), 5,725 (Mauritania)  (2021)" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/africa/bc.json b/africa/bc.json index 62eff890..35f6e33a 100644 --- a/africa/bc.json +++ b/africa/bc.json @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ "text": "0.93 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "144 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -973,23 +973,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "139,735" + "text": "142,587" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "6.12 (2019 est.)" + "text": "6.25 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,968,526" + "text": "3,746,760" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "173.81 (2019 est.)" + "text": "164.12 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "the Botswana Telecommunications Corp is rolling out 4G service to over 95 sites in the country that will improve network connectivity; an effective regulatory reform has turned the Botswana's telecom market into one of the most liberalized in the region; Botswana has one of the highest mobile penetration rates in Africa; 3 MNOs have entered the underdeveloped broadband sector with the adoption of 3G, LTE and WiMAX technologies; mobile Internet remains the preferred choice; the expansion of a fully digital system with fiber-optic cables along with a system of open-wire lines links the major population centers in the east; the use of multiple SIM cards has delayed the introduction of (mobile number portability) MNP (2020)" + "text": "

due to effective regulatory reform and active competition, Botswana’s telecom market is one of the most liberalized in the region; strategy to drive nationwide ICT penetration is slowed; one of the highest mobile penetration rates in Africa; operators developing 3G and LTE; Internet use rising due to lower prices; government has embraced digitalization, e-government and identity programs that require citizens to provide detailed personal information; previously dependent on satellites for international connectivity, country’s new submarine cable landings improved competition and tripled international Internet capacity; importer of broadcast equipment from Hong Kong and China (2020)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line teledensity has declined in recent years and now stands at roughly 6 telephones per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity has advanced to 174 telephones per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 267; international calls are made via satellite, using international direct dialing; 2 international exchanges; digital microwave radio relay links to Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "2 TV stations - 1 state-owned and 1 privately owned; privately owned satellite TV subscription service is available; 2 state-owned national radio stations; 4 privately owned radio stations broadcast locally (2019)" @@ -1015,10 +1015,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "40,044" + "text": "49,295" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "2 (2018 est.)" + "text": "2.16 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/africa/bn.json b/africa/bn.json index ec691542..6477491d 100644 --- a/africa/bn.json +++ b/africa/bn.json @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ "text": "20.4 years (2017/18 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "397 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "37,305" + "text": "35,917" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" @@ -993,15 +993,15 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "10,905,559" + "text": "10,349,847" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "87.7 (2019 est.)" + "text": "83.25 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "fixed-line network characterized by aging, deteriorating equipment; mobile networks account for almost all Internet connections; govt. to provide telecom services to 80% of the country, mostly via mobile infrastructure by restructuring state-owned telecom companies; (mobile number portability) MNP is available; Benin joins free roaming scheme (2019)" + "text": "

Benin’s telecom market is restricted by poor fixed-line infrastructure; low use of fixed-line voice and Internet; mobile networks account for almost all Internet and voice traffic; progress on fiber infrastructure through World Bank and the government investment to extend broadband and develop Smart Government program; monopolized fixed-line Internet services access is limited; ICT development will provide telecom services to 80% of the country, mostly via mobile and DSL infrastructure; Benin Smart City construction has begun; improved international Internet connectivity supports growth of m-commerce and m-banking; submarine cable connectivity from African coast to Europe (2021)

(2019)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line teledensity only about 1 per 100 persons; spurred by the presence of multiple mobile-cellular providers, cellular telephone subscribership has increased rapidly, exceeding 88 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 229; landing points for the SAT-3/WASC and ACE fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe, and most West African countries; satellite earth stations - 7 (Intelsat-Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-run Office de Radiodiffusion et de Television du Benin (ORTB) operates a TV station providing a wide broadcast reach; several privately owned TV stations broadcast from Cotonou; satellite TV subscription service is available; state-owned radio, under ORTB control, includes a national station supplemented by a number of regional stations; substantial number of privately owned radio broadcast stations; transmissions of a few international broadcasters are available on FM in Cotonou (2019)" @@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "27,034" + "text": "25,032" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" diff --git a/africa/by.json b/africa/by.json index 7e3e5121..428ee1c9 100644 --- a/africa/by.json +++ b/africa/by.json @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ "text": "21.3 years (2010 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "548 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "20,758" + "text": "20,936" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" @@ -987,15 +987,15 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,644,833" + "text": "6,532,039" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "57.62 (2019 est.)" + "text": "56.7 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "with the great population density Burundi remains one of the most alluring telecom markets in Africa for investors; the government in early 2018 began the Burundi Broadband project, which plans to deliver nationwide connectivity by 2025; mobile operators have launched 3G and LTE mobile services to capitalize on the expanding demand for Internet access; mobile penetration is at 52%, and remains low by regional standards; future plans to privatize the national telecoms (2020)" + "text": "

Burundi’s high population density and low telecom penetration rates make it an attractive market for investors; mobile operators have launched 3G and LTE to meet the demand for Internet; mobile subscription remains low; government/World Bank joint project to build a national broadband backbone connecting to submarine cable landings in Kenya and Tanzania; government launched e-health project (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "telephone density one of the lowest in the world; fixed-line connections stand at well less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage is 58 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 257; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean); the government, supported by the Word Bank, has backed a joint venture with a number of prominent telecoms to build a national fiber backbone network, offering onward connectivity to submarine cable infrastructure landings in Kenya and Tanzania (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-controlled Radio Television Nationale de Burundi (RTNB) operates a TV station and a national radio network; 3 private TV stations and about 10 privately owned radio stations; transmissions of several international broadcasters are available in Bujumbura (2019)" @@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "3,935" + "text": "3,891" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" diff --git a/africa/cd.json b/africa/cd.json index 380be915..183dc0c4 100644 --- a/africa/cd.json +++ b/africa/cd.json @@ -111,7 +111,12 @@ "text": "Sara (Ngambaye/Sara/Madjingaye/Mbaye) 30.5%, Kanembu/Bornu/Buduma 9.8%, Arab 9.7%, Wadai/Maba/Masalit/Mimi 7%, Gorane 5.8%, Masa/Musseye/Musgum 4.9%, Bulala/Medogo/Kuka 3.7%, Marba/Lele/Mesme 3.5%, Mundang 2.7%, Bidiyo/Migaama/Kenga/Dangleat 2.5%, Dadjo/Kibet/Muro 2.4%, Tupuri/Kera 2%, Gabri/Kabalaye/Nanchere/Somrai 2%, Fulani/Fulbe/Bodore 1.8%, Karo/Zime/Peve 1.3%, Baguirmi/Barma 1.2%, Zaghawa/Bideyat/Kobe 1.1%, Tama/Assongori/Mararit 1.1%, Mesmedje/Massalat/Kadjakse 0.8%, other Chadian ethnicities 3.4%, Chadians of foreign ethnicities 0.9%, foreign nationals 0.3%, unspecified 1.7% (2014-15 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects" + "Languages": { + "text": "French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim 52.1%, Protestant 23.9%, Roman Catholic 20%, animist 0.3%, other Christian 0.2%, none 2.8%, unspecified 0.7% (2014-15 est.)" @@ -214,7 +219,7 @@ "text": "17.9 years (2014/15 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "1,140 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -971,7 +976,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,540" + "text": "6,524" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" @@ -979,15 +984,15 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,857,758" + "text": "7,664,839" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "48.06 (2019 est.)" + "text": "46.88 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "inadequate system of radio telephone communication stations with high maintenance costs and low telephone density; Chad remains one of the least developed on the African continent, telecom infrastructure is particularly low, with penetration rates in all sectors - fixed, mobile and Internet -well below African averages; low usage also due to 18% excise duty tax on telecom services and a negative impact on operator revenue (2020)" + "text": "

Chad’s inadequate telecom infrastructure, corruption, and high taxes hinder penetration in fixed, mobile, and Internet sectors; with tax reform, operators are investing in voice and data infrastructure to 3G/4G; government approved telecom infrastructure upgrade; World Bank-funded Central African Backbone (CAB) project; Trans-Saharan Backbone project will link a fiber cable to Nigeria and Algeria (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line connections less than 1 per 100 persons, with mobile-cellular subscribership base of about 48 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -995,7 +1000,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 235; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "1 state-owned TV station; 2 privately-owned TV stations; state-owned radio network, Radiodiffusion Nationale Tchadienne (RNT), operates national and regional stations; over 10 private radio stations; some stations rebroadcast programs from international broadcasters (2017)" @@ -1013,7 +1018,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "334" + "text": "68" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" @@ -1128,7 +1133,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Boko Haram; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – West Africa (2020)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Boko Haram; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – West Africa

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/africa/cf.json b/africa/cf.json index 666c7c35..8a5b2d80 100644 --- a/africa/cf.json +++ b/africa/cf.json @@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ }, "Land boundaries": { "total": { - "text": "5,008 km" + "text": "5,554 km" }, "border countries": { - "text": "Angola 231 km, Cameroon 494 km, Central African Republic 487 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 1229 km, Gabon 2567 km" + "text": "Angola 231 km, Cameroon 494 km, Central African Republic 487 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 1775 km, Gabon 2567 km" } }, "Coastline": { @@ -120,7 +120,12 @@ "text": "Kongo 40.5%, Teke 16.9%, Mbochi 13.1%, foreigner 8.2%, Sangha 5.6%, Mbere/Mbeti/Kele 4.4%, Punu 4.3%, Pygmy 1.6%, Oubanguiens 1.6%, Duma 1.5%, Makaa 1.3%, other and unspecified 1% (2014-15 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "French (official), French Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo is the most widespread)" + "Languages": { + "text": "French (official), French Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo is the most widespread)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Buku oyo ya bosembo ya Mokili Mobimba Ezali na Makanisi ya Liboso Mpenza. (Lingala)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 33.1%, Awakening Churches/Christian Revival 22.3%, Protestant 19.9%, Salutiste 2.2%, Muslim 1.6%, Kimbanguiste 1.5%, other 8.1%, none 11.3% (2010 est.)" @@ -223,7 +228,7 @@ "text": "19.8 years (2011/12 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "378 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -999,7 +1004,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "primary network consists of microwave radio relay and coaxial cable with services barely adequate for government use; key exchanges are in Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, and Loubomo; intercity lines frequently out of order; youth are seeking the Internet more than their parents and often gaining access in cyber cafes, only the most affluent have Internet access in their homes (2020)" + "text": "

suffering from economic challenges of stimulating recovery and reducing poverty; primary network consists of microwave radio relay and coaxial cable with services barely adequate for government use; key exchanges are in Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, and Loubomo; intercity lines frequently out of order; youth are seeking the Internet more than their parents and often gain access through cyber cafes; only the most affluent have Internet access in their homes; operator has plans to upgrade national broadband through fiber link to WACS landing station at Pointe-Noire with connections to Angola and DRC; fiber network project with aims to connect north and south regions; DRC operator added fiber link between Brazzaville and Kinshasa (2020)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line infrastructure inadequate, providing less than 1 fixed-line connection per 100 persons; in the absence of an adequate fixed-line infrastructure, mobile-cellular subscribership has surged to 95 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -1007,7 +1012,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 242; WACS submarine cables to Europe and Western and South Africa; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "1 state-owned TV and 3 state-owned radio stations; several privately owned TV and radio stations; satellite TV service is available; rebroadcasts of several international broadcasters are available" @@ -1156,7 +1161,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "20,700 (Central African Republic) (2020); 19,791 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2021)" + "text": "20,700 (Central African Republic) (2020); 20,371 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2021)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "304,430 (multiple civil wars since 1992) (2020)" diff --git a/africa/cg.json b/africa/cg.json index 1da4ab80..aefed6f7 100644 --- a/africa/cg.json +++ b/africa/cg.json @@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ }, "Land boundaries": { "total": { - "text": "10,481 km" + "text": "11,027 km" }, "border countries": { - "text": "Angola 2646 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of Angola's discontiguous Cabinda Province), Burundi 236 km, Central African Republic 1747 km, Republic of the Congo 1229 km, Rwanda 221 km, South Sudan 714 km, Tanzania 479 km, Uganda 877 km, Zambia 2332 km" + "text": "Angola 2646 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of Angola's discontiguous Cabinda Province), Burundi 236 km, Central African Republic 1747 km, Republic of the Congo 1775 km, Rwanda 221 km, South Sudan 714 km, Tanzania 479 km, Uganda 877 km, Zambia 2332 km" } }, "Coastline": { @@ -117,10 +117,15 @@ "text": "more than 200 African ethnic groups of which the majority are Bantu; the four largest tribes - Mongo, Luba, Kongo (all Bantu), and the Mangbetu-Azande (Hamitic) - make up about 45% of the population" }, "Languages": { - "text": "French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba" + "Languages": { + "text": "French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Buku oyo ya bosembo ya Mokili Mobimba Ezali na Makanisi ya Liboso Mpenza. (Lingala)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Roman Catholic 29.9%, Protestant 26.7%, Kimbanguist 2.8%, other Christian 36.5%, Muslim 1.3%, other (includes syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs) 1.2%, none 1.3%, unspecified .2% (2014 est.)" + "text": "Roman Catholic 29.9%, Protestant 26.7%, other Christian 36.5%, Kimbanguist 2.8%, Muslim 1.3%, other (includes syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs) 1.2%, none 1.3%, unspecified .2% (2014 est.)" }, "Demographic profile": { "text": "

Despite a wealth of fertile soil, hydroelectric power potential, and mineral resources, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) struggles with many socioeconomic problems, including high infant and maternal mortality rates, malnutrition, poor vaccination coverage, lack of access to improved water sources and sanitation, and frequent and early fertility. Ongoing conflict, mismanagement of resources, and a lack of investment have resulted in food insecurity; almost 30 percent of children under the age of 5 are malnourished. The overall coverage of basic public services – education, health, sanitation, and potable water – is very limited and piecemeal, with substantial regional and rural/urban disparities. Fertility remains high at almost 5 children per woman and is likely to remain high because of the low use of contraception and the cultural preference for larger families.

The DRC is a source and host country for refugees. Between 2012 and 2014, more than 119,000 Congolese refugees returned from the Republic of Congo to the relative stability of northwest DRC, but more than 540,000 Congolese refugees remained abroad as of year-end 2015. In addition, an estimated 3.9 million Congolese were internally displaced as of October 2017, the vast majority fleeing violence between rebel group and Congolese armed forces. Thousands of refugees have come to the DRC from neighboring countries, including Rwanda, the Central African Republic, and Burundi.

" @@ -220,7 +225,7 @@ "text": "19.9 years (2013/14 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "473 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -997,14 +1002,6 @@ } }, "Communications": { - "Telephones - fixed lines": { - "total subscriptions": { - "text": "0 NA" - }, - "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" - } - }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { "text": "42,166,976" @@ -1015,7 +1012,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "poorly developed national and international infrastructure; bandwidth is limited; Internet pricing is expensive; domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations; wars and social upheaval have not promoted advancement; a revised Telecommunications Act adopted in May 2018; govt. only loosely regulates the telecom sector, much of the investment is from donor countries (specifically China) (2020)" + "text": "

due to decades of conflict and poor infrastructure, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s telecom system is one of the least developed in the region; government aims to improve loose regulation through legislation; mobile networks are principal providers of telecom; LTE is geographically limited; investment from China and other foreign donors for fiber backbone; international bandwidth through WACS submarine cable; operator licensed to build landing station for submarine cable and tower upgrade that will provide competition in broadband, fixed, and mobile Internet services; operator added fiber link between Brazzaville and Kinshasa (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line connections less than 1 per 100 persons; given the backdrop of a wholly inadequate fixed-line infrastructure, the use of mobile-cellular services is over 43 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -1023,7 +1020,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 243; ACE and WACS submarine cables to West and South Africa and Europe; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-owned TV broadcast station with near national coverage; more than a dozen privately owned TV stations - 2 with near national coverage; 2 state-owned radio stations are supplemented by more than 100 private radio stations; transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are available" @@ -1195,7 +1192,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – Democratic Republic of the Congo (ISIS-DRC) (2021)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – Democratic Republic of the Congo (ISIS-DRC)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, @@ -1205,7 +1202,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "213,329 (Rwanda) (refugees and asylum seekers), 205,674 (Central African Republic), 55,755 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 44,737 (Burundi) (2021)" + "text": "213,329 (Rwanda) (refugees and asylum seekers), 206,491 (Central African Republic), 55,784 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 44,193 (Burundi) (2021)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "5.2 million (fighting between government forces and rebels since mid-1990s; conflict in Kasai region since 2016) (2020)" diff --git a/africa/cm.json b/africa/cm.json index 04d4ed81..e01eccd9 100644 --- a/africa/cm.json +++ b/africa/cm.json @@ -117,7 +117,12 @@ "text": "Bamileke-Bamu 24.3%, Beti/Bassa, Mbam 21.6%, Biu-Mandara 14.6%, Arab-Choa/Hausa/Kanuri 11%, Adamawa-Ubangi, 9.8%, Grassfields 7.7%, Kako, Meka/Pygmy 3.3%, Cotier/Ngoe/Oroko 2.7%, Southwestern Bantu 0.7%, foreign/other ethnic group 4.5% (2018 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official)" + "Languages": { + "text": "24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. (English)

The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)" + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 38.3%, Protestant 25.5%, other Christian 6.9%, Muslim 24.4%, animist 2.2%, other 0.5%, none 2.2% (2018 est.)" @@ -220,7 +225,7 @@ "text": "19.7 years (2011 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "529 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -1009,23 +1014,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "966,035" + "text": "856,411" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3.58 (2019 est.)" + "text": "3.17 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "22,062,303" + "text": "21,400,736" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "81.76 (2019 est.)" + "text": "79.31 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "3G service and LTE service both developing given growing competition, along with a fast-developing mobile broadband sector; govt. supportive of launching programs who's aim is to improve connections nationally; about 95% of electronic transactions carried out through M-commerce services (2020)" + "text": "

Cameroon’s 3G and LTE services are improving through growing competition and a government program to improve national connectivity and support digital economy; saturated use of transactions through m-commerce; developing broadband sector; improved submarine and terrestrial cable connectivity strengthened international bandwidth and lowered prices; pushing start of fiber link to Congo; fiber rollout continues with new government funding; operators opened new data center in 2020 and developed contracts for satellite broadband; government awarded contract to provide connectivity to universities (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "only about 4 per 100 persons for fixed-line subscriptions; mobile-cellular usage has increased sharply, reaching a subscribership base of over 82 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -1033,7 +1038,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 237; landing points for the SAT-3/WASC, SAIL, ACE, NCSCS, Ceiba-2, and WACS fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe, South America, and West Africa; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "government maintains tight control over broadcast media; state-owned Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV), broadcasting on both a TV and radio network, was the only officially recognized and fully licensed broadcaster until August 2007, when the government finally issued licenses to 2 private TV broadcasters and 1 private radio broadcaster; about 70 privately owned, unlicensed radio stations operating but are subject to closure at any time; foreign news services required to partner with state-owned national station (2019)" @@ -1051,10 +1056,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "17,987" + "text": "400,929" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" + "text": "1.49 less than 1 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1195,12 +1200,12 @@ "text": "tthe International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial and offshore waters in the Niger Delta and Gulf of Guinea remain a very high risk for piracy and armed robbery of ships; in 2020, there were 98 reported incidents of piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea region; although a 24% decrease from the total number of incidents in 2019, it included all three hijackings and 9 of 11 ships fired upon worldwide; while boarding and attempted boarding to steal valuables from ships and crews are the most common types of incidents, almost a third of all incidents involve a hijacking and/or kidnapping; in 2020, a record 130 crew members were kidnapped in 22 separate incidents in the Gulf of Guinea, representing 95% of kidnappings worldwide; approximately 51% of all incidents of piracy and armed robbery are taking place off Nigeria, which is a decrease from the 71% in 2019 and an indication pirates are traveling further to target vessels; Nigerian pirates are well armed and very aggressive, operating as far as 200 nm offshore; the Maritime Administration of the US Department of Transportation has issued a Maritime Advisory (2021-002 - Gulf of Guinea-Piracy/Armed Robbery/Kidnapping for Ransom) effective 9 January 2021, which states in part, \"Piracy, armed robbery, and kidnapping for ransom continue to serve as significant threats to US-flagged vessels transiting or operating in the Gulf of Guinea.”" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the FAC is largely focused on the threat from the terror group Boko Haram along its frontiers with Nigeria and Chad (Far North region) and an insurgency from armed Anglophone separatist groups in the North-West and South-West regions (as of Feb 2020, this internal conflict has left an estimated 3,000 civilians dead and over 500,000 people displaced since fighting started in 2016); in addition, the FAC has occasionally deployed units to the border region with the Central African Republic to counter intrusions from armed militias and bandits (2020)" + "text": "the FAC is largely focused on the threat from the terror group Boko Haram along its frontiers with Nigeria and Chad (Far North region) and an insurgency from armed Anglophone separatist groups in the North-West and South-West regions (as of Feb 2021, this internal conflict has left an estimated 3,000 civilians dead and over 700,000 people displaced since fighting started in 2016); in addition, the FAC often deploys units to the border region with the Central African Republic to counter intrusions from armed militias and bandits" } }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Boko Haram; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – West Africa (2020)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Boko Haram; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – West Africa

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, @@ -1210,7 +1215,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "321,603 (Central African Republic), 117,061 (Nigeria) (2021)" + "text": "323,524 (Central African Republic), 118,002 (Nigeria) (2021)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "1,032,942 (2021) (includes far north, northwest, and southwest)" diff --git a/africa/cn.json b/africa/cn.json index 774f700c..d114bbe7 100644 --- a/africa/cn.json +++ b/africa/cn.json @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ "text": "24.6 years (2012 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "273 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -920,18 +920,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "9,840" + "text": "10,042" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1.18 (2019 est.)" + "text": "1.2 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "563,722" + "text": "575,218" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "67.6 (2019 est.)" + "text": "68.51 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 269; landing point for the EASSy, Comoros Domestic Cable System, Avassa, and FLY-LION3 fiber-optic submarine cable system connecting East Africa with Europe; HF radiotelephone communications to Madagascar and Reunion (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "national state-owned TV station and a TV station run by Anjouan regional government; national state-owned radio; regional governments on the islands of Grande Comore and Anjouan each operate a radio station; a few independent and small community radio stations operate on the islands of Grande Comore and Moheli, and these two islands have access to Mayotte Radio and French TV" @@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,531" + "text": "1,181" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" diff --git a/africa/ct.json b/africa/ct.json index 62483abb..730953c5 100644 --- a/africa/ct.json +++ b/africa/ct.json @@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Baya 28.8%, Banda 22.9%, Mandjia 9.9%, Sara 7.9%, M'Baka-Bantu 7.9%, Arab-Fulani (Peul) 6%, Mbum 6%, Ngbanki 5.5%, Zande-Nzakara 3%, other Central African Republic ethnic groups 2%, non-Central African Republic ethnic groups .1%" + "text": "Baya 28.8%, Banda 22.9%, Mandjia 9.9%, Sara 7.9%, M'Baka-Bantu 7.9%, Arab-Fulani (Peul) 6%, Mbum 6%, Ngbanki 5.5%, Zande-Nzakara 3%, other Central African Republic ethnic groups 2%, non-Central African Republic ethnic groups .1% (2003 est.)" }, "Languages": { "text": "French (official), Sangho (lingua franca and national language), tribal languages" }, "Religions": { - "text": "Christian 89.5%, Muslim 8.5%, folk 1%, unaffiliated 1% (2010 est.)

note: animistic beliefs and practices strongly influence the Christian majority", + "text": "Christian 89%, Muslim 9%, folk religion 1%, unaffiliated 1% (2020 est.)

note: animistic beliefs and practices strongly influence the Christian majority", "note": "note: animistic beliefs and practices strongly influence the Christian majority" }, "Demographic profile": { @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ "text": "0.99 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "829 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ "text": "President Faustin-Archange TOUADERA (since 30 March 2016; reelected 27 December 2020)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Firmin NGREBADA (since 25 February 2019)" + "text": "Prime Minister Henri-Marie DONDRA (since 11 June 2021); note - Prime Minister Firmin NGREBADA resigned on 10 June 2021" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president" @@ -970,10 +970,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,892,114" + "text": "1,595,294" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "32.25 (2019 est.)" + "text": "30.86 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 236; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "government-owned network, Radiodiffusion Television Centrafricaine, provides limited domestic TV broadcasting; state-owned radio network is supplemented by a small number of privately owned broadcast stations as well as a few community radio stations; transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are available (2017)" @@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "608" + "text": "499" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" @@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "5,541 (Democratic Republic of Congo) (2021)" + "text": "5,769 (Democratic Republic of Congo) (2021)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "729,005 (clashes between army and rebel groups since 2005; tensions between ethnic groups) (2021)" diff --git a/africa/cv.json b/africa/cv.json index aa034f74..4516ab80 100644 --- a/africa/cv.json +++ b/africa/cv.json @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ "text": "0.95 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "58 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -932,18 +932,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "60,233" + "text": "57,511" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "10.46 (2019 est.)" + "text": "10.01 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "623,749" + "text": "595,681" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "108.32 (2019 est.)" + "text": "103.63 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 238; landing points for the Atlantis-2, EllaLink, Cabo Verde Telecom Domestic Submarine Cable Phase 1, 2, 3 and WACS fiber-optic transatlantic telephone cable that provides links to South America, Africa, and Europe; HF radiotelephone to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-run TV and radio broadcast network plus a growing number of private broadcasters; Portuguese public TV and radio services for Africa are available; transmissions of a few international broadcasters are available (2019)" @@ -974,10 +974,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "15,657" + "text": "19,066" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3 (2018 est.)" + "text": "3.32 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/africa/dj.json b/africa/dj.json index ee9a17e3..b3286038 100644 --- a/africa/dj.json +++ b/africa/dj.json @@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ "text": "0.83 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "248 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -948,23 +948,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "34,671" + "text": "37,107" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3.84 (2019 est.)" + "text": "4.12 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "371,992" + "text": "413,866" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "41.2 (2019 est.)" + "text": "45.94 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "telephone facilities in the city of Djibouti are adequate, as are the microwave radio relay connections to outlying areas of the country; Djibouti is one of the few remaining countries in which the national telco, Djibouti Telecom (DT), has a monopoly on all telecom services, including fixed lines, mobile, Internet and broadband; the lack of competition has meant that the market has not lived up to its potential; broadband's growth held back by the expense and mobile and Internet markets need foreign investment (2020)" + "text": "

Djibouti has a poor domestic infrastructure and a monopolized telecom system relying on microwave radio relay; rural areas connected via wireless local loop; mobile coverage limited to Djibouti city; despite challenges, foreign investment lends progress toward improvements; one of the best international fiber cables in the region, the Djibouti Internet Exchange, is a meeting point for cable systems passing between the Red Sea and Indian Ocean; national operator managed the Australia West Cable landing and signed an agreement for IP traffic through Paris and Marseille; international operator signed MoU for extension of cable from the Gulf to Djibouti (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "4 per 100 fixed-line and 41 per 100 mobile-cellular; Djibouti Telecom (DT) is the sole provider of telecommunications services and utilizes mostly a microwave radio relay network; fiber-optic cable is installed in the capital; rural areas connected via wireless local loop radio systems; mobile cellular coverage is primarily limited to the area in and around Djibouti city (2019)" @@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 253; landing points for the SEA-ME-WE-3 & 5, EASSy, Aden-Djibouti, Africa-1, DARE-1, EIG, MENA, Bridge International, PEACE Cable, and SEACOM fiber-optic submarine cable systems providing links to Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Southeast Asia, Australia and Africa; satellite earth stations - 2 (1 Intelsat - Indian Ocean and 1 Arabsat) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-owned Radiodiffusion-Television de Djibouti operates the sole terrestrial TV station, as well as the only 2 domestic radio networks; no private TV or radio stations; transmissions of several international broadcasters are available (2019)" @@ -990,10 +990,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "25,508" + "text": "24,416" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3 (2018 est.)" + "text": "2.71 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "al-Shabaab (2019)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "al-Shabaab

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/africa/eg.json b/africa/eg.json index 6b9bb6aa..d791f5c0 100644 --- a/africa/eg.json +++ b/africa/eg.json @@ -123,7 +123,12 @@ "note": "note: data represent respondents by nationality" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Arabic (official), Arabic, English, and French widely understood by educated classes" + "Languages": { + "text": "Arabic (official), English, and French widely understood by educated classes" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، أفضل مصدر للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 90%, Christian (majority Coptic Orthodox, other Christians include Armenian Apostolic, Catholic, Maronite, Orthodox, and Anglican) 10% (2015 est.)" @@ -226,7 +231,7 @@ "text": "22.7 years (2014 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "37 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -985,23 +990,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "8,885,103" + "text": "8,760,436" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "8.73 (2019 est.)" + "text": "8.61 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "96,657,295" + "text": "95,340,262" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "94.97 (2019 est.)" + "text": "93.68 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "one of the biggest fixed-line systems in Africa and the Arab region; one of the largest mobile telecom markets in North Africa; penetration rate of about 94%; LTE launch in late 2017, which greatly helped the capabilities of mobile broadband services, and the beginning of developing the 5G network; recent govt. efforts to fund next generation networks, develop technology parks and extend broadband availability (2020)" + "text": "with a large urbanized population and effective competition, Egypt has one of the largest fixed-line and mobile telecom markets in North Africa; investment has spurred broadband infrastructure and migration to digital economy; operator has ambitions for satellite/smart infrastructure based on 5G and fiber networks; Egypt’s geographical position enabled inexpensive bandwidth through fiber and cable connection to Europe, Middle East, and Asia; rural Internet connections continue to suffer from poor quality and low speeds; government disrupted service during political crises (2021) (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 9 per 100, mobile-cellular 95 per 100 (2019)" @@ -1009,7 +1014,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 20; landing points for Aletar, Africa-1, FEA, Hawk, IMEWE, and the SEA-ME-WE-3 & 4 submarine cable networks linking to Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Australia ; satellite earth stations - 4 (2 Intelsat - Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean, 1 Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat); tropospheric scatter to Sudan; microwave radio relay to Israel; a participant in Medarabtel (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "mix of state-run and private broadcast media; state-run TV operates 2 national and 6 regional terrestrial networks, as well as a few satellite channels; dozens of private satellite channels and a large number of Arabic satellite channels are available for free; some limited satellite services are also available via subscription; state-run radio operates about 30 stations belonging to 8 networks; privately-owned radio includes 8 major stations, 4 of which belong to 1 network (2019)" @@ -1027,10 +1032,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "6,579,762" + "text": "7,598,941" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "7 (2018 est.)" + "text": "7.47 (2019 est.)" } }, "Communications - note": { @@ -1169,7 +1174,7 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "estimates of the size of the Egyptian Armed Forces (EAF) vary; approximately 450,000 total active personnel (325,000 Army; 18,500 Navy; 30,000 Air Force; 75,000 Air Defense Command) (2020)" + "text": "size estimates for the Egyptian Armed Forces (EAF) vary; approximately 450,000 total active personnel (325,000 Army; 18,000 Navy; 30,000 Air Force; 75,000 Air Defense Command); approximately 300,000 Central Security Forces (2021)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the EAF's inventory is comprised of a mix of domestically produced, imported Soviet-era, and more modern, particularly Western, weapons systems; in recent years, the EAF has embarked on an extensive equipment modernization program with major purchases from a variety of suppliers; since 2010, the leading suppliers of military hardware to Egypt are France, Russia, and the US; Egypt has an established defense industry that produces a range of products from small arms to armored vehicles and naval vessels; it also has licensed and co-production agreements with several countries (2020)" @@ -1186,7 +1191,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Army of Islam; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – Sinai Province; Mujahidin Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem; al-Qa’ida (2019)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Army of Islam; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – Sinai Province; Mujahidin Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem; al-Qa’ida

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/africa/ek.json b/africa/ek.json index dca06359..1a9491ab 100644 --- a/africa/ek.json +++ b/africa/ek.json @@ -116,7 +116,12 @@ "text": "Fang 85.7%, Bubi 6.5%, Mdowe 3.6%, Annobon 1.6%, Bujeba 1.1%, other 1.4% (1994 census)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Spanish (official) 67.6%, other (includes Fang, Bubi, Portuguese (official), French (official), Portuguese-based Creoles spoken in Ano Bom) 32.4% (1994 census)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Spanish (official) 67.6%, other (includes Fang, Bubi, Portuguese (official), French (official), Portuguese-based Creoles spoken in Ano Bom) 32.4% (1994 census)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, Muslim, Baha'i, animist, indigenous" @@ -215,7 +220,7 @@ "text": "1 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "301 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -950,7 +955,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "digital fixed-line network in most major urban areas and decent mobile cellular coverage; 3G technology has allowed for estimated 9.5% of growth during 2016 -2021; mobile data will be the fastest-growing segment 2016-2021 (2018)" + "text": "

Equatorial Guinea’s climate for operator competition boosted mobile subscribership; broadband services are limited and expensive; submarine cable supported broadband and reliability of infrastructure; government backbone network will connect administrative centers; regional roaming agreement in process (2021)

(2018)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line density is about 1 per 100 persons and mobile-cellular subscribership is 45 per 100 (2019)" @@ -958,7 +963,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 240; landing points for the ACE, Ceiba-1, and Ceiba-2 submarine cables providing communication from Bata and Malabo, Equatorial Guinea to numerous Western African and European countries; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "the state maintains control of broadcast media with domestic broadcast media limited to 1 state-owned TV station, 1 private TV station owned by the president's eldest son (who is the Vice President), 1 state-owned radio station, and 1 private radio station owned by the president's eldest son; satellite TV service is available; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are generally accessible (2019)" diff --git a/africa/er.json b/africa/er.json index e1d7d8c6..3c28bfcc 100644 --- a/africa/er.json +++ b/africa/er.json @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ "text": "21.3 years (2010 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "480 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "woefully inadequate service provided by state-owned telecom monopoly; most fixed-line telephones are in Asmara; cell phone use is limited by government control of SIM card issuance; no data service; only about 4% of households having computers with 2% Internet; untapped market ripe for competition; direct phone service between Eritrea and Ethiopia was restored in September 2018; government telco working on roll-out of 3G network; in 2019 11% mobile penetration (2020)" + "text": "least developed telecommunications market in Africa, largely due to restrictions of state-owned telecom monopoly; most fixed-line telephones are in Asmara; cell phone use is limited by government control of SIM card issuance; low penetration of computer use and Internet; market ripe for competition and investment; direct phone service between Eritrea and Ethiopia restored in September 2018; government operator working on roll-out of 3G network (2020) (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line subscribership is less than 2 per 100 person and mobile-cellular 20 per 100 (2019)" @@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 291 (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "government controls broadcast media with private ownership prohibited; 1 state-owned TV station; state-owned radio operates 2 networks; purchases of satellite dishes and subscriptions to international broadcast media are permitted (2019)" diff --git a/africa/et.json b/africa/et.json index aef37dc6..9d4a72f8 100644 --- a/africa/et.json +++ b/africa/et.json @@ -110,13 +110,13 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Oromo 34.9%, Amhara (Amara) 27.9%, Tigray (Tigrinya) 7.3%, Sidama 4.1%, Welaita 3%, Gurage 2.8%, Somali (Somalie) 2.7%, Hadiya 2.2%, Afar (Affar) .6%, other 12.6% (2016 est.)" + "text": "Oromo 34.9%, Amhara (Amara) 27.9%, Tigray (Tigrinya) 7.3%, Sidama 4.1%, Welaita 3%, Gurage 2.8%, Somali (Somalie) 2.7%, Hadiya 2.2%, Afar (Affar) 0.6%, other 12.6% (2016 est.)" }, "Languages": { "text": "Oromo (official working language in the State of Oromiya) 33.8%, Amharic (official national language) 29.3%, Somali (official working language of the State of Sumale) 6.2%, Tigrigna (Tigrinya) (official working language of the State of Tigray) 5.9%, Sidamo 4%, Wolaytta 2.2%, Gurage 2%, Afar (official working language of the State of Afar) 1.7%, Hadiyya 1.7%, Gamo 1.5%, Gedeo 1.3%, Opuuo 1.2%, Kafa 1.1%, other 8.1%, English (major foreign language taught in schools), Arabic (2007 est.)" }, "Religions": { - "text": "Ethiopian Orthodox 43.8%, Muslim 31.3%, Protestant 22.8%, Catholic 0.7%, traditional .6%, other 0.8% (2016 est.)" + "text": "Ethiopian Orthodox 43.8%, Muslim 31.3%, Protestant 22.8%, Catholic 0.7%, traditional 0.6%, other 0.8% (2016 est.)" }, "Demographic profile": { "text": "

Ethiopia is a predominantly agricultural country – more than 80% of the population lives in rural areas – that is in the early stages of demographic transition. Infant, child, and maternal mortality have fallen sharply over the past decade, but the total fertility rate has declined more slowly and the population continues to grow. The rising age of marriage and the increasing proportion of women remaining single have contributed to fertility reduction. While the use of modern contraceptive methods among married women has increased significantly from 6 percent in 2000 to 27 percent in 2012, the overall rate is still quite low.

Ethiopia’s rapid population growth is putting increasing pressure on land resources, expanding environmental degradation, and raising vulnerability to food shortages. With more than 40 percent of the population below the age of 15 and a fertility rate of over 5 children per woman (and even higher in rural areas), Ethiopia will have to make further progress in meeting its family planning needs if it is to achieve the age structure necessary for reaping a demographic dividend in the coming decades.

Poverty, drought, political repression, and forced government resettlement have driven Ethiopia’s internal and external migration since the 1960s. Before the 1974 revolution, only small numbers of the Ethiopian elite went abroad to study and then returned home, but under the brutal Derg regime thousands fled the country, primarily as refugees. Between 1982 and 1991 there was a new wave of migration to the West for family reunification. Since the defeat of the Derg in 1991, Ethiopians have migrated to escape violence among some of the country’s myriad ethnic groups or to pursue economic opportunities. Internal and international trafficking of women and children for domestic work and prostitution is a growing problem.

" @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ "text": "20 years (2016 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "401 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "Ethio Telecom maintained a monopoly over telecommunication services until recently and is now part-private; new expansion of LTE services; in 2019 govt. approved legislations which opened the market to competition and provides much needed foreign investment; one of the tech companies is Chinese company Huawei; govt. reduces tariffs by up to 50% in 2018, the result is an increase in data and voice traffic; govt. launches mobile app as part of e-govt initiative to build tech city (2020)" + "text": "

telecom market challenged by political factionalism and reorganization of ruling party; despite some gains in access, Ethiopia remains one of the least-connected countries in the world; state-owned telecom held a monopoly over services until 2019 when government approved legislation and opened the market to competition and foreign investment; new expansion of LTE services; government reduced tariffs leading to increases in data and voice traffic; government launched mobile app as part of e-government initiative to build smart city; Huawei provides infrastructure to government operator and built data center in Addis Ababa; government disrupted service during political crises; importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2020)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line subscriptions at 1 per 100 while mobile-cellular stands at 36 per 100; the number of mobile telephones is increasing steadily (2019)" @@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 251; open-wire to Sudan and Djibouti; microwave radio relay to Kenya and Djibouti; 2 domestic satellites provide the national trunk service; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Pacific Ocean) (2016)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "6 public TV stations broadcasting nationally and 10 public radio broadcasters; 7 private radio stations and 19 community radio stations (2017)" @@ -1177,12 +1177,12 @@ "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service; no compulsory military service, but the military can conduct callups when necessary and compliance is compulsory (2019)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "each of the nine states has a regional and/or a special (paramilitary) security force that report to regional civilian authorities; local militias operate across the country in loose and varying coordination with these regional security and police forces, the Ethiopian Federal Police (EFP), and the Ethiopian military; the EFP reports to the Ministry of Peace, which was created in October of 2018

Ethiopia faces considerable ethnic violence in some regions, including Oromo, where the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) has conducted numerous attacks targeting the Amhara ethnic group; the OLA, assessed to number in the low thousands, broke off from the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), an opposition party that spent years in exile but was allowed to return to Ethiopia after ABIY took office in 2018

in November 2020, the Ethiopian Government launched military operations against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) – an ethnically-based political entity that runs the Tigray regional government and had its own paramilitary security forces; the TPLF had increasingly challenged the authority of the Federal Government; the TPLF’s security forces date back to the 1980s when it led the guerrilla movement that brought the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front coalition to power; during the fighting, the Ethiopian Government allowed ethnic Amhara and Afar militias to attack the TLPF (now merged into the Tigray Defense Forces, TDF); in addition, it invited Eritrean military forces to join in the fighting; as of May 2021, the Ethiopian military continued operations against the TLPF/TDF, which has resorted to guerrilla warfare; Ethiopian and Eritrean military forces, as well as ethnic militias, have all been accused of committing atrocities against Tigrayan civilians 

" + "text": "each of the nine states has a regional and/or a \"special\" paramilitary security force that report to regional civilian authorities; local militias operate across the country in loose and varying coordination with these regional security and police forces, the Ethiopian Federal Police (EFP), and the Ethiopian military; the EFP reports to the Ministry of Peace, which was created in October of 2018

Ethiopia faces considerable ethnic violence in some regions, including Oromo, where the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) has conducted numerous attacks targeting the Amhara ethnic group; the OLA, assessed to number in the low thousands, broke off from the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), an opposition party that spent years in exile but was allowed to return to Ethiopia after ABIY took office in 2018

in November 2020, the Ethiopian Government launched military operations against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) – an ethnically-based political entity that runs the Tigray regional government and had its own paramilitary security forces; the TPLF had increasingly challenged the authority of the Federal Government; the TPLF’s security forces date back to the 1980s when it led the guerrilla movement that brought the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front coalition to power; during the fighting, the Ethiopian Government allowed ethnic Amhara and Afar militias to attack the TLPF (now merged into the Tigray Defense Forces, TDF); in addition, it invited Eritrean military forces to join in the fighting; as of May 2021, the Ethiopian military continued operations against the TLPF/TDF, which has resorted to guerrilla warfare; Ethiopian and Eritrean military forces, as well as ethnic militias, have all been accused of committing atrocities against Tigrayan civilians 

" } }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "al-Shabaab; IRGC/Qods Force (2020)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "al-Shabaab; IRGC/Qods Force

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, @@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "368,822 (South Sudan), 208,825 (Somalia), 182,853 (Eritrea), 45,249 (Sudan) (2021)" + "text": "372,067 (South Sudan), 209,949 (Somalia), 182,853 (Eritrea), 45,249 (Sudan) (2021)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "1,735,481 (includes conflict- and climate-induced IDPs, excluding unverified estimates from the Amhara region; border war with Eritrea from 1998-2000; ethnic clashes; and ongoing fighting between the Ethiopian military and separatist rebel groups in the Somali and Oromia regions; natural disasters; intercommunal violence; most IDPs live in Sumale state) (2019)" diff --git a/africa/ga.json b/africa/ga.json index 4d79c73a..0c19eec7 100644 --- a/africa/ga.json +++ b/africa/ga.json @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ "text": "20.9 years (2013 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "597 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "state-owned Gambia Telecommunications partially privatized but still retaining a monopoly with fixed-line service; multiple mobile networks offering effective competition; three licensed ISPs which serve local area without much competition; mobile penetrations above the African average; lack of availability of fixed-line services in many rural areas of the country; govt. started a National Broadband Network program aimed at closing the digital divide but not funded by Parliament in 2018; the Chinese company Huawei helping in the telecommunications sector (2020)" + "text": "state-owned telecom partially privatized but retains a monopoly with fixed-line service; multiple mobile networks provide 2G to almost all citizens and above the African average; high poverty rates continue to limit access to the Internet, especially via fixed-line services in rural areas; weak political support for development of communications infrastructure, including National Broadband Network program; government depends on donors and loans from China and Islamic Development banks; two submarine cables provide international connectivity within African continent and Europe (2021) (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line stands at 2 per 100 subscriptions with one dominant company and mobile-cellular teledensity, aided by multiple mobile-cellular providers, is over 140 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 220; landing point for the ACE submarine cable to West Africa and Europe; microwave radio relay links to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "

1 state-run TV-channel; one privately-owned TV-station; 1 Online TV-station; three state-owned radio station and 31 privately owned radio stations; eight community radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available, some via shortwave radio; cable and satellite TV subscription services are obtainable in some parts of the country 

(2019)" diff --git a/africa/gb.json b/africa/gb.json index 4501f3c8..2fe85993 100644 --- a/africa/gb.json +++ b/africa/gb.json @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ "text": "20.3 years (2012 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "252 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -972,23 +972,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "22,412" + "text": "22,291" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1.03 (2019 est.)" + "text": "1.02 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,008,814" + "text": "2,992,811" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "138.28 (2019 est.)" + "text": "137.57 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "fixed-line and Internet sectors have remained underdeveloped due to the lack of competition and high prices; sufficient international bandwidth due to submarine cable systems, but monopolized by Gabon Telecom; 3G and mobile LTE services and mobile broadband available; govt. commits to XAF 150 billion in backbone infrastructure work through 2020; efforts towards new legal and regulatory improvements (2020)" + "text": "

politically stable and oil laden, Gabon is one of wealthiest nations in Africa; liberalized and competitive market led development of mobile broadband, data service, and tests of 5G; fixed-line sector underdeveloped due to the lack of competition and high prices; South Korean investment in fiber segments as part of Central African backbone; sufficient international bandwidth through submarine cable systems; government committed to backbone infrastructure and e-health services; efforts towards new legal and regulatory improvements (2020)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line is 1 per 100 subscriptions; a growing mobile cellular network with multiple providers is making telephone service more widely available with mobile cellular teledensity at 138 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 241; landing points for the SAT-3/WASC, ACE and Libreville-Port Gentil Cable fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and West Africa; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state owns and operates 2 TV stations and 2 radio broadcast stations; a few private radio and TV stations; transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are accessible; satellite service subscriptions are available" @@ -1014,10 +1014,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "29,099" + "text": "22,332" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 (2018 est.)" + "text": "1.03 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/africa/gh.json b/africa/gh.json index aed57025..26eed148 100644 --- a/africa/gh.json +++ b/africa/gh.json @@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ "text": "22.3 years (2017 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "308 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "272,801" + "text": "288,531" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" @@ -1009,15 +1009,15 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "38,571,189" + "text": "40,857,077" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "134.32 (2019 est.)" + "text": "132.15 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "highly competitive Internet market; govt. helped fund programs for telecom services nationally; mobile accounts for how people access the Internet; LTE service launched in 2019; the government invested in fiber infrastructure and set up 600 additional towers to provide basic mobile services; m-money inter-operability launched; international submarine cables and new terrestrial cables have improved Internet capacity and reduced price for end-users; one of the most active mobile markets in Africa (2020)" + "text": "

challenged by unreliable electricity, Ghana seeks to extend telecom services nationally; investment in fiber infrastructure enabled 600 additional towers to provide basic mobile services; launch of LTE has improved mobile data services, including m-commerce and banking; highly competitive Internet market, most through mobile networks; international submarine cables, and terrestrial cables have improved Internet capacity and reduced prices (2020)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 1 per 100 subscriptions; competition among multiple mobile-cellular providers has spurred growth with a subscribership of more than 134 per 100 persons and rising (2019)" @@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 233; landing points for the SAT-3/WASC, MainOne, ACE, WACS and GLO-1 fiber-optic submarine cables that provide connectivity to South and West Africa, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); microwave radio relay link to Panaftel system connects Ghana to its neighbors; Ghana-1 satellite launched in 2020 (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-owned TV station, 2 state-owned radio networks; several privately owned TV stations and a large number of privately owned radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are accessible; several cable and satellite TV subscription services are obtainable" @@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "62,320" + "text": "58,518" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" @@ -1178,7 +1178,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "6,340 (Cote d'Ivoire) (flight from 2010 post-election fighting) (2021)" + "text": "6,386 (Cote d'Ivoire) (flight from 2010 post-election fighting) (2021)" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/africa/gv.json b/africa/gv.json index a0a38a48..5e98671a 100644 --- a/africa/gv.json +++ b/africa/gv.json @@ -113,14 +113,14 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Fulani (Peuhl) 33.4%, Malinke 29.4%, Susu 21.2%, Guerze 7.8%, Kissi 6.2%, Toma 1.6%, other/foreign .4% (2018 est.)" + "text": "Fulani (Peuhl) 33.4%, Malinke 29.4%, Susu 21.2%, Guerze 7.8%, Kissi 6.2%, Toma 1.6%, other/foreign 0.4% (2018 est.)" }, "Languages": { "text": "French (official), Pular, Maninka, Susu, other native languages

note: about 40 languages are spoken; each ethnic group has its own language", "note": "note: about 40 languages are spoken; each ethnic group has its own language" }, "Religions": { - "text": "Muslim 89.1%, Christian 6.8%, animist 1.6%, other .1%, none 2.4% (2014 est.)" + "text": "Muslim 89.1%, Christian 6.8%, animist 1.6%, other 0.1%, none 2.4% (2014 est.)" }, "Demographic profile": { "text": "

Guinea’s strong population growth is a result of declining mortality rates and sustained elevated fertility. The population growth rate was somewhat tempered in the 2000s because of a period of net outmigration. Although life expectancy and mortality rates have improved over the last two decades, the nearly universal practice of female genital cutting continues to contribute to high infant and maternal mortality rates. Guinea’s total fertility remains high at about 5 children per woman because of the ongoing preference for larger families, low contraceptive usage and availability, a lack of educational attainment and empowerment among women, and poverty. A lack of literacy and vocational training programs limit job prospects for youths, but even those with university degrees often have no option but to work in the informal sector. About 60% of the country’s large youth population is unemployed.

Tensions and refugees have spilled over Guinea’s borders with Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Cote d’Ivoire. During the 1990s Guinea harbored as many as half a million refugees from Sierra Leone and Liberia, more refugees than any other African country for much of that decade. About half sought refuge in the volatile \"Parrot’s Beak\" region of southwest Guinea, a wedge of land jutting into Sierra Leone near the Liberian border. Many were relocated within Guinea in the early 2000s because the area suffered repeated cross-border attacks from various government and rebel forces, as well as anti-refugee violence.

" @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ "text": "19.5 years (2018 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "576 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -1012,15 +1012,15 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "12,283,911" + "text": "12.873 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "100.8 (2019 est.)" + "text": "105.63 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "huge improvement over the last ten years; in May 2019, 4G Wi-Fi was launched in the capital; the regional administrative centers all have 3G access; the 2018 set up of an IXP (Internet Exchange Point) reduced the cost of Internet bandwidth and improved infrastructure; a National Backbone Network is nearing completion to connect administrative centers (2020)" + "text": "

Guinea’s mobile subscribership growing through investment of South African telecom operators and Chinese Huawei management; m-transactions supported commerce; broadband still limited and expensive though submarine cable and IXP improved reliability of infrastructure; 4G Wi-Fi in the capital; National Backbone Network will connect regional administrative centers; ECOWAS countries to launch free roaming; importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "there is national coverage and Conakry is reasonably well-served; coverage elsewhere remains inadequate but is improving; fixed-line teledensity is less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular subscribership is expanding rapidly and now 101 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 224; ACE submarine cable connecting Guinea with 20 landing points in Western and South Africa and Europe; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "

government maintains marginal control over broadcast media; single state-run TV station; state-run radio broadcast station also operates several stations in rural areas; a dozen private television stations; a steadily increasing number of privately owned radio stations, nearly all in Conakry, and about a dozen community radio stations; foreign TV programming available via satellite and cable subscription services 

(2019)" @@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,213" + "text": "1,250" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" diff --git a/africa/iv.json b/africa/iv.json index efcef28b..9af96bbb 100644 --- a/africa/iv.json +++ b/africa/iv.json @@ -120,7 +120,12 @@ "text": "Akan 28.9%, Voltaique or Gur 16.1%, Northern Mande 14.5%, Kru 8.5%, Southern Mande 6.9%, unspecified 0.9%, non-Ivoirian 24.2% (2014 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "French (official), 60 native dialects of which Dioula is the most widely spoken" + "Languages": { + "text": "French (official), 60 native dialects of which Dioula is the most widely spoken" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim 42.9%, Catholic 17.2%, Evangelical 11.8%, Methodist 1.7%, other Christian 3.2%, animist 3.6%, other religion 0.5%, none 19.1% (2014 est.)

note: the majority of foreign migrant workers are Muslim (72.7%) and Christian (17.7%)", @@ -224,7 +229,7 @@ "text": "19.8 years (2011/12 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "617 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -995,23 +1000,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "284,799" + "text": "271,724" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1.06 (2019 est.)" + "text": "1.01 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "39,049,743" + "text": "37,376,603" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "145.34 (2019 est.)" + "text": "139.16 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "strongest sector in the overall market is the mobile sector; fixed internet and broadband sectors have remained underdeveloped; country 90% digitalized; Côte d'Ivoire continues to benefit from strong economic growth; progress has been made in building out the national backbone network and connecting in 2019 to the MainOne submarine cable; this development puts the country in a better position to develop its broadband market and work on its digital economy; government further tightens SIM card registration rules (2020)" + "text": "Côte d'Ivoire telecom systems continue to benefit from strong economic growth; fixed-line, Internet, and broadband sectors remain underdeveloped; mobile sector is strong; progress in national backbone network and connection to submarine cable that will increase Internet bandwidth; country is poised to develop broadband market and digital economy; government further tightened SIM card registration rules (2020) (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "less than 1 per 100 fixed-line, with multiple mobile-cellular service providers competing in the market, usage has increased to about 145 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -1019,7 +1024,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 225; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC, ACE, MainOne, and WACS fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and South and West Africa; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-controlled Radiodiffusion Television Ivoirieinne (RTI) is made up of 2 radios stations (Radio Cote d'Ivoire and Frequence2) and 2 television stations (RTI1 and RTI2), with nationwide coverage, broadcasts mainly in French; after 2011 post-electoral crisis, President OUATTARA's administration reopened RTI Bouake', the broadcaster's office in Cote d'Ivoire's 2nd largest city, where facilities were destroyed during the 2002 rebellion; Cote d'Ivoire is also home to 178 proximity radios stations, 16 religious radios stations, 5 commercial radios stations, and 5 international radios stations, according to the Haute Autorite' de la Communication Audiovisuelle (HACA); govt now runs radio UNOCIFM, a radio station previously owned by the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire; in Dec 2016, the govt announced 4 companies had been granted licenses to operate -Live TV, Optimum Media Cote d'Ivoire, the Audiovisual Company of Cote d'Ivoire (Sedaci), and Sorano-CI, out of the 4 companies only one has started operating (2019)" @@ -1037,7 +1042,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "175,918" + "text": "216,723" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "1 (2018 est.)" @@ -1184,7 +1189,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) (2020)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/africa/ke.json b/africa/ke.json index 77f543fd..f0f9ab1f 100644 --- a/africa/ke.json +++ b/africa/ke.json @@ -120,7 +120,12 @@ "text": "Kikuyu 17.1%, Luhya 14.3%, Kalenjin 13.4%, Luo 10.7%, Kamba 9.8%, Somali 5.8%, Kisii 5.7%, Mijikenda 5.2%, Meru 4.2%, Maasai 2.5%, Turkana 2.1%, non-Kenyan 1%, other 8.2% (2019 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages" + "Languages": { + "text": "English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. (English)

The World Factbook, Chanzo cha Lazima Kuhusu Habari ya Msingi. (Kiswahili)" + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Christian 85.5% (Protestant 33.4%, Catholic 20.6%, Evangelical 20.4%, African Instituted Churches 7%, other Christian 4.1%), Muslim 10.9%, other 1.8%, none 1.6%, don't know/no answer 0.2% (2019 est.)" @@ -223,7 +228,7 @@ "text": "20.3 years (2014 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "342 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -1017,7 +1022,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "68,072" + "text": "70,394" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" @@ -1025,15 +1030,15 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "54,336,841" + "text": "54,555,497" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "103.77 (2019 est.)" + "text": "104.22 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "the mobile-cellular system is generally good with a mobile subscriber base of 47 million, especially in urban areas; fixed-line telephone system is small and inefficient; trunks are primarily microwave radio relay; to encourage advancement of the LTE services the govt. has fostered an open-access approach and pushed for a national broadband strategy; more licensing being awarded has led to competition which is good for growth; govt. commits KE 300 million to its free Wi-Fi project (2020)" + "text": "

through increased competition, Kenya’s telecom market has improved international bandwidth and experienced rapid development in mobile sector, including remote regions; four fiber-optic submarine cables reduced costs and increased service to population; government supported LTE and broadband, promising economic support of free WiFi; mobile operators progress with 5G tests; e-commerce interoperability; importer of broadcasting equipment, video displays, and computers from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line subscriptions stand at less than 1 per 100 persons; multiple providers in the mobile-cellular segment of the market fostering a boom in mobile-cellular telephone usage with teledensity reaching 104 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -1041,7 +1046,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 254; landing point for the EASSy, TEAMS, LION2, DARE1, PEACE Cable, and SEACOM fiber-optic submarine cable systems covering East, North and South Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat; launched first micro satellites in 2018 (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "about a half-dozen large-scale privately owned media companies with TV and radio stations, as well as a state-owned TV broadcaster, provide service nationwide; satellite and cable TV subscription services available; state-owned radio broadcaster operates 2 national radio channels and provides regional and local radio services in multiple languages; many private radio stations broadcast on a national level along with over 100 private and non-profit regional stations broadcasting in local languages; TV transmissions of all major international broadcasters available, mostly via paid subscriptions; direct radio frequency modulation transmissions available for several foreign government-owned broadcasters (2019)" @@ -1059,7 +1064,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "371,498" + "text": "491,183" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "1 less than 1 (2018 est.)" @@ -1211,7 +1216,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "al-Shabaab; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force (2021)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "al-Shabaab; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, @@ -1221,7 +1226,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "268,299 (Somalia) (refugees and asylum seekers), 128,644 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 29,969 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 20,694 (Ethiopia) (refugees and asylum seekers), 7,080 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2021)" + "text": "269,579 (Somalia) (refugees and asylum seekers), 130,621 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 30,081 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 29,914 (Ethiopia) (refugees and asylum seekers), 17,674 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2021)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "162,000 (election-related violence, intercommunal violence, resource conflicts, al-Shabaab attacks in 2017 and 2018) (2019)" diff --git a/africa/li.json b/africa/li.json index 2d1721ee..173c626e 100644 --- a/africa/li.json +++ b/africa/li.json @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ "text": "19.2 years (2013 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "661 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "the limited services available are found almost exclusively in the capital, Monrovia; fixed-line service is stagnant and extremely limited; telephone coverage recently extended to a number of other towns and rural areas by four mobile-cellular network operators; Liberia is almost entirely a wireless telecommunications market; a number of operators avoid paying dues and operate despite regulations; govt. regulatory impose SIM card registration in an attempt to reduce crime, but makes mobile penetration seem low; the high cost and limited bandwidth of connections means that Internet access is expensive and data rates are very low (2020)" + "text": "

due to history of civil war and ruin of infrastructure, almost entirely wireless telecom market; good competition for mobile services; high cost and limited bandwidth means Internet access is low; additional investment needed for increased submarine cable access; progress in creating an attractive business-friendly environment is hampered by a weak regulatory environment, corruption, lack of transparency, poor infrastructure, and low private sector capacity; rural areas have little access; fixed-line service is stagnant and extremely limited; operators introducing e-commerce; importer of broadcast equipment from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line less than 1 per 100; mobile-cellular subscription base growing and teledensity approached 57 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 231; landing point for the ACE submarine cable linking 20 West African countries and Europe; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "8 private and 1 government-owned TV station; satellite TV service available; 1 state-owned radio station; approximately 20 independent radio stations broadcasting in Monrovia, with approximately 80 more local stations operating in other areas; transmissions of 4 international (including the British Broadcasting Corporation and Radio France Internationale) broadcasters are available (2019)" @@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "8,098 (Cote d'Ivoire) (2020)" + "text": "8,094 (Cote d'Ivoire) (2021)" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/africa/lt.json b/africa/lt.json index c23d32c9..2bde5721 100644 --- a/africa/lt.json +++ b/africa/lt.json @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ "text": "21 years (2014 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "544 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,865" + "text": "13,426" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" @@ -971,15 +971,15 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,238,186" + "text": "1,583,192" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "113.83 (2019 est.)" + "text": "73.74 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "mobile penetration remains below regional average; introduction of mobile broadband in the country & LTE technology, with 5G trials in early 2019; fixed-line teledensity is low; mobile-cellular telephone system is growth sector; regulator considering improving SIM card registration (2020)" + "text": "

small market with few business incentives; fixed-line tele-density and mobile penetration remains below regional average; introduction of mobile broadband in the country and LTE technology; 5G testing among first in region; landlocked, Lesotho has access to several submarine cables on African coast through neighboring countries yet Internet is expensive; importer of broadcasting equipment and computers from South Africa (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line is 1 per 100 subscriptions; mobile-cellular service dominates the market with a subscribership now over 114 per 100 persons; rudimentary system consisting of a modest number of landlines, a small microwave radio relay system, and a small radiotelephone communication system (2019)" @@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 266; Internet accessibility has improved with several submarine fiber optic cables that land on African east and west coasts, but the country's land locked position makes access prices expensive; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "1 state-owned TV station and 2 state-owned radio stations; government controls most private broadcast media; satellite TV subscription service available; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters obtainable (2019)" @@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "5,763" + "text": "6,329" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" diff --git a/africa/ly.json b/africa/ly.json index 28fbed32..93030b69 100644 --- a/africa/ly.json +++ b/africa/ly.json @@ -118,7 +118,12 @@ "text": "Berber and Arab 97%, other 3% (includes Egyptian, Greek, Indian, Italian, Maltese, Pakistani, Tunisian, and Turkish)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Arabic (official), Italian, English (all widely understood in the major cities); Berber (Nafusi, Ghadamis, Suknah, Awjilah, Tamasheq)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Arabic (official), Italian, English (all widely understood in the major cities); Berber (Nafusi, Ghadamis, Suknah, Awjilah, Tamasheq)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim (official; virtually all Sunni) 96.6%, Christian 2.7%, Buddhist 0.3%, Hindu <0.1, Jewish <0.1, folk religion <0.1, unafilliated 0.2%, other <0.1 (2010 est.)

note: non-Sunni Muslims include native Ibadhi Muslims (<1% of the population) and foreign Muslims", @@ -218,7 +223,7 @@ "text": "1.05 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "72 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -895,7 +900,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "political and security instability in Libya has disrupted its telecommunications sector, but much of its infrastructure remains superior to that in most other African countries; registering a SIM card now requires proof of ID; govt. established new independent regulatory authority; LTE-based fixed broadband network launched; highest market penetration rates in Africa; growth opportunity in broadband sector (2020)" + "text": "

political and security instability in Libya has disrupted its telecom sector, as warring factions make mobile towers a target and construction workers regularly cut cables by mistake; much of its infrastructure remains superior to that in most other African countries; rival operators fight for control; investment in fiber backbone and upgrades to international cables; limited LTE and 5G service; some satellite broadband; importer of broadcasting equipment from UAE and video displays from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "24 per 100 fixed-line and 91 per 100 mobile-cellular subscriptions; service generally adequate (2019)" @@ -903,7 +908,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 218; landing points for LFON, EIG, Italy-Libya, Silphium and Tobrok-Emasaed submarine cable system connecting Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat, Arabsat, and Intersputnik;  microwave radio relay to Tunisia and Egypt; tropospheric scatter to Greece; participant in Medarabtel (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-funded and private TV stations; some provinces operate local TV stations; pan-Arab satellite TV stations are available; state-funded radio (2019)" @@ -1041,7 +1046,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Ansar al-Sharia groups; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – Libya; al-Mulathamun Battalion (al-Mourabitoun); al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (2019)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Ansar al-Sharia groups; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – Libya; al-Mulathamun Battalion (al-Mourabitoun); al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, @@ -1051,10 +1056,10 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "15,252 (Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 14,695 (Syria) (refugees and asylum seekers), 5,116 (Eritrea) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2021)" + "text": "15,735 (Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 14,518 (Syria) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2021)" }, "IDPs": { - "text": "278,177 (conflict between pro-QADHAFI and anti-QADHAFI forces in 2011; post-QADHAFI tribal clashes 2014) (2020)" + "text": "245,483 (conflict between pro-QADHAFI and anti-QADHAFI forces in 2011; post-QADHAFI tribal clashes 2014) (2021)" } } } diff --git a/africa/ma.json b/africa/ma.json index 2a9fc46a..651acead 100644 --- a/africa/ma.json +++ b/africa/ma.json @@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ "text": "Malayo-Indonesian (Merina and related Betsileo), Cotiers (mixed African, Malayo-Indonesian, and Arab ancestry - Betsimisaraka, Tsimihety, Antaisaka, Sakalava), French, Indian, Creole, Comoran" }, "Languages": { - "text": "French (official), Malagasy (official), English" + "text": "Malagasy (official) 99.9%, French (official) 23.6%, English 8.2%, other 0.6% (2018 est.)

note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census", + "note": "note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census" }, "Religions": { "text": "Christian, indigenous, Muslim" @@ -222,7 +223,7 @@ "text": "19.5 years (2008/09 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "335 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -1001,7 +1002,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "system is above average for the region; competition among the four mobile service providers has spurred recent growth in the mobile market and helped the service to be less expensive for the consumer; 3G and LTE services available; Telecom service tax raised to 10% (2020)" + "text": "

penetration rates below African average; competition among mobile service providers has spurred recent growth in the mobile market and reduced consumer costs; 3G and LTE services available; fiber backbone connects major cities with wireless networks upgraded to LTE; government committed to free WiFi hotspots to ensure universal access; telecom service tax raised to 10%; investment in submarine cable to South Africa and Mauritius; importer of broadcasting and video equipment from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "less than 1 per 100 for fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity about 41 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -1009,7 +1010,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 261; landing points for the EASSy, METISS, and LION fiber-optic submarine cable systems connecting to numerous Indian Ocean Islands, South Africa, and Eastern African countries; satellite earth stations - 2 (1 Intelsat - Indian Ocean, 1 Intersputnik - Atlantic Ocean region) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-owned Radio Nationale Malagasy (RNM) and Television Malagasy (TVM) have an extensive national network reach; privately owned radio and TV broadcasters in cities and major towns; state-run radio dominates in rural areas; relays of 2 international broadcasters are available in Antananarivo (2019)" diff --git a/africa/mi.json b/africa/mi.json index 63ce7465..306c52f9 100644 --- a/africa/mi.json +++ b/africa/mi.json @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ "text": "18.9 years (2015/16 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "349 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "14,357" + "text": "13,101" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" @@ -992,15 +992,15 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "9,799,352" + "text": "8,901,027" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "47.78 (2019 est.)" + "text": "46.03 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "rudimentary; 2 fixed-line and 3 mobile-cellular operators govern the market; some mobile services to rural areas; in a resolution to discourage crime the regulatory has imposed SIM card registration since 2018; 50 licensed ISPs; DSL services are available; LTE services are available; mobile penetration low in comparison to the region average; potential for growth; national fiber backbone nearing completion; prospect of gaining access to international submarine fiber optic cables from neighboring countries (2020)" + "text": "

Malawi remains one of the world’s least developed countries, with few resources to build efficient fixed-line telecom infrastructure; mobile penetration low compared to region with ample opportunity for growth and competition; some mobile services to rural areas; LTE services are available; national fiber backbone near completion; progress in m-payment methods; prospect of international submarine cables from neighboring countries; importer of broadcast equipment from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "limited fixed-line subscribership less than 1 per 100 households; mobile-cellular services are expanding but network coverage is limited and is based around the main urban areas; mobile-cellular subscribership 48 per 100 households (2019)" @@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 265; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean, 1 Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "radio is the main broadcast medium; privately owned Zodiak radio has the widest national broadcasting reach, followed by state-run radio; numerous private and community radio stations broadcast in cities and towns around the country; the largest TV network is government-owned, but at least 4 private TV networks broadcast in urban areas; relays of multiple international broadcasters are available (2019)" @@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "30,473 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 11,241 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers), 6,939 (Rwanda) (refugees and asylum seekers)(2021)" + "text": "31,551 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 11,241 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers), 6,939 (Rwanda) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2021)" } } } diff --git a/africa/ml.json b/africa/ml.json index d6c87679..4ee69cf1 100644 --- a/africa/ml.json +++ b/africa/ml.json @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ "text": "18.9 years (2018 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "562 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -557,10 +557,10 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "President of transitional government, Bah NDAW (since 25 September 2020); vice president of the transitional government, Assimi GOITA (since 25 September 2020)

note: former president Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA was deposed by the Malian military on 18 August 2020; on 21 September, a group of 17 electors chosen by the Malian military junta, known as the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP) and led by Colonel Assimi GOITA, selected the transitional president and vice president; the transitional government was inaugurated on 25 September 2020" + "text": "Transitional President Assimi GOITA (since 7 June 2021)

note: an August 2020 coup d'etat deposed President Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA; on 21 September 2020, a group of 17 electors chosen by the Malian military junta, known as the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP) and led by Colonel Assimi GOITA, selected Bah NDAW as transitional president; GOITA served as vice president of the transitional government which was inaugurated on 25 September 2020; Vice President GOITA seized power on 25 May 2021; NDAW resigned on 26 May 2021" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Moctar OUANE (appointed by the transitional government on 27 Sep 2020)

note: former PM Boubou CISSE was removed by the military on 18 August 2020" + "text": "Transitional Prime Minister Choguel MAIGA (appointed by Transitional President Assimi GOITA on 7 June 2021)

note: former Prime Minister Moctar OUANE was arrested and detained by the military on 24 May 2021 and resigned on 26 May 2021" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister" @@ -986,23 +986,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "227,831" + "text": "242,241" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1.2 (2019 est.)" + "text": "1.28 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "21,850,850" + "text": "22,925,482" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "115.09 (2019 est.)" + "text": "120.75 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "telecoms infrastructure is barely adequate in most town and not available in many areas of the country; geography is a challenge for telecommunications; poverty, security, high illiteracy and low PC use has taken its toll; 4 mobile operators in market; mobile penetration high and potential for mobile broadband service; local plans for Internet Exchange Point; as Mali is landlocked there is hope that neighboring countries will allow use of international bandwidth; G5 Sahel countries adopt free roaming measures; Chinese company Huawei attempts to build a national backbone network but security issues make this difficult (2020)" + "text": "

Mali’s telecom systems are challenged by recent conflict, geography, areas of low population, poverty, security issues, and high illiteracy; telecom infrastructure is barely adequate in urban areas and not available in most of the country with underinvestment in fixed-line networks; high mobile penetration and potential for mobile broadband service; local plans for IXP; dependent on neighboring countries for international bandwidth and access to submarine cables; Chinese investment in infrastructure stymied by security issues; importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line subscribership 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular subscribership has increased sharply to over 115 per 100 persons; increasing use of local radio loops to extend network coverage to remote areas (2019)" @@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 223; satellite communications center and fiber-optic links to neighboring countries; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean, 1 Indian Ocean)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "national public TV broadcaster; 2 privately owned companies provide subscription services to foreign multi-channel TV packages; national public radio broadcaster supplemented by a large number of privately owned and community broadcast stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available (2019)" @@ -1028,10 +1028,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "120,934" + "text": "142,522" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 less than 1 (2018 est.)" + "text": "1 (2018 est.)" } } }, @@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Ansar al-Dine; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the Greater Sahara; Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin; al-Mulathamun Battalion (al-Mourabitoun) (2020)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Ansar al-Dine; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the Greater Sahara; Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin; al-Mulathamun Battalion (al-Mourabitoun)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, @@ -1155,7 +1155,7 @@ "text": "16,938 (Niger), 15,896 (Mauritania), 12,890 (Burkina Faso) (2021)" }, "IDPs": { - "text": "346,864 (Tuareg rebellion since 2012) (2021)" + "text": "372,266 (Tuareg rebellion since 2012) (2021)" } }, "Trafficking in persons": { diff --git a/africa/mo.json b/africa/mo.json index 82b7a6ff..e2211194 100644 --- a/africa/mo.json +++ b/africa/mo.json @@ -127,8 +127,12 @@ "note": "note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Arabic (official), Berber languages (Tamazight (official), Tachelhit, Tarifit), French (often the language of business, government, and diplomacy)

note:  the proportion of Berber speakers is disputed; does not include data from the former Western Sahara", - "note": "note:  the proportion of Berber speakers is disputed; does not include data from the former Western Sahara" + "Languages": { + "text": "Arabic (official), Berber languages (Tamazight (official), Tachelhit, Tarifit), French (often the language of business, government, and diplomacy); note - the proportion of Berber speakers is disputed; does not include data from the former Western Sahara" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
كتاب ديال لحقائق متاع العالم، احسن مصدر متاع المعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim 99% (official; virtually all Sunni, <0.1% Shia), other 1% (includes Christian, Jewish, and Baha'i); note - Jewish about 6,000 (2010 est.)

note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara", @@ -237,7 +241,7 @@ }, "note": "note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "70 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara", "note": "note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara" }, @@ -639,7 +643,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador David T. FISCHER (since 22 January 2020)" + "text": "ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires David GREENE (since 21 January 2021)" }, "telephone": { "text": "[212] 537 637 200" @@ -1023,23 +1027,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,982,934" + "text": "2,054,545" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "5.63 (2019 est.)" + "text": "5.83 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "45,065,083" + "text": "46,666,722" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "127.95 (2019 est.)" + "text": "132.51 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "national network nearly 100% digital using fiber-optic links; improved rural service employs microwave radio relay; one of the most state-of-the-art markets in Africa; high mobile penetration rates in the region with low cost for broadband Internet access; improvement in LTE and VoD (Video on Demand) reach and capabilities; some market limitations with lack of competition; mobile internet accounts for 93.2% of all Internet connections (2020)" + "text": "

despite Morocco's economic progress, the country suffers from high unemployment and illiteracy affecting telecom market, particularly in rural areas; national network nearly 100% digital using fiber-optic links; improved rural service employs microwave radio relay; one of the most state-of-the-art markets in Africa; high mobile penetration rates in the region with low cost for broadband Internet access; improvement in LTE reach and capabilities; 5G tests underway; mobile Internet accounts for 93% of all Internet connections; World Bank provided funds for Morocco’s digital transformation; government supported digital education during pandemic; submarine cables and satellite provide connectivity to Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Australia; importer of broadcasting equipment and video displays from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line teledensity is 6 per 100 persons and mobile-cellular subscribership exceeds 128 per 100 persons; good system composed of open-wire lines, cables, and microwave radio relay links; principal switching centers are Casablanca and Rabat (2019)" @@ -1047,7 +1051,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 212; landing point for the Atlas Offshore, Estepona-Tetouan, Canalink and SEA-ME-WE-3 fiber-optic telecommunications undersea cables that provide connectivity to Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Australia; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; microwave radio relay to Gibraltar, Spain, and Western Sahara (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "2 TV broadcast networks with state-run Radio-Television Marocaine (RTM) operating one network and the state partially owning the other; foreign TV broadcasts are available via satellite dish; 3 radio broadcast networks with RTM operating one; the government-owned network includes 10 regional radio channels in addition to its national service (2019)" @@ -1065,14 +1069,14 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,552,599" + "text": "1,751,341" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "4 (2018 est.)" + "text": "4.97 (2019 est.)" } }, "Communications - note": { - "text": "the University of al-Quarawiyyin Library in Fez is recognized as the oldest existing, continually operating library in the world, dating back to A.D. 859; among its holdings are approximately 4,000 ancient Islamic manuscripts (2018)" + "text": "the University of al-Quarawiyyin Library in Fez is recognized as the oldest existing, continually operating library in the world, dating back to A.D. 859; among its holdings are approximately 4,000 ancient Islamic manuscripts" } }, "Transportation": { @@ -1196,7 +1200,7 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "the Royal Armed Forces have approximately 197,000 active personnel (175,000 Army; 9,000 Navy; 13,000 Air Force); est. 25,000 Gendarmerie (2020)" + "text": "the Royal Armed Forces have approximately 200,000 active personnel (175,000 Army; 10,000 Navy; 15,000 Air Force); est. 25,000 Gendarmerie (2021)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the Moroccan military's inventory is comprised of mostly older French and US equipment; since 2010, France and the US are the leading suppliers of weapons to Morocco (2020)" @@ -1210,7 +1214,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) (2021)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/africa/mp.json b/africa/mp.json index d9a237d3..771ec302 100644 --- a/africa/mp.json +++ b/africa/mp.json @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ "text": "0.96 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "61 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -936,23 +936,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "470,166" + "text": "458,700" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "34.27 (2019 est.)" + "text": "33.45 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,076,577" + "text": "1,866,600" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "151.36 (2019 est.)" + "text": "136.12 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "small system with good service; LTE and fiber broadband service are available; government supports building a national Wi-Fi network; partial privatization of biggest telecommunications company, open to competition; 3 mobile network operators; the country is a hub for submarine cables providing international connectivity; successfully pursuing a policy to make telecommunications a pillar of economic growth and to have a fully digital-based infrastructure (2020)" + "text": "Mauritius is successfully pursuing a policy to make telecommunications a pillar of economic growth, and to have a fully digital-based smart infrastructure; the island nation is a pioneer in the telecom sector, with the first market in greater Africa to launch mobile networks and provide 3G, the first in the world to develop a nationwide WiMAX wireless broadband network, and one of the first to launch IPTV; LTE and fiber broadband are nationally available, and the government supports national Wi-Fi; international cable connectivity has improved, increasing bandwidth capacity; submarine cable provides connectivity to South Africa and beyond; major importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2021) (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line teledensity 34 per 100 persons and mobile-cellular services teledensity approaching 151 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 230; landing points for the SAFE, MARS, IOX Cable System, METISS and LION submarine cable system that provides links to Asia, Africa, Southeast Asia, Indian Ocean Islands of Reunion, Madagascar, and Mauritius; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean); new microwave link to Reunion; HF radiotelephone links to several countries (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "the government maintains control over TV broadcasting through the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), which only operates digital TV stations since June 2015; MBC is a shareholder in a local company that operates 2 pay-TV stations; the state retains the largest radio broadcast network with multiple stations; several private radio broadcasters have entered the market since 2001; transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are available (2019)" @@ -978,10 +978,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "274,200" + "text": "307,200" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "20 (2018 est.)" + "text": "22.4 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/africa/mr.json b/africa/mr.json index 1a44de11..221b96ce 100644 --- a/africa/mr.json +++ b/africa/mr.json @@ -122,8 +122,12 @@ "text": "Black Moors (Haratines - Arab-speaking slaves, former slaves, and their descendants of African origin, enslaved by white Moors) 40%, White Moors (of Arab-Berber descent, known as Beydane) 30%, Sub-Saharan Mauritanians (non-Arabic speaking, largely resident in or originating from the Senegal River Valley, including Halpulaar, Fulani, Soninke, Wolof, and Bambara ethnic groups) 30%" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Arabic (official and national), Pular, Soninke, Wolof (all national languages), French

note: the spoken Arabic in Mauritania differs considerably from the modern standard Arabic used for official written purposes or in the media; the Mauritanian dialect, which incorporates many Berber words, is referred to as Hassaniya", - "note": "note: the spoken Arabic in Mauritania differs considerably from the modern standard Arabic used for official written purposes or in the media; the Mauritanian dialect, which incorporates many Berber words, is referred to as Hassaniya" + "Languages": { + "text": "Arabic (official and national), Pular, Soninke, Wolof (all national languages), French; note - the spoken Arabic in Mauritania differs considerably from the modern standard Arabic used for official written purposes or in the media; the Mauritanian dialect, which incorporates many Berber words, is referred to as Hassaniya" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim (official) 100%" @@ -222,7 +226,7 @@ "text": "0.93 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "766 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -995,23 +999,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "53,742" + "text": "61,858" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1.37 (2019 est.)" + "text": "1.58 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,083,199" + "text": "4,710,800" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "104.09 (2019 est.)" + "text": "120.32 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "limited system of cable and open-wire lines, minor microwave radio relay links, and radiotelephone communications stations; mobile-cellular services expanding; 3 mobile network operators; monopolies and little stimulus for competition; 3G penetration high yet little development in LTE and consequently mobile broadband access speeds are low; World Bank and European Investment Bank support attempts to improve telecom and improve regulatory measures; regulator struggles to enforce good quality of service; efforts to improve backbone of network (2020)" + "text": "Mauritania’s small population and low economic output limit sustained growth; transparency and tax burdens hinder foreign investment; World Bank and European Investment Bank support regulations to promote fixed-line broadband, improvement of the national backbone network, and connectivity to international cables; limited system of cable and open-wire lines, mobile-cellular services expanding though monopolies, and little stimulus for competition; 3G penetration high yet little development in LTE; mobile broadband access speeds are low; importer of broadcasting equipment from UAE (2021) (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line teledensity 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular network coverage extends mainly to urban areas with a teledensity of roughly 104 per 100 persons; mostly cable and open-wire lines; a domestic satellite telecommunications system links Nouakchott with regional capitals (2019)" @@ -1019,7 +1023,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 222; landing point for the ACE submarine cable for connectivity to 19 West African countries and 2 European countries; satellite earth stations - 3 (1 Intelsat - Atlantic Ocean, 2 Arabsat) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "10 TV stations: 5 government-owned and 5 private; in October 2017, the government suspended all private TV stations due to non-payment of broadcasting fees; as of April 2018, only one private TV station was broadcasting, Al Mourabitoune, the official TV of the Mauritanian Islamist party, Tewassoul; the other stations are negotiating payment options with the government and hope to be back on the air soon; 18 radio broadcasters: 15 government-owned, 3 (Radio Nouakchott Libre, Radio Tenwir, Radio Kobeni) private; all 3 private radio stations broadcast from Nouakchott; of the 15 government stations, 3 broadcast from Nouakchott (Radio Mauritanie, Radio Jeunesse, Radio Koran) and the other 12 broadcast from each of the 12 regions outside Nouakchott; Radio Jeunesse and Radio Koran are now also being re-broadcast in the regions (2019)" @@ -1037,7 +1041,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "13,222" + "text": "10,815" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" @@ -1176,7 +1180,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "26,001 (Western Saharan Sahrawis) (2019); 68,855 (Mali) (2021)" + "text": "26,001 (Sahrawis) (2019); 68,855 (Mali) (2021)" } }, "Trafficking in persons": { diff --git a/africa/mz.json b/africa/mz.json index cd1cb0fb..4b3fc03d 100644 --- a/africa/mz.json +++ b/africa/mz.json @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ "text": "18.9 years (2011 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "289 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "61,575" + "text": "80,791" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" @@ -1014,15 +1014,15 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "13,992,090" + "text": "14,773,364" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "47.72 (2019 est.)" + "text": "50.38 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "the mobile segment has shown strong growth; poor fixed-line infrastructure means most Internet access is through mobile accounts; DSL, cable broadband, WiMAX (broadband over long distances), 3G and some fiber broadband available; first LTE services launched in 2018; govt. implemented legislation to enforce the registration of SIM cards; submarine cables reduced the cost of bandwidth (2020)" + "text": "

one of the first countries in the region to reform telecom market and open it to competition; the mobile segment has shown strong growth; poor fixed-line infrastructure means most Internet access is through mobile accounts; DSL, cable broadband, 3G, and some fiber broadband available; LTE tests underway; roll out of national fiber backbone and upgrades to infrastructure; submarine cables reduced the cost of bandwidth; importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "extremely low fixed-line teledensity contrasts with rapid growth in the mobile-cellular network; operators provide coverage that includes all the main cities and key roads; fixed-line less than 1 per 100 and 48 per 100 mobile-cellular teledensity (2019)" @@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 258; landing points for the EASSy and SEACOM/ Tata TGN-Eurasia fiber-optic submarine cable systems linking numerous east African countries, the Middle East and Asia ; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 3 Indian Ocean); TdM contracts for Itelsat for satellite broadband and bulk haul services (2020)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "1 state-run TV station supplemented by private TV station; Portuguese state TV's African service, RTP Africa, and Brazilian-owned TV Miramar are available; state-run radio provides nearly 100% territorial coverage and broadcasts in multiple languages; a number of privately owned and community-operated stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available (2019)" @@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "70,142" + "text": "69,975" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" @@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham - Mozambique (ISIS-M) (2021)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham - Mozambique (ISIS-M)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, @@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "10,079 (Democratic Republic of Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 8,887 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2021)" + "text": "12,009 (Democratic Republic of Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 8,887 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2021)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "668,000 (violence between the government and an opposition group, violence associated with extremists groups in 2018, political violence 2019) (2021)" diff --git a/africa/ng.json b/africa/ng.json index 162fa9b2..71942842 100644 --- a/africa/ng.json +++ b/africa/ng.json @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ "text": "18.1 years (2012 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "509 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "mobile services stronger than fixed telecoms; broadband penetration inconsequential; adopts free mobile roaming with other G5 Sahel countries; govt. contributes to Trans-Sahara Backbone network; LTE license awarded; govt. tax of telecom sector (2020)" + "text": "

difficult economic climate, with lack of fixed telecom infrastructure; mobile services stronger than fixed telecom; low broadband penetration; adopted free mobile roaming with other G5 Sahel countries; World Bank project to facilitate digital progress; government contributes to Trans-Sahara Backbone network, with aims to extend fiber-optic and international capacity; LTE license awarded; government substantially taxes telecom sector (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 1 per 100 persons and mobile-cellular teledensity remains 41 per 100 persons despite a rapidly increasing cellular subscribership base; small system of wire, radio telephone communications, and microwave radio relay links concentrated in southwestern Niger; domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations and 1 planned (2019)" @@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 227; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-run TV station; 3 private TV stations provide a mix of local and foreign programming; state-run radio has only radio station with national coverage; about 30 private radio stations operate locally; as many as 100 community radio stations broadcast; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available" @@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Boko Haram; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the Greater Sahara; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – West Africa; Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin; al-Mulathamun Battalion (al-Mourabitoun) (2021)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Boko Haram; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the Greater Sahara; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – West Africa; Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin; al-Mulathamun Battalion (al-Mourabitoun)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, @@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "174,407 (Nigeria), 60,384 (Mali) (2021)" + "text": "177,773 (Nigeria), 61,156 (Mali) (2021)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "300,320 (includes the regions of Diffa, Tillaberi, and Tahoua; unknown how many of the 11,000 people displaced by clashes between government forces and the Tuareg militant group, Niger Movement for Justice, in 2007 are still displaced; inter-communal violence; Boko Haram attacks in southern Niger, 2015) (2021)" diff --git a/africa/ni.json b/africa/ni.json index bdd4f0c1..233beab1 100644 --- a/africa/ni.json +++ b/africa/ni.json @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ "text": "20.3 years (2013 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "917 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ "aerosolized dust or soil contact diseases": { "text": "Lassa fever" }, - "note": "note: on 7 October 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Travel Health Notice for a Yellow Fever outbreak in Nigeria; a large, ongoing outbreak of yellow fever in Nigeria began in September 2017; the outbreak is now spread throughout the country with the Nigerian Ministry of Health reporting cases of the disease in all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory; the CDC recommends travelers going to Nigeria should receive vaccination against yellow fever at least 10 days before travel and should take steps to prevent mosquito bites while there; those never vaccinated against yellow fever should avoid travel to Nigeria during the outbreak
note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Nigeria; as of 16 May 2021, Nigeria has reported a total of 165,702 cases of COVID-19 or 80.4 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 1 cumulative death per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, .89% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: on 7 October 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Travel Health Notice for a Yellow Fever outbreak in Nigeria; a large, ongoing outbreak of yellow fever in Nigeria began in September 2017; the outbreak is now spread throughout the country with the Nigerian Ministry of Health reporting cases of the disease in all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory; the CDC recommends travelers going to Nigeria should receive vaccination against yellow fever at least 10 days before travel and should take steps to prevent mosquito bites while there; those never vaccinated against yellow fever should avoid travel to Nigeria during the outbreak
note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Nigeria; as of 6 June 2021, Nigeria has reported a total of 166,756 cases of COVID-19 or 80.9 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 1 cumulative death per 100,000 population; as of 4 June 2021, .95% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "8.9% (2016)" @@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ "aerosolized dust or soil contact diseases": { "text": "Lassa fever" }, - "note": "note: on 7 October 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Travel Health Notice for a Yellow Fever outbreak in Nigeria; a large, ongoing outbreak of yellow fever in Nigeria began in September 2017; the outbreak is now spread throughout the country with the Nigerian Ministry of Health reporting cases of the disease in all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory; the CDC recommends travelers going to Nigeria should receive vaccination against yellow fever at least 10 days before travel and should take steps to prevent mosquito bites while there; those never vaccinated against yellow fever should avoid travel to Nigeria during the outbreak
note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Nigeria; as of 16 May 2021, Nigeria has reported a total of 165,702 cases of COVID-19 or 80.4 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 1 cumulative death per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, .89% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: on 7 October 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Travel Health Notice for a Yellow Fever outbreak in Nigeria; a large, ongoing outbreak of yellow fever in Nigeria began in September 2017; the outbreak is now spread throughout the country with the Nigerian Ministry of Health reporting cases of the disease in all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory; the CDC recommends travelers going to Nigeria should receive vaccination against yellow fever at least 10 days before travel and should take steps to prevent mosquito bites while there; those never vaccinated against yellow fever should avoid travel to Nigeria during the outbreak
note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Nigeria; as of 6 June 2021, Nigeria has reported a total of 166,756 cases of COVID-19 or 80.9 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 1 cumulative death per 100,000 population; as of 4 June 2021, .95% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Food insecurity": { "widespread lack of access": { @@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "146,075" + "text": "107,154" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" @@ -1016,15 +1016,15 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "184,013,243" + "text": "184,592,255" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "88.18 (2019 est.)" + "text": "88.47 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "one of the larger telecom markets in Africa; most Internet connections are via mobile networks; foreign investment presence, particularly China; market competition; LTE-A technologies available but GSM technology dominate; mobile penetration rate of 123% and 173 million subscribers; unified licensing regime; government committed to expanding broadband penetration; in Q1 2018, the Nigerian Communications Commission approved seven licenses to telecom companies to deploy fiber optic cable in the six geopolitical zones and Lagos; operators invest in base stations to take care of network congestion (2020)" + "text": "

one of the larger telecom markets in Africa subject to sporadic access to electricity and vandalism of infrastructure; most Internet connections are via mobile networks; foreign investment presence, particularly from China; market competition with affordable access; LTE technologies available but GSM is dominate; mobile penetration high due to use of multiple SIM cards and phones; government committed to expanding broadband penetration; operators to deploy fiber optic cable in six geopolitical zones and Lagos; operators invested in base stations to deplete network congestion; submarine cable break in 2020 slowed speeds and interrupted connectivity; importer of phones and broadcast equipment from China (2020)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line subscribership remains less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular services growing rapidly, in part responding to the shortcomings of the fixed-line network; multiple cellular providers operate nationally with subscribership base over 88 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 234; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC, NCSCS,  MainOne, Glo-1 & 2, ACE, and Equiano fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and South and West Africa; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "nearly 70 federal government-controlled national and regional TV stations; all 36 states operate TV stations; several private TV stations operational; cable and satellite TV subscription services are available; network of federal government-controlled national, regional, and state radio stations; roughly 40 state government-owned radio stations typically carry their own programs except for news broadcasts; about 20 private radio stations; transmissions of international broadcasters are available; digital broadcasting migration process completed in three states in 2018 (2019)" @@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "73,965" + "text": "83,360" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" @@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Boko Haram; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – West Africa; Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis-Sudan (Ansaru) (2020)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Boko Haram; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – West Africa; Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis-Sudan (Ansaru)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, @@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@ "text": "66,038 (Cameroon) (2021)" }, "IDPs": { - "text": "2,878,931 (northeast Nigeria; Boko Haram attacks and counterinsurgency efforts in northern Nigeria; communal violence between Christians and Muslims in the middle belt region, political violence; flooding; forced evictions; cattle rustling; competition for resources) (2021)" + "text": "2,880,168 (northeast Nigeria; Boko Haram attacks and counterinsurgency efforts in northern Nigeria; communal violence between Christians and Muslims in the middle belt region, political violence; flooding; forced evictions; cattle rustling; competition for resources) (2021)" } }, "Trafficking in persons": { diff --git a/africa/od.json b/africa/od.json index 1653cd30..27700bb3 100644 --- a/africa/od.json +++ b/africa/od.json @@ -103,7 +103,12 @@ "text": "Dinka (Jieng) 35.8%, Nuer (Naath) 15.6%, Shilluk (Chollo), Azande, Bari, Kakwa, Kuku, Murle, Mandari, Didinga, Ndogo, Bviri, Lndi, Anuak, Bongo, Lango, Dungotona, Acholi, Baka, Fertit (2011 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "English (official), Arabic (includes Juba and Sudanese variants), regional languages include Dinka, Nuer, Bari, Zande, Shilluk" + "Languages": { + "text": "English (official), Arabic (includes Juba and Sudanese variants), regional languages include Dinka, Nuer, Bari, Zande, Shilluk" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. (English)

كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)" + } }, "Religions": { "text": "animist, Christian, Muslim" @@ -202,7 +207,7 @@ "text": "1.06 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "1,150 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -848,19 +853,16 @@ }, "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { - "total subscriptions": { - "text": "0" - }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,439,784" + "text": "2,221,967" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "33.46 (2019 est.)" + "text": "21.61 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -873,7 +875,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 211 (2017)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "

a single TV channel and a radio station are controlled by the government; several community and commercial FM stations are operational, mostly sponsored by outside aid donors; some foreign radio broadcasts are available

(2019)" @@ -1014,7 +1016,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "292,780 (Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 16,802 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2021)" + "text": "295,038 (Sudan), 16,985 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2021)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "1,615,000 (alleged coup attempt and ethnic conflict beginning in December 2013; information is lacking on those displaced in earlier years by: fighting in Abyei between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in May 2011; clashes between the SPLA and dissident militia groups in South Sudan; inter-ethnic conflicts over resources and cattle; attacks from the Lord's Resistance Army; floods and drought) (2020)" diff --git a/africa/pu.json b/africa/pu.json index f1086f0a..b03d4ce3 100644 --- a/africa/pu.json +++ b/africa/pu.json @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ "text": "0.95 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "667 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -930,10 +930,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,555,961" + "text": "1,590,381" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "82.79 (2019 est.)" + "text": "84.62 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 245; ACE submarine cable connecting Guinea-Bissau with 20 landing points in Western and South Africa and Europe (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "1 state-owned TV station, Televisao da Guine-Bissau (TGB) and a second station, Radio e Televisao de Portugal (RTP) Africa, is operated by Portuguese public broadcaster (RTP); 1 state-owned radio station, several private radio stations, and some community radio stations; multiple international broadcasters are available (2019)" @@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,204" + "text": "1,227" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" diff --git a/africa/rw.json b/africa/rw.json index 4578fbf3..8e52e8cf 100644 --- a/africa/rw.json +++ b/africa/rw.json @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ "text": "23 years (2014/15 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "248 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "11,215" + "text": "11,393" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" @@ -983,15 +983,15 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "9,531,609" + "text": "9,658,548" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "76.49 (2019 est.)" + "text": "77.53 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "govt. invests in smart city infrastructure; expanding wholesale LTE services; govt. launches SIM card registration; growing economy and foreign aid help launch telecom sector, despite widespread poverty; slow to liberalize mobile sector; competing operators roll out national fiber optic backbone that connects to submarine cables of neighboring countries ending expensive dependence on satellite (2020)" + "text": "

telecom market impacted by energy shortages and instability in neighboring states; government investing in smart city infrastructure; growing economy and foreign aid from South Korea help launch telecom sector, despite widespread poverty; expansion of LTE services; competing operators roll out national fiber optic backbone through connection to submarine cables, ending expensive dependence on satellite; importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "the capital, Kigali, is connected to provincial centers by microwave radio relay, and recently by cellular telephone service; much of the network depends on wire and HF radiotelephone; fixed-line less than 1 per 100 and mobile-cellular telephone density has increased to 76 telephones per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 250; international connections employ microwave radio relay to neighboring countries and satellite communications to more distant countries; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) in Kigali (includes telex and telefax service); international submarine fiber-optic cables on the African east coast has brought international bandwidth and lessened the dependency on satellites" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "13 TV stations; 35 radio stations registered, including international broadcasters, government owns most popular TV and radio stations; regional satellite-based TV services available" @@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "7,501" + "text": "8,885" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" @@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "74,751 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 47,803 (Burundi) (2021)" + "text": "74,836 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 47,803 (Burundi) (2021)" } } } diff --git a/africa/se.json b/africa/se.json index f74a6e84..ac900091 100644 --- a/africa/se.json +++ b/africa/se.json @@ -895,18 +895,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "19,627" + "text": "20,122" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "20.59 (2019 est.)" + "text": "21.17 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "188,879" + "text": "193,672" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "198.15 (2019 est.)" + "text": "203.78 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 248; landing points for the PEACE and the SEAS submarine cables providing connectivity to Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia; direct radiotelephone communications with adjacent island countries and African coastal countries; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "

the national broadcaster, Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), which is funded by taxpayer money, operates the only terrestrial TV station, which provides local programming and airs broadcasts from international services; a privately owned Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) channel also provides local programming multi-channel cable and satellite TV are available through 2 providers; the national broadcaster operates 1 AM and 1 FM radio station; there are 2 privately operated radio stations; transmissions of 2 international broadcasters are accessible in Victoria

(2019)" @@ -937,10 +937,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "19,696" + "text": "26,974" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "21 (2018 est.)" + "text": "28.38 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/africa/sf.json b/africa/sf.json index 24760e14..cc427d5a 100644 --- a/africa/sf.json +++ b/africa/sf.json @@ -125,8 +125,12 @@ "note": "note: colored is a term used in South Africa, including on the national census, for persons of mixed race ancestry who developed a distinct cultural identity over several hundred years" }, "Languages": { - "text": "isiZulu (official) 24.7%, isiXhosa (official) 15.6%, Afrikaans (official) 12.1%, Sepedi (official) 9.8%, Setswana (official) 8.9%, English (official) 8.4%, Sesotho (official) 8%, Xitsonga (official) 4%, siSwati (official) 2.6%, Tshivenda (official) 2.5%, isiNdebele (official) 1.6%, other (includes Khoi, Nama, and San languages) 1.9% (2017 est.)

note: data represent language spoken most often at home", - "note": "note: data represent language spoken most often at home" + "Languages": { + "text": "isiZulu (official) 24.7%, isiXhosa (official) 15.6%, Afrikaans (official) 12.1%, Sepedi (official) 9.8%, Setswana (official) 8.9%, English (official) 8.4%, Sesotho (official) 8%, Xitsonga (official) 4%, siSwati (official) 2.6%, Tshivenda (official) 2.5%, isiNdebele (official) 1.6%, other (includes Khoi, Nama, and San languages) 1.9%; note - data represent language spoken most often at home (2017 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Die Wereld Feite Boek, n’ onontbeerlike bron vir basiese informasie. (Afrikaans)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. (English)" + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Christian 86%, ancestral, tribal, animist, or other traditional African religions 5.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other 1.5%, nothing in particular 5.2% (2015 est.)" @@ -225,7 +229,7 @@ "text": "0.98 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "119 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -324,7 +328,7 @@ "water contact diseases": { "text": "schistosomiasis" }, - "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout South Africa; as of 16 May 2021, South Africa has reported a total of 1,611,143 cases of COVID-19 or 2,716.5 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 93.0 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, .88% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout South Africa; as of 6 June 2021, South Africa has reported a total of 1,691,4 cases of COVID-19 or 2,852.0 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 96.0 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 22 May 2021, 1.08% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "28.3% (2016)" @@ -455,7 +459,7 @@ "water contact diseases": { "text": "schistosomiasis" }, - "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout South Africa; as of 16 May 2021, South Africa has reported a total of 1,611,143 cases of COVID-19 or 2,716.5 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 93.0 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, .88% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout South Africa; as of 6 June 2021, South Africa has reported a total of 1,691,4 cases of COVID-19 or 2,852.0 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 96.0 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 22 May 2021, 1.08% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Waste and recycling": { "municipal solid waste generated annually": { @@ -997,18 +1001,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,934,778" + "text": "2,024,730" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3.46 (2019 est.)" + "text": "3.62 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "92,600,942" + "text": "96,972,459" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "165.6 (2019 est.)" + "text": "173.5 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1021,7 +1025,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 27; landing points for the WACS, ACE, SAFE, SAT-3, Equiano, SABR, SAEx1, SAEx2, IOX Cable System, METISS, EASSy, and SEACOM/ Tata TGN-Eurasia fiber-optic submarine cable systems connecting South Africa, East Africa, West Africa, Europe, Southeast Asia, Asia, South America, Indian Ocean Islands, and the US; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 2 Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) operates 4 TV stations, 3 are free-to-air and 1 is pay TV; e.tv, a private station, is accessible to more than half the population; multiple subscription TV services provide a mix of local and international channels; well-developed mix of public and private radio stations at the national, regional, and local levels; the SABC radio network, state-owned and controlled but nominally independent, operates 18 stations, one for each of the 11 official languages, 4 community stations, and 3 commercial stations; more than 100 community-based stations extend coverage to rural areas" @@ -1039,10 +1043,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,107,013" + "text": "1,250,356" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "2 (2018 est.)" + "text": "2.24 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1190,7 +1194,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) (2021)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/africa/sg.json b/africa/sg.json index 85ecbf01..9565f88b 100644 --- a/africa/sg.json +++ b/africa/sg.json @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ "text": "21.9 years (2018 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "315 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -1002,23 +1002,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "195,288" + "text": "207,592" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1.27 (2019 est.)" + "text": "1.35 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "16,871,654" + "text": "17,880,594" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "109.72 (2019 est.)" + "text": "116.37 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "mobile penetration reached 108% in March 2019; mobile broadband accounts for close to 100% (97.2%) Internet accesses; 3G and LTE services for 50% of population; growth in the intel market along with economic growth for the country; regulator awards more MVNO licenses, deactivated some 5 million unregistered SIM cards (2020)" + "text": "

universal mobile penetration since 2019; mobile broadband accounts for 97% of Internet access; 3G and LTE services for half of the population; African consortium issued a bond to finance network upgrades and services; importer of broadcasting equipment from UAE and China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "generally reliable urban system with a fiber-optic network; about two-thirds of all fixed-line connections are in Dakar; mobile-cellular service is steadily displacing fixed-line service, even in urban areas; fixed-line 1 per 100 and mobile-cellular 110 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 221; landing points for the ACE, Atlantis-2, MainOne and SAT-3/WASC submarine cables providing connectivity from South Africa, numerous western African countries, Europe and South America; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-run Radiodiffusion Television Senegalaise (RTS) broadcasts TV programs from five cities in Senegal; in most regions of the country, viewers can receive TV programming from at least 7 private broadcasters; a wide range of independent TV programming is available via satellite; RTS operates a national radio network and a number of regional FM stations; at least 7 community radio stations and 18 private-broadcast radio stations are available; transmissions of at least 5 international broadcasters are accessible on FM in Dakar (2019)" @@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "129,820" + "text": "152,047" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "1 (2018 est.)" @@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "14,114 (Mauritania) (2021)" + "text": "14,173 (Mauritania) (2021)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "8,400 (clashes between government troops and separatists in Casamance region in the 1990s and early 2000s) (2019)" diff --git a/africa/sh.json b/africa/sh.json index 44b9818f..1636e7a0 100644 --- a/africa/sh.json +++ b/africa/sh.json @@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code (Saint Helena) - 290, (Ascension Island) - 247; landing point for the SaEx1 submarine cable providing connectivity to South Africa, Brazil, Virginia Beach (US) and islands in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan de Cunha; international direct dialing; satellite voice and data communications; satellite earth stations - 5 (Ascension Island - 4, Saint Helena - 1) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "Saint Helena has no local TV station; 2 local radio stations, one of which is relayed to Ascension Island; satellite TV stations rebroadcast terrestrially; Ascension Island has no local TV station but has 1 local radio station and receives relays of broadcasts from 1 radio station on Saint Helena; broadcasts from the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) are available, as well as TV services for the US military; Tristan da Cunha has 1 local radio station and receives BFBS TV and radio broadcasts" diff --git a/africa/sl.json b/africa/sl.json index 16ca1f0e..9a52c0a6 100644 --- a/africa/sl.json +++ b/africa/sl.json @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ "text": "19.2 years (2013 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "1,120 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,586" + "text": "3,434" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" @@ -990,15 +990,15 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "5,569,221" + "text": "6,729,804" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "86.13 (2019 est.)" + "text": "103.77 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "the stability in the country has led to international investment; telecom regulator continues to improve the market; telephone service improving with the expansion of the mobile sector; mobile-cellular service has grown rapidly from a small base, overcoming the deficiencies of the fixed-line sector; mobile sector has a high penetration; regulator approves 27% price increase for mobile voice calls; LTE launched in 2018 to compete with state owned almost monopoly on fixed-line (2020)" + "text": "

telecom sector is recovering from the decades of war, yet still constrained by inadequate power and pervasive corruption; recently installed terrestrial fiber backbone infrastructure; telephone service improving with the rapid growth of mobile sector; operators increased investment to provide national coverage; LTE available in some parts of the country; construction of 600 km ECOWAS Wide Area Network completed; fiber link to Guinea completed; importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line less than 1 per 100 and mobile-cellular 86 per 100 (2019)" @@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 232; landing point for the ACE submarine cable linking to South Africa, over 20 western African countries and Europe; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "

1 government-owned TV station; 3 private TV stations; a pay-TV service began operations in late 2007; 1 government-owned national radio station; about two-dozen private radio stations primarily clustered in major cities; transmissions of several international broadcasters are available 

(2019)" diff --git a/africa/so.json b/africa/so.json index 4c34a7c7..310dc5f7 100644 --- a/africa/so.json +++ b/africa/so.json @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ "text": "1.02 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "829 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ "text": "74,800" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 less than 1 (2018 est.)" + "text": "1 (2018 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { @@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 252; landing points for the G2A, DARE1, PEACE, and EASSy fiber-optic submarine cable system linking East Africa, Indian Ocean Islands, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "2 private TV stations rebroadcast Al-Jazeera and CNN; Somaliland has 1 government-operated TV station and Puntland has 1 private TV station; the transitional government operates Radio Mogadishu; 1 SW and roughly 10 private FM radio stations broadcast in Mogadishu; several radio stations operate in central and southern regions; Somaliland has 1 government-operated radio station; Puntland has roughly a half-dozen private radio stations; transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are available (2019)" @@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "al-Shabaab; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – Somalia (2020)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "al-Shabaab; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – Somalia

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/africa/su.json b/africa/su.json index f6213cf2..664f8a4f 100644 --- a/africa/su.json +++ b/africa/su.json @@ -120,7 +120,12 @@ "text": "unspecified Sudanese Arab (approximately 70%), Fur, Beja, Nuba, Fallata" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Arabic (official), English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Fur" + "Languages": { + "text": "Arabic (official), English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Fur" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. (English)" + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Sunni Muslim, small Christian minority" @@ -216,7 +221,7 @@ "text": "1.01 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "295 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -985,7 +990,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "141,922" + "text": "137,842" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" @@ -993,10 +998,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "34,198,859" + "text": "33,014,160" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "77.11 (2019 est.)" + "text": "74.46 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1009,7 +1014,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 249; landing points for the EASSy, FALCON and SAS-1,-2, fiber-optic submarine cable systems linking Africa, the Middle East, Indian Ocean Islands and Asia; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "the Sudanese Government directly controls TV and radio, requiring that both media reflect government policies; TV has a permanent military censor; a private radio station is in operation (2019)" @@ -1027,7 +1032,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "31,352" + "text": "32,762" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" @@ -1179,7 +1184,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "772,918 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 123,807 (Eritrea) (refugees and asylum seekers), 93,494 (Syria) (refugees and asylum seekers), 82,292 (Ethiopia) (refugees and asylum seekers), 27,042 (Central African Republic) (2021)" + "text": "792,663 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 124,168 (Eritrea) (refugees and asylum seekers), 93,494 (Syria) (refugees and asylum seekers), 83,022 (Ethiopia) (refugees and asylum seekers), 27,347 (Central African Republic) (2021)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "2,552,174 (civil war 1983-2005; ongoing conflict in Darfur region; government and rebel fighting along South Sudan border; inter-tribal clashes) (2020)" diff --git a/africa/to.json b/africa/to.json index 8935c8bc..a1c86cea 100644 --- a/africa/to.json +++ b/africa/to.json @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ "text": "21 years (2013/14 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "396 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "45,311" + "text": "43,605" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" @@ -1004,10 +1004,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,477,816" + "text": "6,239,183" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "77.2 (2019 est.)" + "text": "79.25 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 228; landing point for the WACS submarine cable, linking countries along the west coast of Africa with each other and with Portugal; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Symphonie (2020)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "1 state-owned TV station with multiple transmission sites; five private TV stations broadcast locally; cable TV service is available; state-owned radio network with two stations (in Lome and Kara); several dozen private radio stations and a few community radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters available (2019)" @@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "26,156" + "text": "31,899" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" diff --git a/africa/tp.json b/africa/tp.json index 5a88468e..16ba4708 100644 --- a/africa/tp.json +++ b/africa/tp.json @@ -111,8 +111,7 @@ "text": "Mestico, Angolares (descendants of Angolan slaves), Forros (descendants of freed slaves), Servicais (contract laborers from Angola, Mozambique, and Cabo Verde), Tongas (children of servicais born on the islands), Europeans (primarily Portuguese), Asians (mostly Chinese)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Portuguese 98.4% (official), Forro 36.2%, Cabo Verdian 8.5%, French 6.8%, Angolar 6.6%, English 4.9%, Lunguie 1%, other (including sign language) 2.4% (2012 est.)

note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census; other Portuguese-based Creoles are also spoken", - "note": "note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census; other Portuguese-based Creoles are also spoken" + "text": "Portuguese 98.4% (official), Forro 36.2%, Cabo Verdian 8.5%, French 6.8%, Angolar 6.6%, English 4.9%, Lunguie 1%, other (including sign language) 2.4%; note - shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census; other Portuguese-based Creoles are also spoken (2012 est.)" }, "Religions": { "text": "Catholic 55.7%, Adventist 4.1%, Assembly of God 3.4%, New Apostolic 2.9%, Mana 2.3%, Universal Kingdom of God 2%, Jehovah's Witness 1.2%, other 6.2%, none 21.2%, unspecified 1% (2012 est.)" @@ -215,7 +214,7 @@ "text": "19.4 years (2008/09 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "130 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -952,18 +951,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,614" + "text": "4,784" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "2.22 (2019 est.)" + "text": "2.31 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "160,189" + "text": "165,761" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "77.08 (2019 est.)" + "text": "79.9 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -976,7 +975,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 239; landing points for the Ultramar GE and ACE submarine cables from South Africa to over 20 West African countries and Europe; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "1 government-owned TV station; 1 government-owned radio station; 3 independent local radio stations authorized in 2005 with 2 operating at the end of 2006; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available" @@ -994,7 +993,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,557" + "text": "1,642" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "1 (2018 est.)" diff --git a/africa/ts.json b/africa/ts.json index 3eec5737..b52e357f 100644 --- a/africa/ts.json +++ b/africa/ts.json @@ -119,8 +119,12 @@ "text": "Arab 98%, European 1%, Jewish and other 1%" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Arabic (official, one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce), Berber (Tamazight)

note: despite having no official status, French plays a major role in the country and is spoken by about two thirds of the population", - "note": "note: despite having no official status, French plays a major role in the country and is spoken by about two thirds of the population" + "Languages": { + "text": "Arabic (official, one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce), Berber (Tamazight); note - despite having no official status, French plays a major role in the country and is spoken by about two thirds of the population" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، أحسن كتاب تتعلم به المعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim (official; Sunni) 99.1%, other (includes Christian, Jewish, Shia Muslim, and Baha'i) 1%" @@ -219,7 +223,7 @@ "text": "0.99 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "43 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -579,7 +583,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Donald A. BLOME (since 21 February 2019)" + "text": "Ambassador Donald A. BLOME (since 7 February 2019)" }, "telephone": { "text": "[216] 71 107-000" @@ -955,18 +959,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,444,631" + "text": "1,454,183" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "12.43 (2019 est.)" + "text": "12.51 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "14,679,917" + "text": "14,771,048" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "126.31 (2019 est.)" + "text": "127.11 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -979,7 +983,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 216; landing points for the SEA-ME-WE-4, Didon, HANNIBAL System and Trapani-Kelibia submarine cable systems that provides links to Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Southeast Asia; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Algeria and Libya; participant in Medarabtel; 2 international gateway digital switches (2020)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "1 state-owned TV station with multiple transmission sites; 5 private TV stations broadcast locally; cable TV service is available; state-owned radio network with 2 stations; several dozen private radio stations and a few community radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters available (2019)" @@ -997,10 +1001,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,014,395" + "text": "1,193,359" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "9 (2018 est.)" + "text": "10.27 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1127,7 +1131,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) network in Tunisia; al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (2021)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) network in Tunisia; al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/africa/tz.json b/africa/tz.json index ea74ee10..771de21e 100644 --- a/africa/tz.json +++ b/africa/tz.json @@ -118,8 +118,12 @@ "text": "mainland - African 99% (of which 95% are Bantu consisting of more than 130 tribes), other 1% (consisting of Asian, European, and Arab); Zanzibar - Arab, African, mixed Arab and African" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguja (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar), many local languages

note: Kiswahili (Swahili) is the mother tongue of the Bantu people living in Zanzibar and nearby coastal Tanzania; although Kiswahili is Bantu in structure and origin, its vocabulary draws on a variety of sources including Arabic and English; it has become the lingua franca of central and eastern Africa; the first language of most people is one of the local languages", - "note": "note: Kiswahili (Swahili) is the mother tongue of the Bantu people living in Zanzibar and nearby coastal Tanzania; although Kiswahili is Bantu in structure and origin, its vocabulary draws on a variety of sources including Arabic and English; it has become the lingua franca of central and eastern Africa; the first language of most people is one of the local languages" + "Languages": { + "text": "Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguja (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar), many local languages; note - Kiswahili (Swahili) is the mother tongue of the Bantu people living in Zanzibar and nearby coastal Tanzania; although Kiswahili is Bantu in structure and origin, its vocabulary draws on a variety of sources including Arabic and English; it has become the lingua franca of central and eastern Africa; the first language of most people is one of the local languages" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
The World Factbook, Chanzo cha Lazima Kuhusu Habari ya Msingi. (Kiswahili)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Christian 61.4%, Muslim 35.2%, folk religion 1.8%, other 0.2%, unaffiliated 1.4% (2010 est.)

note: Zanzibar is almost entirely Muslim", @@ -223,7 +227,7 @@ "text": "19.8 years (2015/16 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "524 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -993,7 +997,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "74,081" + "text": "76,288" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" @@ -1001,10 +1005,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "46,847,405" + "text": "47,685,232" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "82.21 (2019 est.)" + "text": "81.29 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1017,7 +1021,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 255; landing points for the EASSy, SEACOM/Tata TGN-Eurasia, and SEAS fiber-optic submarine cable system linking East Africa with the Middle East; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean, 1 Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "a state-owned TV station and multiple privately owned TV stations; state-owned national radio station supplemented by more than 40 privately owned radio stations; transmissions of several international broadcasters are available (2019)" @@ -1035,10 +1039,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "861,234" + "text": "1,039,655" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "2 (2018 est.)" + "text": "1.77 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1182,7 +1186,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham - Mozambique (2021)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham - Mozambique

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, @@ -1192,7 +1196,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "146,322 (Burundi), 78,789 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2021)" + "text": "137,363 (Burundi), 79,002 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2021)" } }, "Trafficking in persons": { diff --git a/africa/ug.json b/africa/ug.json index 8e9614f7..78a7aedc 100644 --- a/africa/ug.json +++ b/africa/ug.json @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ "text": "18.9 years (2011 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "375 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "184,065" + "text": "76,492" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" @@ -1003,10 +1003,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "23,957,740" + "text": "25,395,503" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "57.27 (2019 est.)" + "text": "60.71 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 256; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat; analog and digital links to Kenya and Tanzania" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "public broadcaster, Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC), operates radio and TV networks; 31 Free-To-Air (FTA) TV stations, 2 digital terrestrial TV stations, 3 cable TV stations, and 5 digital satellite TV stations; 258 operational FM stations" @@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "al-Shabaab; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham - Democratic Republic of Congo (ISIS-DRC) (2021)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "al-Shabaab; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham - Democratic Republic of Congo (ISIS-DRC)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, @@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "911,646 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 428,892 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 50,741 (Burundi), 46,372 (Somalia) (refugees and asylum seekers), 17,607 (Rwanda) (refugees and asylum seekers), 17,111 (Eritrea) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2021)" + "text": "921,013 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 432,390 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 50,998 (Burundi), 47,418 (Somalia) (refugees and asylum seekers), 17,738 (Rwanda), 17,372 (Eritrea) (2021)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "32,000 (displaced in northern Uganda because of fighting between government forces and the Lord's Resistance Army; as of 2011, most of the 1.8 million people displaced to IDP camps at the height of the conflict had returned home or resettled, but many had not found durable solutions; intercommunal violence, land disputes, and cattle raids) (2019)" diff --git a/africa/uv.json b/africa/uv.json index 30f6508b..179b0c22 100644 --- a/africa/uv.json +++ b/africa/uv.json @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ "text": "19.4 years (2010 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "320 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "75,066" + "text": "75,291" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" @@ -1004,15 +1004,15 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "20,330,657" + "text": "20,364,508" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "100.21 (2019 est.)" + "text": "100.39 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "system includes microwave radio relay, open-wire, and radiotelephone communication stations; insufficient mobile spectrum, and poor condition of fixed-line networks hinders the development of fixed-line Internet services and leaves Burkina Faso with some of the most expensive telecommunications globally; mobile telephony has experienced growth, but below the African average; govt. proposes technology-neutral licenses to boost mobile broadband connectivity and amend legislation to improve regulators and legalize the framework governing the telecom sector (2020)" + "text": "

Burkina Faso’s telecom services are some of the most expensive in the world, hindered by regulatory procedures, insufficient mobile spectrum, poor fixed-line networks; mobile telephony but below African average; Internet is provided by mobile operators; Internet penetration is low and expensive, despite improved international bandwidth via fiber links through submarine cables to adjacent countries; increased telecom tax; government infrastructure project largely completed; parliament launched inquiry on mobile network infrastructure coverage, pricing of services, and quality of service; government began computer subsidy program for university students; government progressed with large project to provide metropolitan fiber-optic infrastructure (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line connections stand at less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage 100 per 100, with multiple providers there is competition and the hope for growth from a low base; Internet penetration is 11% countrywide, but higher in urban areas (2019)" @@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 226; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "since the official inauguration of Terrestrial Digital Television (TNT) in December 2017, Burkina Faso now has 14 digital TV channels among which 2 are state-owned; there are more than 140 radio stations (commercial, religious, community) available throughout the country including a national and regional state-owned network; the state-owned Radio Burkina and the private Radio Omega are among the most widespread stations and both include broadcasts in French and local languages (2019)" @@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "13,818" + "text": "12,015" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" @@ -1155,7 +1155,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Ansarul Islam; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the Greater Sahara; al-Mulathamun Battalion (al-Mourabitoun); Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (2020)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Ansarul Islam; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the Greater Sahara; al-Mulathamun Battalion (al-Mourabitoun); Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/africa/wa.json b/africa/wa.json index 449f61e8..c323b01c 100644 --- a/africa/wa.json +++ b/africa/wa.json @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ "text": "21.5 years (2013 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "195 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -996,23 +996,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "144,575" + "text": "139,698" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "5.6 (2019 est.)" + "text": "5.41 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,921,697" + "text": "2,823,655" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "113.17 (2019 est.)" + "text": "109.39 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "fixed-line still a govt. monopoly; penetration rates rise above regional average with the rise of competition in the mobile market; 3G and LTE-A services; Internet and broadband sector fairly competitive; infrastructure investment through 2021; working on implementing 5G (2020)" + "text": "

good competition in mobile market and investment in LTE government program to provide 95% of population with broadband by 2024; 5G delayed due to public concerns of privacy and security; high prices for international bandwidth due to lack of submarine cables, yet improved by diversification of satellite access (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line subscribership is 6 per 100 and mobile-cellular 113 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 264; landing points for the ACE and WACS fiber-optic submarine cable linking southern and western African countries to Europe; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "1 private and 1 state-run TV station; satellite and cable TV service available; state-run radio service broadcasts in multiple languages; about a dozen private radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters available" @@ -1038,10 +1038,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "61,968" + "text": "63,314" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "2 (2018 est.)" + "text": "2.45 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "5,078 (Democratic Republic of the Cong) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2021)" + "text": "5,469 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2021)" } } } diff --git a/africa/wz.json b/africa/wz.json index 4c4b9b0e..e56a31db 100644 --- a/africa/wz.json +++ b/africa/wz.json @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ "text": "0.9 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "437 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "earlier government monopoly in telecommunications hindered its growth; new regulatory authority established in 2013 has aided expansion in the telecom sector; 2G, 3G, 4G and LTE services (2019)" + "text": "earlier government monopoly in telecom market hindered growth; liberalized regulators aided expansion in the telecom sector; lack of fixed-line infrastructure and competition stymies development of DSL and backbone network; 2G, 3G, 4G, and LTE services with coverage to most of the population; landlocked country depends on neighbors for international bandwidth; operator completed terrestrial cable linking Maputo through Eswatini to Johannesburg; importer of broadcasting equipment from South Africa (2020) (2019)" }, "domestic": { "text": "Eswatini has 2 mobile-cellular providers; communication infrastructure has a geographic coverage of about 90% and a rising subscriber base; fixed-line stands at 4 per 100 and mobile-cellular teledensity roughly 94 telephones per 100 persons; telephone system consists of carrier-equipped, open-wire lines and low-capacity, microwave radio relay (2019)" @@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 268; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "1 state-owned TV station; satellite dishes are able to access South African providers; state-owned radio network with 3 channels; 1 private radio station (2019)" diff --git a/africa/za.json b/africa/za.json index 5d4567c8..2ef9f752 100644 --- a/africa/za.json +++ b/africa/za.json @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ "text": "19.2 years (2013/14 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "213 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "91,422" + "text": "96,719" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" @@ -983,10 +983,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "16,322,168" + "text": "17,220,607" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "96.41 (2019 est.)" + "text": "95.78 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 260; multiple providers operate overland fiber optic routes via Zimbabwe/South Africa, Botswana/Namibia and Tanzania provide access to the major undersea cables" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "

according to the Independent Broadcast Authority, there are 137 radio stations and 47 television stations in Zambia; out of the 137 radio stations, 133 are private (categorized as either commercial or community radio stations), while 4 are public-owned; state-owned Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) operates 2 television channels and 3 radio stations; ZNBC owns 75% shares in GoTV, 40% in MultiChoice, and 40% in TopStar Communications Company, all of which operate in-country

(2019)" @@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "43,365" + "text": "88,891" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" @@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "59,469 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 7,964 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2021)" + "text": "58,136 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 7,964 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2021)" } }, "Trafficking in persons": { diff --git a/africa/zi.json b/africa/zi.json index 47dafb31..c01fb6b2 100644 --- a/africa/zi.json +++ b/africa/zi.json @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ "text": "20 years (2015 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "458 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -979,18 +979,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "258,419" + "text": "265,734" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1.81 (2019 est.)" + "text": "1.86 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "12,863,830" + "text": "13,195,902" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "90.1 (2019 est.)" + "text": "92.43 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 263; fiber-optic connections to neighboring states provide access to international networks via undersea cable; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat; 5 international digital gateway exchanges" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "government owns all local radio and TV stations; foreign shortwave broadcasts and satellite TV are available to those who can afford antennas and receivers; in rural areas, access to TV broadcasts is extremely limited; analog TV only, no digital service (2017)" @@ -1021,10 +1021,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "203,056" + "text": "204,424" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 (2018 est.)" + "text": "1.43 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/australia-oceania/aq.json b/australia-oceania/aq.json index a542c52a..e92b4c57 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/aq.json +++ b/australia-oceania/aq.json @@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ "text": "adopted 17 October 1960; revised 1 July 1967" }, "amendments": { - "text": "proposed by either house of the Legislative Assembly; passage requires three-fifths majority vote by the membership of each house, approval in a referendum, approval by the US Secretary of the Interior, and only by an act of  the US Congress; amended 1971, 1977, 1978" + "text": "proposed by either house of the Legislative Assembly; passage requires three-fifths majority vote by the membership of each house, approval in a referendum, approval by the US Secretary of the Interior, and only by an act of  the US Congress; amended several times, last in 2021" } }, "Legal system": { @@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 1-684; landing points for the ASH, Southern Cross NEXT and Hawaiki  providing connectivity to New Zealand, Australia, American Samoa, Hawaii, California, and SAS connecting American Samoa with Samoa; satellite earth station - 1 (Intelsat-Pacific Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "3 TV stations; multi-channel pay TV services are available; about a dozen radio stations, some of which are repeater stations" diff --git a/australia-oceania/as.json b/australia-oceania/as.json index b12a594a..d564690c 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/as.json +++ b/australia-oceania/as.json @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "28.7 years (2014 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "6 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -935,23 +935,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,792,701" + "text": "7.82 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "31.03 (2019 est.)" + "text": "31.14 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "27,780,491" + "text": "27.88 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "110.62 (2019 est.)" + "text": "111.01 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "excellent domestic and international service; domestic satellite system; significant use of radiotelephone in areas of low population density; rapid growth of mobile telephones; continue to enhance 4G networks while migrating to 5G technologies; 5G connections are predicted to account for around 50 - 60% of total connections by 2025 (2020)" + "text": "excellent domestic and international service with comprehensive population coverage through LTE; domestic satellite system; rapid growth of mobile and fixed-wireless broadband services through multi-technology architecture; emphasis on new technologies; diminished fixed-line market due to mobile and mobile broadband; in fixed broadband, shift to fiber networks through infrastructure build out; mobile network operators continue to work towards the launch of 5G; predicted to be one of the top markets driving the growth of 5G and data markets in Asia; fiber backbone to connect with submarine cables; Oman-Australia cable to be completed by end of 2021; two of Australia's major imports are broadcast equipment and computers from China (2021) (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "31 per 100 fixed-line, 111 per 100 mobile-cellular; more subscribers to mobile services than there are people; 90% of all mobile device sales are now smartphones, growth in mobile traffic brisk (2019)" @@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 61; landing points for more than 20 submarine cables including: the SeaMeWe-3 optical telecommunications submarine cable with links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; the INDIGO-Central, INDIGO West and ASC, North West Cable System, Australia-Papua New Guinea cable, CSCS, PPC-1, Gondwana-1, SCCN, Hawaiki, TGA, Basslink, Bass Strait-1, Bass Strait-2, JGA-S, with links to other Australian cities, New Zealand and many countries in southeast Asia, US and Europe; the H2 Cable, AJC, Telstra Endeavor, Southern Cross NEXT with links to Japan, Hong Kong, and other Pacific Ocean countries as well as the US; satellite earth stations - 10 Intelsat (4 Indian Ocean and 6 Pacific Ocean), 2 Inmarsat, 2 Globalstar, 5 other (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) runs multiple national and local radio networks and TV stations, as well as Australia Network, a TV service that broadcasts throughout the Asia-Pacific region and is the main public broadcaster; Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), a second large public broadcaster, operates radio and TV networks broadcasting in multiple languages; several large national commercial TV networks, a large number of local commercial TV stations, and hundreds of commercial radio stations are accessible; cable and satellite systems are available" @@ -977,10 +977,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "7.64 million" + "text": "8,752,830" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "31 (2018 est.)" + "text": "34.85 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (2020)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/australia-oceania/bp.json b/australia-oceania/bp.json index 43ec90c6..d70ed8a0 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/bp.json +++ b/australia-oceania/bp.json @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ "text": "22.6 years (2015 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "104 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -909,18 +909,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,130" + "text": "7,104" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1.06 (2019 est.)" + "text": "1.07 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "480,124" + "text": "478,116" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "71.38 (2019 est.)" + "text": "71.75 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 677; landing points for the CSCS and ICNS2 submarine cables providing connectivity from Solomon Islands, to PNG, Vanuatu and Australia; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) does not broadcast television; multi-channel pay-TV is available; SIBC operates 2 national radio stations and 2 provincial stations; there are 2 local commercial radio stations; Radio Australia is available via satellite feed (since 2009) (2019)" @@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,488" + "text": "1,045" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/ck.json b/australia-oceania/ck.json index 4294162d..cb3a862f 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ck.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ck.json @@ -102,8 +102,12 @@ "text": "Europeans, Cocos Malays" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Malay (Cocos dialect) 68.8%, English 22.3%, unspecified 8.9% (2016 est.)

note: data represent language spoken at home", - "note": "note: data represent language spoken at home" + "Languages": { + "text": "Malay (Cocos dialect) 68.8%, English 22.3%, unspecified 8.9%; note - data represent language spoken at home (2016 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Buku Fakta Dunia, sumber yang diperlukan untuk maklumat asas. (Malay)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 75%, Anglican 3.5%, Roman Catholic 2.2%, none 12.9%, unspecified 6.3% (2016 est.)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/cq.json b/australia-oceania/cq.json index 01e4beac..02fc695e 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/cq.json +++ b/australia-oceania/cq.json @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ "text": "Asian 50% (includes Filipino 35.3%, Chinese 6.8%, Korean 4.2%, and other Asian 3.7%), Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 34.9% (includes Chamorro 23.9%, Carolinian 4.6%, and other Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 6.4%), other 2.5%, two or more ethnicities or races 12.7% (2010 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Philippine languages 32.8%, Chamorro (official) 24.1%, English (official) 17%, other Pacific island languages 10.1%, Chinese 6.8%, other Asian languages 7.3%, other 1.9% (2010 est.)" + "text": "Philippine languages 32.8%, Chamorro (official) 24.1%, English (official) 17%, other Pacific island languages 10.1% (includes Carolinian (official), Chinese 6.8%, other Asian languages 7.3%, other 1.9% (2010 est.)" }, "Religions": { "text": "Christian (Roman Catholic majority, although traditional beliefs and taboos may still be found)" @@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 1-670; landing points for the Atisa and Mariana-Guam submarine cables linking Mariana islands to Guam; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "1 TV broadcast station on Saipan; multi-channel cable TV services are available on Saipan; 9 licensed radio broadcast stations (2009)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/cw.json b/australia-oceania/cw.json index c3fe30c9..8ed37013 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/cw.json +++ b/australia-oceania/cw.json @@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 682; the Manatua submarine cable to surrounding islands of Niue, Samoa, French Polynesia and other Cook Islands, the topography of the South Pacific region has made Internet connectivity a serious issue for many of the remote islands; submarine fiber-optic networks are expensive to build and maintain; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "1 privately owned TV station broadcasts from Rarotonga providing a mix of local news and overseas-sourced programs (2019)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/fj.json b/australia-oceania/fj.json index e45e0c72..9c8c01e7 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fj.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fj.json @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ "note": "note: a 2010 law replaces 'Fijian' with 'iTaukei' when referring to the original and native settlers of Fiji" }, "Languages": { - "text": "English (official), Fijian (official), Hindustani" + "text": "English (official), Fijian (official), Hindi (official)" }, "Religions": { "text": "Protestant 45% (Methodist 34.6%, Assembly of God 5.7%, Seventh Day Adventist 3.9%, and Anglican 0.8%), Hindu 27.9%, other Christian 10.4%, Roman Catholic 9.1%, Muslim 6.3%, Sikh 0.3%, other 0.3%, none 0.8% (2007 est.)" @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ "text": "1.03 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "34 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "local, interisland, and international telecommunications; subject to occasional devastating cyclones; Fiji is a leader in the Pacific region in terms of development of its ICT (Information & Communications Technology) sector and investment in telecoms infrastructure; mobile services the primary source of Internet access across the region; most advanced economy in the Pacific island region as well as hosting the highest mobile Internet penetration; initial progress towards 5G readiness (2020)" + "text": "

Fiji has a relatively sophisticated communications infrastructure with the highest mobile and Internet penetration in the Pacific Islands; aggressively developing LTE and 5G, though the pandemic negatively affected the economy, largely reliant on tourism; population is spread across more than 100 islands, yet most live on two main islands, with communications based on link by a submarine cable system; cables provide a secure link during natural disasters, protecting telecom connectivity; provider plans to expand fiber infrastructure to remote islands (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 9 per 100 persons and mobile-cellular teledensity roughly 118 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 679; landing points for the ICN1, SCCN, Southern Cross NEXT, Tonga Cable and Tui-Samoa submarine cable links to US, NZ, Australia and Pacific islands of Fiji, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Fallis & Futuna, and American Samoa; satellite earth stations - 2 Inmarsat (Pacific Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "Fiji TV, a publicly traded company, operates a free-to-air channel; Digicel Fiji operates the Sky Fiji and Sky Pacific multi-channel pay-TV services; state-owned commercial company, Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, Ltd, operates 6 radio stations - 2 public broadcasters and 4 commercial broadcasters with multiple repeaters; 5 radio stations with repeaters operated by Communications Fiji, Ltd; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available" diff --git a/australia-oceania/fm.json b/australia-oceania/fm.json index fecc82a4..ea8ee328 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fm.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fm.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

The Caroline Islands are a widely scattered archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean; they became part of a UN Trust Territory under US administration following World War II. The eastern four island groups adopted a constitution in 1979 and chose to become the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). (The westernmost island group became Palau.) Independence came in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association (COFA) with the US, which was amended in 2004. The COFA has been a force for stability and democracy in the FSM since it came into force in 1986. Present concerns include economic uncertainty after 2023 when direct US economic assistance is scheduled to end, large-scale unemployment, overfishing, overdependence on US foreign aid, and state perceptions of inequitable allocation of US aid.

As a signatory to the COFA with the US, eligible Micronesians can live, work, and study in any part of the US and its territories without a visa - this privilege reduces stresses on the island economy and the environment. Micronesians serve in the US armed forces and military recruiting from the Federated States of Micronesia, per capita, is higher than many US states." + "text": "

Each of the four states that compose the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) - Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap - has its own unique history and cultural traditions. The first humans arrived in what is now the FSM in the second millennium B.C. In the 800s A.D., construction of the artificial islets at the Nan Madol complex in Pohnpei began, with the main architecture being built around 1200. At its height, Nan Madol united the approximately 25,000 people of Pohnpei under the Saudeleur Dynasty. Around the same time, Kosrae was united in a kingdom centered in Leluh by 1250. Yap’s society became strictly hierarchical, with chiefs receiving tributes from islands up to 1,100 km (700 mi) away. Widespread human settlement in Chuuk began in the 1300s, and the different islands in the Chuuk Lagoon were frequently at war with one another.

Portuguese and Spanish explorers visited a few of the islands in the 1500s and Spain began exerting nominal, but not day-to-day, control over some of the islands - which they named the Caroline Islands - in the 1600s. Christian missionaries arrived in the 1800s, in particular to Chuuk and Kosrae. By the 1870s, nearly every Kosraean had converted to Christianity and religion continues to play an important role in daily life on the island. In 1899, Spain sold all of the FSM to Germany. Japan seized the islands in 1914 and was granted a League of Nations mandate to administer them in 1920. The Japanese navy built bases across most of the islands and headquartered their Pacific naval operations in Chuuk. The US bombed Chuuk in 1944 during Operation Hailstone in World War II, destroying 250 Japanese planes and 40 ships. The US military largely bypassed the other islands in its leapfrog campaign across the Pacific.

The FSM came under US administration as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in 1947, which comprised six districts: Chuuk, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Pohnpei, and Yap; Kosrae was separated from Pohnpei into a separate district in 1977. In 1979, Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap ratified the FSM Constitution and declared independence while the other three districts opted to pursue separate political statuses. In 1982, the FSM signed a Compact of Free Association (COFA) with the US, which granted the FSM financial assistance and access to many US domestic programs in exchange for exclusive US military access and defense responsibilities; the COFA entered into force in 1986 and its funding was renewed in 2003. There are significant inter-island rivalries stemming from their different histories and cultures. Chuuk, the most populous but poorest state, is planning an independence referendum for 2022.

Eligible Micronesians can live, work, and study in any part of the US and its territories without a visa - this privilege reduces stresses on the island economy and the environment. Micronesians serve in the US armed forces and military recruiting from the FSM, per capita, is higher than many US states.

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ "text": "0.97 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "88 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 691; landing points for the Chuukk-Pohnpei Cable and HANTRU-1 submarine cable system linking the Federated States of Micronesia and the US; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "no TV broadcast stations; each state has a multi-channel cable service with TV transmissions carrying roughly 95% imported programming and 5% local programming; about a half-dozen radio stations (2009)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/fp.json b/australia-oceania/fp.json index a9479131..427b5d75 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fp.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fp.json @@ -110,7 +110,12 @@ "text": "Polynesian 78%, Chinese 12%, local French 6%, metropolitan French 4%" }, "Languages": { - "text": "French (official) 70%, Polynesian (official) 28.2%, other 1.8% (2012 est.)" + "Languages": { + "text": "French (official) 70%, Polynesian (official) 28.2%, other 1.8% (2012 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Protestant 54%, Roman Catholic 30%, other 10%, no religion 6%" @@ -770,7 +775,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "one of the most advanced telecom infrastructures for the Pacific island region; 85% mobile broadband coverage; 40% of its mobile connections using 3G and the rest using emerging 4G LTE technology; 100% mobile penetration; uses Uplink systems of the Galileo satellite network; and with the launch of the Kacific-1 satellite in 2019, it will allow speedy access to the Internet for Pacific islands (2020)" + "text": "

French Polynesia has one of the most advanced telecom infrastructures in the Pacific islands; high penetration of mobile broadband coverage; almost half of mobile connections on 3G, growing subscribership to 4G LTE; universal mobile penetration; host of uplink systems for the Galileo satellite network, creating hub for communications in the region and vastly improving international connectivity; submarine cable connections increase international bandwidth; additional domestic submarine cable will connect remote islands (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line subscriptions 22 per 100 persons and mobile-cellular density is roughly 104 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -778,7 +783,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 689; landing points for the NATITUA, Manatua, and Honotua submarine cables to other French Polynesian Islands, Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa and US; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "French public overseas broadcaster Reseau Outre-Mer provides 2 TV channels and 1 radio station; 1 government-owned TV station; a small number of privately owned radio stations (2019)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/gq.json b/australia-oceania/gq.json index 0dcb62dc..1ba9e904 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/gq.json +++ b/australia-oceania/gq.json @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ "text": "English 43.6%, Filipino 21.2%, Chamorro 17.8%, other Pacific island languages 10%, Asian languages 6.3%, other 1.1% (2010 est.)" }, "Religions": { - "text": "Roman Catholic 85%, other 15% (1999 est.)" + "text": "Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic) 94.2%, folk religions 1.5%, Buddhist 1.1%, other 1.6%, unaffiliated 1.7% (2020 est.)" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 1-671; major landing points for Atisa, HANTRU1, HK-G, JGA-N, JGA-S, PIPE-1, SEA-US, SxS, Tata TGN-Pacific, AJC, GOKI, AAG, AJC and Mariana-Guam Cable submarine cables between Asia, Australia, and the US (Guam is a transpacific communications hub for major carriers linking the US and Asia); satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "about a dozen TV channels, including digital channels; multi-channel cable TV services are available; roughly 20 radio stations" diff --git a/australia-oceania/kr.json b/australia-oceania/kr.json index 7a008ef4..ada40200 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/kr.json +++ b/australia-oceania/kr.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "The Gilbert Islands became a British protectorate in 1892 and a colony in 1915; they were captured by the Japanese in the Pacific War in 1941. The islands of Makin and Tarawa were the sites of major US amphibious victories over entrenched Japanese garrisons in 1943. The Gilbert Islands were granted self-rule by the UK in 1971 and complete independence in 1979 under the new name of Kiribati. The US relinquished all claims to the sparsely inhabited Phoenix and Line Island groups in a 1979 treaty of friendship with Kiribati. Kiribati joined the UN in 1999 and has been an active participant in international efforts to combat climate change." + "text": "Kiribati is made up of three distinct island groups - the Gilbert Islands, the Line Islands, and the Phoenix Islands. The first Austronesian voyagers arrived in the Gilbert Islands as early as 3000 B.C., but these islands were not widely settled until about A.D. 200 by Micronesians. Around 1300, Samoans and Tongans invaded the southern Gilbert Islands, bringing Polynesian cultural elements with them. Later arrivals by Fijians brought Melanesian elements to the Gilbert Islands, and extensive intermarriage between the Micronesian, Polynesian, and Melanesian people led to the creation of what would become Gilbertese cultural traditions by the time Europeans spotted the islands in the 1600s. The Phoenix Islands and Line Islands were both visited by various Melanesian and Polynesian peoples, but their isolation and lack of natural resources meant that long-term settlements were not possible and both island groups were uninhabited by the time of European contact.
 
Kiribati experienced sustained European contact by the 1760s; all three island groups were named and charted by 1826. American whaling ships frequently passed through the islands, and the UK declared a protectorate over the Gilbert and nearby Ellice Islands in 1892 to block growing US influence. Phosphate-rich Banaba Island was annexed to the protectorate in 1900. In 1916, the protectorate became a colony, and some Line Islands were added in 1916 and 1919, with the final ones added in 1972. The Phoenix Islands were added to the colony in 1937, and the UK agreed to share jurisdiction of some of them with the US because of their strategic location for aviation. Japan occupied the northern Gilbert Islands in 1941; the islands of Makin and Tarawa were the sites of major US amphibious victories over entrenched Japanese garrisons in 1943. The UK continued to rule the colony after World War II. The Ellice Islands became its own colony in 1974. The Gilbert Islands became fully self-governing in 1977 and independent in 1979 as Kiribati, the Gilbertese spelling of Gilberts. The US relinquished all claims to the sparsely inhabited Phoenix and Line Islands in a 1979 treaty of friendship.

In 1994, Kiribati adjusted the international date line to the east of the Line Islands, bringing all islands in the country to the same day and giving Kiribati the earliest time zone in the world. Kiribati is a leading climate change and marine protection advocate. The Phoenix Islands Protected Area was established in 2008; in 2010, it became the world's largest (and deepest) UNESCO World Heritage site. In 2012, Kiribati purchased a 22 sq km (8.5 sq mi) plot of land in Fiji for potential eventual resettlement of its population because of climate change." } }, "Geography": { @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ "text": "23.1 years (2009 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "92 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -482,10 +482,10 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "President Taneti MAAMAU (since 11 March 2016); Vice President Kourabi NENEM (since 17 March 2016); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" + "text": "President Taneti MAAMAU (since 11 March 2016); Vice President Teuea TOATU (since 19 June 2019); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" }, "head of government": { - "text": "President Taneti MAAMAU (since 11 March 2016); Vice President Kourabi NENEM (since 17 March 2016)" + "text": "President Taneti MAAMAU (since 11 March 2016); Vice President Teuea TOATU (since 19 June 2019)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet appointed by the president from among House of Assembly members" @@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ "text": "legislative elections originally scheduled to be held in two rounds on 7 and 15 April 2020 but rescheduled for 14 and 21 April (next to be held in 2024)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party (second round) - NA; seats by party (second round) - NA" + "text": "percent of vote by party (second round) - NA; seats by party (second round) - TKB 22, BKM 22, 1 independent" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -520,8 +520,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Boutokaan Kiribati Moa Party (BKM) [Tessie LAMBOURNE]
Boutokaan Te Koaua Party or BTK or Pillars of Truth [Anote TONG]
Kamaeuraoan Te I-Kiribati Party or KTK [Tetaua TAITAI]
Maurin Kiribati Pati or MKP [Rimeta BENIAMINA]
Tobwaan Kiribati Party or TKP [Taneti MAAMAU]

note: there is no tradition of formally organized political parties in Kiribati; they more closely resemble factions or interest groups because they have no party headquarters, formal platforms, or party structures", - "note": "note: there is no tradition of formally organized political parties in Kiribati; they more closely resemble factions or interest groups because they have no party headquarters, formal platforms, or party structures" + "text": "Boutokaan Kiribati Moa Party (BKM) [Tessie LAMBOURNE]
Tobwaan Kiribati Party or TKP [Taneti MAAMAU]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "ABEDA, ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, FAO, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IOC, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO" @@ -871,10 +870,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "51,401" + "text": "54,658" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "46.48 (2019 est.)" + "text": "49.41 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -887,7 +886,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 686; landing point for the Southern Cross NEXT submarine cable system from Australia, 7 Pacific Ocean island countries to the US; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "multi-channel TV packages provide access to Australian and US stations; 1 government-operated radio station broadcasts on AM, FM, and shortwave (2017)" @@ -905,7 +904,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "884" + "text": "105" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "1 less than 1 (2018 est.)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/nc.json b/australia-oceania/nc.json index 1b57a658..b0d1a5e2 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nc.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nc.json @@ -110,7 +110,12 @@ "text": "Kanak 39.1%, European 27.1%, Wallisian, Futunian 8.2%, Tahitian 2.1%, Indonesian 1.4%, Ni-Vanuatu 1%, Vietnamese 0.9%, other 17.7%, unspecified 2.5% (2014 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "French (official), 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects" + "Languages": { + "text": "French (official), 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 60%, Protestant 30%, other 10%" @@ -787,7 +792,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "well advanced telecoms sector; 3G & 4G network services; one of the highest smart phone adoption rates in the region; telecommunications sector is dominated by govt. owned company with a monopoly on fixed and mobile services, Internet and broadband access (2020)" + "text": "

New Caledonia has a well-developed telecom sector with 3G and LTE network services; one of the highest smart phone adoption rates in the region; telecommunications sector is dominated by government-owned company with a monopoly on fixed and mobile services, Internet, and broadband access; hub for submarine cables that will increase competition and capacity; importer of broadcasting equipment and computers from France (2020)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 29 per 100 and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership 96 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -795,7 +800,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 687; landing points for the Gondwana-1 and Picot-1 providing connectivity via submarine cables around New Caledonia and to Australia; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "the publicly owned French Overseas Network (RFO), which operates in France's overseas departments and territories, broadcasts over the RFO Nouvelle-Calédonie TV and radio stations; a small number of privately owned radio stations also broadcast" diff --git a/australia-oceania/ne.json b/australia-oceania/ne.json index 995b3e67..8c131a47 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ne.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ne.json @@ -108,13 +108,14 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Niuean 66.5%, part-Niuean 13.4%, non-Niuean 20.1% (includes 12% European and Asian and 8% other Pacific Islanders) (2011 est.)" + "text": "Niuean 65.4%, part-Niuean 14%, non-Niuean 20.6% (2017 est.)

note: data represent the resident population", + "note": "note: data represent the resident population" }, "Languages": { "text": "Niuean (official) 46% (a Polynesian language closely related to Tongan and Samoan), Niuean and English 32%, English (official) 11%, Niuean and others 5%, other 6% (2011 est.)" }, "Religions": { - "text": "Ekalesia Niue (Congregational Christian Church of Niue - a Protestant church founded by missionaries from the London Missionary Society) 67%, other Protestant 3% (includes Seventh Day Adventist 1%, Presbyterian 1%, and Methodist 1%), Mormon 10%, Roman Catholic 10%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2%, other 6%, none 2% (2011 est.)" + "text": "Ekalesia Niue (Congregational Christian Church of Niue - a Protestant church founded by missionaries from the London Missionary Society) 61.7%, Mormon 8.7%, Roman Catholic 8.4%, Jehovah's Witness 2.7%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.4%, other 8.2%, none 8.9% (2017 est.)" }, "Population growth rate": { "text": "-0.03% (2021 est.)" @@ -606,7 +607,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 683; landing point for the Manatua submarine cable linking Niue to several South Pacific Ocean Islands; expansion of satellite services (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "1 government-owned TV station with many of the programs supplied by Television New Zealand; 1 government-owned radio station broadcasting in AM and FM (2019)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/nf.json b/australia-oceania/nf.json index a91089ac..6eef89d7 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nf.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nf.json @@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 672; submarine cable links with Australia and New Zealand; satellite earth station - 1" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "1 local radio station; broadcasts of several Australian radio and TV stations available via satellite (2009)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/nh.json b/australia-oceania/nh.json index a27fa4ec..f421f66a 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nh.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nh.json @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ "text": "0.99 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "72 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -893,18 +893,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,724" + "text": "3,809" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1.27 (2019 est.)" + "text": "1.3 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "259,317" + "text": "265,219" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "88.44 (2019 est.)" + "text": "90.56 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 678; landing points for the ICN1 & ICN2 submarine cables providing connectivity to the Solomon Islands and Fiji; cables helped end-users with Internet bandwidth; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2020)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "1 state-owned TV station; multi-channel pay TV is available; state-owned Radio Vanuatu operates 2 radio stations; 2 privately owned radio broadcasters; programming from multiple international broadcasters is available" @@ -935,10 +935,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "4,718" + "text": "7,888" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "2 (2018 est.)" + "text": "2.69 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/australia-oceania/nr.json b/australia-oceania/nr.json index 1cf795b7..986e49f4 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nr.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nr.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "The exact origins of the Nauruans are unclear since their language does not resemble any other in the Pacific region. Germany annexed the island in 1888. A German-British consortium began mining the island's phosphate deposits early in the 20th century. Australian forces occupied Nauru in World War I; it subsequently became a League of Nations mandate. After the Second World War - and a brutal occupation by Japan - Nauru became a UN trust territory. It achieved independence in 1968 and became one of the richest countries in the world because of its extensive phosphate stocks; however, the phosphate was depleted in the early 1980s and the quality of life began to decline. In 2001, an Australian offshore refugee processing center was opened in Nauru, providing an economic lifeline. Nauru is one of Taiwan's few remaining diplomatic partners, and in 2008, Nauru recognized the breakaway Georgian republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia." + "text": "Nauru was inhabited by Micronesian and Polynesian settlers by around 1000 B.C. and the island was divided in 12 clans. Nauru developed in relative isolation because ocean currents made landfall on the island difficult. As a result, the Nauruan language does not clearly resemble any other in the Pacific region. In 1798, British sea captain John FEARN became the first European to spot the island. By 1830, European whalers used Nauru as a supply stop, trading firearms for food. In 1878, a civil war erupted on the island, reducing the population by more than a third. Germany forcibly annexed Nauru in 1888 by holding the 12 chiefs under house arrest until they consented to the annexation. Germany banned alcohol, confiscated weapons, instituted strict dress codes, and brought in Christian missionaries to convert the population. Phosphate was discovered in 1900 and heavily mined, although Nauru and Nauruans earned about one tenth of one percent of the profits from the phosphate deposits.

Australian forces captured Nauru from Germany during World War I, and in 1919, it was placed under a joint Australian-British-New Zealand mandate with Australian administration. Japan occupied Nauru during World War II and used its residents as forced labor elsewhere in the Pacific while destroying much of the infrastructure on the island. After the war, Nauru became a UN trust territory under Australian administration. Recognizing the phosphate stocks would eventually be depleted, in 1962, Australian Prime Minister Robert MENZIES offered to resettle all Nauruans on Curtis Island in Queensland, but Nauruans rejected that plan and opted for independence, which was achieved in 1968. In 1970, Nauru purchased the phosphate mining assets, and income from the mines made Nauruans among the richest people in the world. However, Nauru subsequently began a series of unwise investments in buildings, musical theater, and an airline. Nauru sued Australia in 1989 for the damage caused by mining when Australia administered the island. Widespread phosphate mining officially ceased in 2006.

Nauru went nearly bankrupt by 2000 and tried to rebrand itself as an offshore banking haven, although it ended that practice in 2005. In 2001, Australia set up the Nauru Regional Processing Center (NRPC), an offshore refugee detention facility, paying Nauru per person at the center. The NRPC was closed in 2008 but reopened in 2012. The number of refugees has steadily declined since 2014, and the remaining people were moved to a hotel in Brisbane, Australia, in 2020, effectively shuttering the NRPC. In a bid for Russian humanitarian aid, in 2008, Nauru recognized the breakaway Georgian republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia." } }, "Geography": { @@ -481,8 +481,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Democratic Party [Kennan ADEANG]
Nauru First (Naoero Amo) Party
Nauru Party (informal)

note: loose multiparty system", - "note": "note: loose multiparty system" + "text": "Nauru First (Naoero Amo) Party [David ADEANG]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, FAO, G-77, ICAO, ICCt, IFAD, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WHO" @@ -827,7 +826,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 674; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "1 government-owned TV station broadcasting programs from New Zealand sent via satellite or on videotape; 1 government-owned radio station, broadcasting on AM and FM, utilizes Australian and British programs (2019)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/nz.json b/australia-oceania/nz.json index 59232ef5..eaf08714 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nz.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nz.json @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ "text": "27.8 years (2009 est.)

note: median age at first birth", "note": "note: median age at first birth" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "9 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "excellent domestic and international systems; mobile and P2P services soar; LTE rates some of the fastest in the world; growth in mobile broadband and fiber sectors; roll out of 5G; investment and development of infrastructure enable network capabilities to propel the digital economy, digital media sector along with e-government, e-commerce across the country; newest and most powerful commercial satellite, Kacific-1 satellite, launched in 2019 to improve telecommunications in the Asia Pacific region (2020)" + "text": "

excellent domestic and international systems with progress in mobile services; LTE rates some of the fastest in the world; growth in mobile broadband and fiber sectors; roll out of 5G; investment and development of infrastructure enabled network capabilities to propel the digital economy, e-government, and e-commerce across the country; new satellite to improve telecom in the Asia Pacific region; importer of broadcasting equipment and computers from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 37 per 100 and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership 135 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 64; landing points for the Southern Cross NEXT, Aqualink, Nelson-Levin, SCCN and Hawaiki submarine cable system providing links to Australia, Fiji, American Samoa, Kiribati, Samo, Tokelau, US and around New Zealand; satellite earth stations - 8 (1 Inmarsat - Pacific Ocean, 7 other) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-owned Television New Zealand operates multiple TV networks and state-owned Radio New Zealand operates 3 radio networks and an external shortwave radio service to the South Pacific region; a small number of national commercial TV and radio stations and many regional commercial television and radio stations are available; cable and satellite TV systems are available, as are a range of streaming services (2019)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/pc.json b/australia-oceania/pc.json index 0a90d49a..f841f91c 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/pc.json +++ b/australia-oceania/pc.json @@ -249,6 +249,9 @@ "Constitution": { "history": { "text": "several previous; latest drafted 10 February 2010, presented 17 February 2010, effective 4 March 2010" + }, + "amendments": { + "text": "Reviewed 10 Jun '21; NC" } }, "Legal system": { @@ -406,7 +409,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 872; satellite earth station - 1 Inmarsat" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "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 3ae1a8a0..01b64dfd 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ps.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ps.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "After three decades as part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific under US administration, this westernmost cluster of the Caroline Islands opted for independence in 1978 rather than join the Federated States of Micronesia. A Compact of Free Association with the US was approved in 1986 but not ratified until 1993. It entered into force the following year when the islands gained independence." + "text": "Humans arrived in the Palauan archipelago around 1000 B.C. from Southeast Asia and developed a complex, highly organized matrilineal society where high-ranking women picked the chiefs. The islands were the westernmost part of the widely scattered Pacific islands north of New Guinea that Spanish explorers named the Caroline Islands in the 17th century. There were several failed attempts by Spanish Jesuit missionaries to visit the islands in the early 1700s. Spain gained some influence in the islands and administered it from the Philippines but sold Palau to Germany in 1899 after it lost the Philippines in the Spanish-American War.

Japan seized Palau in 1914, was granted a League of Nations mandate to administer the islands in 1920, and made Koror the capital of its South Seas Mandate in 1922. By the outbreak of World War II, there were four times as many Japanese living in Koror as Palauans. In 1944, the Battle of Peleliu between US and Japanese forces resulted in more than 15,000 deaths. Following the war, Palau became part of the US-administered Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

Palau voted against joining the Federated States of Micronesia in 1978 and adopted its own constitution in 1981, which stated that Palau was a nuclear-free country. In 1982, Palau signed a Compact of Free Association (COFA) with the US, which granted Palau financial assistance and access to many US domestic programs in exchange for exclusive US military access and defense responsibilities. However, many Palauans saw the COFA as incompatible with the Palauan Constitution because of the US military’s nuclear arsenal, and seven referenda failed to achieve ratification. Following a constitutional amendment and eighth referendum in 1993, the COFA was ratified and entered into force in 1994 when the islands gained their independence. Its funding was renewed in 2010.

Palau has been on the frontlines of combatting climate change and protecting marine resources. In 2011, Palau banned commercial shark fishing and created the world’s first shark sanctuary. In 2017, Palau began stamping the Palau Pledge into passports, reminding visitors to act in ecologically and culturally responsible ways. In 2020, Palau banned coral reef-toxic sunscreens and expanded its fishing prohibition to include 80% of its exclusive economic zone." } }, "Geography": { @@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 680; landing point for the SEA-US submarine cable linking Palau, Philippines, Micronesia, Indonesia, Hawaii (US), Guam (US) and California (US); satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "no broadcast TV stations; a cable TV network covers the major islands and provides access to 4 local cable stations, rebroadcasts (on a delayed basis) of a number of US stations, as well as access to a number of real-time satellite TV channels; about a half dozen radio stations (1 government-owned) (2019)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/rm.json b/australia-oceania/rm.json index 604e7e41..3c7ac478 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/rm.json +++ b/australia-oceania/rm.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing conducted on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962 (67 tests total). The Marshall Islands hosts the US Army Kwajalein Atoll Reagan Missile Test Site, a key installation in the US missile defense network. Kwajalein also hosts one of four dedicated ground antennas that assist in the operation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation system (the others are at Cape Canaveral, Florida (US), on Ascension (Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha), and at Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory))." + "text": "Humans arrived in the Marshall Islands in the first millennium B.C. and gradually created permanent settlements on the various atolls. The early inhabitants were skilled navigators who frequently traveled between atolls using stick charts to map the islands. Society became organized under two paramount chiefs, one each for the Ratak (Sunrise) Chain and the Ralik (Sunset) Chain. The traditional hierarchy continued even after contact with Europeans in the early 1500s. Spain formally claimed the islands in 1592, but few other Europeans passed by the islands in the next two centuries. In 1788, British sea captain John MARSHALL undertook an exploratory voyage, and the islands were mapped in the early 1800s by Russian explorers. In the 1850s, US Protestant missionaries began arriving on the islands. Germany established a supply station on Jaluit Atoll and bought the islands from Spain in 1884, although paramount chiefs continued to rule.

Japan seized the Marshall Islands in 1914 and was granted a League of Nations Mandate to administer the islands in 1920. Japan built large military bases throughout the Marshall Islands, and during World War II, the US captured the bases on Kwajalein, Enewetak, and Majuro Atolls in Operations Flintlock and Catchpole. The Marshall Islands came under US administration as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) in 1947. Between 1946 and 1958, the US resettled populations from Bikini and Enewetak Atolls and conducted 67 nuclear tests; people from Ailinginae and Rongelap Atolls were also evacuated because of nuclear fallout, and all four atolls remain largely uninhabited. In 1979, the Marshall Islands drafted a constitution separate from the rest of the TTPI and declared independence under President Amata KABUA, a paramount chief. In 2000, Kessai NOTE became the first commoner elected president. In 2016, Hilda HEINE was the first woman elected president.

In 1982, the Marshall Islands signed a Compact of Free Association (COFA) with the US, which granted the Marshall Islands financial assistance and access to many US domestic programs in exchange for exclusive US military access and defense responsibilities; the COFA entered into force in 1986 and its funding was renewed in 2003. The Marshall Islands hosts the US Army Kwajalein Atoll Reagan Missile Test Site, a key installation in the US missile defense network. Kwajalein also hosts one of four dedicated ground antennas that assist in the operation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation system (the others are at Cape Canaveral, Florida (US), on Ascension (Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha), and at Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory))." } }, "Geography": { @@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "traditionally there have been no formally organized political parties; what has existed more closely resembles factions or interest groups because they do not have party headquarters, formal platforms, or party structures; the following two \"groupings\" have competed in legislative balloting in recent years - Aelon Kein Ad Party [Imata KABUA] and United Democratic Party or UDP [Litokwa TOMEING]" + "text": "traditionally there have been no formally organized political parties; what has existed more closely resembles factions or interest groups because they do not have party headquarters, formal platforms, or party structures" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, WHO" @@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Karen Brevard STEWART (since 25 July 2016)" + "text": "Ambassador Roxanne CABRAL (since 6 February 2020)" }, "telephone": { "text": "[692] 247-4011" @@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 692; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean); US Government satellite communications system on Kwajalein" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "no TV broadcast station; a cable network is available on Majuro with programming via videotape replay and satellite relays; 4 radio broadcast stations; American Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) provides satellite radio and television service to Kwajalein Atoll (2019)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/tl.json b/australia-oceania/tl.json index df55dd8c..3acac6fc 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tl.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tl.json @@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 690; landing point for the Southern Cross NEXT submarine cable linking Australia, Tokelau, Samoa, Kiribati, Fiji, New Zealand and Los Angeles, CA (USA); radiotelephone service to Samoa; government-regulated telephone service (TeleTok); satellite earth stations - 3 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "Sky TV access for around 30% of the population; each atoll operates a radio service that provides shipping news and weather reports (2019)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/tn.json b/australia-oceania/tn.json index e3f4f21e..8d0605b3 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tn.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tn.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "Tonga - unique among Pacific nations - never completely lost its indigenous governance. The archipelagos of \"The Friendly Islands\" were united into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845. Tonga became a constitutional monarchy in 1875 and a British protectorate in 1900; it withdrew from the protectorate and joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1970. Tonga remains the only monarchy in the Pacific; in 2008, King George TUPOU V announced he was relinquishing most of his powers leading up to parliamentary elections in 2010. TUPOU died in 2012 and was succeeded by his brother 'Aho'eitu TUPOU VI. Tropical Cyclone Gita, the strongest-ever recorded storm to impact Tonga, hit the islands in February 2018 causing extensive damage." + "text": "The first humans arrived in Tonga around 1000 B.C. The islands’ politics were probably highly centralized under the Tu’i Tonga, or Tongan king, by A.D. 950, and by 1200, the Tu’i Tonga had expanded his influence throughout Polynesia and into Melanesia and Micronesia. The Tongan Empire began to decline in the 1300s, descending into civil wars, a military defeat to Samoa, and internal political strife that saw successive leaders assassinated. By the mid-1500s, some Tu’i Tongans were ethnic Samoan and day-to-day administration of Tonga was transferred to a new position occupied by ethnic Tongans.

Dutch sailors explored the islands in the 1600s and British Captain James COOK visited Tonga three times in the 1770s, naming them the Friendly Islands for the positive reception he thought he received, even though the Tongans he encountered were plotting ways to kill him. In 1799, Tonga fell into a new round of civil wars over succession. Wesleyan missionaries arrived in 1822, quickly converting the population. In the 1830s, a low-ranking chief from Ha’apai began to consolidate control over the islands and won the support of the missionaries by declaring that he would dedicate Tonga to God. The chief soon made alliances with leaders on most of the other islands and was crowned King George TUPOU I in 1845, establishing the only still-extant Polynesian monarchy. Tupou I declared Tonga a constitutional monarchy in 1875 and his successor, King George TUPOU II, agreed to enter a protectorate agreement with the UK in 1900 after rival Tongan chiefs tried to overthrow him. As a protectorate, Tonga never completely lost its indigenous governance, but it did become more isolated and the social hierarchy became more stratified between a group of nobles and a large class of commoners. Today, about one third of parliamentary seats are reserved for nobles.

Queen Salote TUPOU III negotiated the end of the protectorate in 1965, which was achieved under King TUPOU, who in 1970 withdrew from the protectorate and joined the Commonwealth of Nations. A prodemocracy movement gained steam in the early 2000s, led by future Prime Minister ‘Akilisi POHIVA, and in 2006, riots broke out in Nuku’alofa to protest the lack of progress on prodemocracy legislation. To appease the activists, in 2008, King George TUPOU V announced he was relinquishing most of his powers leading up to parliamentary elections in 2010; he died in 2012 and was succeeded by his brother ‘Aho’eitu TUPOU VI. Tropical Cyclone Gita, the strongest-ever recorded storm to impact Tonga, hit the islands in February 2018 causing extensive damage." } }, "Geography": { @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ "text": "24.9 years (2012 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-49", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-49" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "52 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -483,10 +483,10 @@ }, "Constitution": { "history": { - "text": "adopted 4 November 1875" + "text": "adopted 4 November 1875, revised 1988, 2016" }, "amendments": { - "text": "proposed by the Legislative Assembly; passage requires approval by the Assembly in each of three readings, the unanimous approval of the Privy Council (a high-level advisory body to the monarch), the Cabinet, and assent to by the monarch; revised 1988; amended many times, last in 2016" + "text": "proposed by the Legislative Assembly; passage requires approval by the Assembly in each of three readings, the unanimous approval of the Privy Council (a high-level advisory body to the monarch), the Cabinet, and assent to by the monarch; revised 1988; amended many times, last in 2013" } }, "Legal system": { @@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands [Samuela 'Akilisi POHIVA]
People's Democratic Party or PDP [Tesina FUKO]
Sustainable Nation-Building Party [Sione FONUA]
Tonga Democratic Labor Party
Tonga Human Rights and Democracy Movement or THRDM" + "text": "Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands
People's Democratic Party or PDP [Tesina FUKO]
Sustainable Nation-Building Party [Sione FONUA]
Tonga Democratic Labor Party
Tonga Human Rights and Democracy Movement or THRDM" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO" @@ -918,18 +918,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,748" + "text": "6,637" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "6.35 (2019 est.)" + "text": "6.25 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "63,156" + "text": "62,104" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "59.43 (2019 est.)" + "text": "58.48 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 676; landing point for the Tonga Cable and the TDCE connecting to Fiji and 3 separate Tonga islands; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2020)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "1 state-owned TV station and 3 privately owned TV stations; satellite and cable TV services are available; 1 state-owned and 5 privately owned radio stations; Radio Australia broadcasts available via satellite (2019)" @@ -960,10 +960,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "2,519" + "text": "3,703" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "2 (2018 est.)" + "text": "3.49 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/australia-oceania/tv.json b/australia-oceania/tv.json index 21e747e6..f293b27c 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/tv.json +++ b/australia-oceania/tv.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "In 1974, ethnic differences within the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands caused the Polynesians of the Ellice Islands to vote for separation from the Micronesians of the Gilbert Islands. The following year, the Ellice Islands became the separate British colony of Tuvalu. Independence was granted in 1978. In 2000, Tuvalu negotiated a contract leasing its Internet domain name \".tv\" for $50 million in royalties over a 12-year period. The agreement was subsequently renegotiated but details were not disclosed. Tuvalu hosted the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in August 2019." + "text": "The islands were first populated by voyagers from either Samoa or Tonga in the first millennium A.D., and Tuvalu provided a steppingstone for various Polynesian communities that subsequently settled in Melanesia and Micronesia. Tuvalu eventually came under Samoan and Tongan spheres of influence although proximity to Micronesia allowed some Micronesian communities to flourish in Tuvalu, in particular on Nui Atoll. In the late 1700s and early 1800s, Tuvalu was visited by a series of American, British, Dutch, and Russian ships. The islands were named the Ellice Islands in 1819. The first Christian missionaries arrived in 1861, eventually converting most of the population, and around the same time, several hundred Tuvaluans were kidnapped by people purporting to be missionaries and sent to work on plantations in Peru and Hawaii.

The UK declared a protectorate over the Ellice Islands in 1892 and merged it with the Micronesian Gilbert Islands. The Gilbert and Ellice Islands Protectorate became a colony in 1916. During World War II, the US set up military bases on a few islands, and in 1943, after Japan captured many of the northern Gilbert Islands, the UK transferred administration of the colony southward to Funafuti. After the war, Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands was once again made the colony’s capital and the center of power was firmly in the Gilbert Islands, including the colony’s only secondary school. Amid growing tensions with the Gilbertese, Tuvaluans voted to secede from the colony in 1974, were granted self-rule in 1975, and gained independence in 1978 as Tuvalu. In 1979, the US relinquished its claims to Tuvaluan islands in a treaty of friendship.


The Tuvalu Trust Fund was established in 1987 to provide a longterm economic future for the country. In 2000, Tuvalu negotiated a contract leasing its Internet domain name \".tv\" for $50 million in royalties over a 12-year period. The contract was renewed in 2011 for a ten-year period. Tuvalu’s isolation means it sees few tourists; in 2020, Funafuti International Airport had four weekly flights - three to Suva, Fiji, and one to Tarawa. Tuvalu is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change; in 2018, sea levels in Funafuti were rising twice as fast as global averages.

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 688; international calls can be made by satellite" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "no TV stations; many households use satellite dishes to watch foreign TV stations; 1 government-owned radio station, Radio Tuvalu, includes relays of programming from international broadcasters (2019)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/wf.json b/australia-oceania/wf.json index f18caa52..7fc7dbbd 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/wf.json +++ b/australia-oceania/wf.json @@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 681; landing point for the Tui-Samoa submarine cable network connecting Wallis & Futuna, Samoa and Fiji (2020)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "the publicly owned French Overseas Network (RFO), which broadcasts to France's overseas departments, collectivities, and territories, is carried on the RFO Wallis and Fortuna TV and radio stations (2019)" diff --git a/australia-oceania/ws.json b/australia-oceania/ws.json index ff08d08f..2d7239e0 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ws.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ws.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "New Zealand occupied the German protectorate of Western Samoa at the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It continued to administer the islands as a mandate and then as a trust territory until 1962, when the islands became the first Polynesian nation to reestablish independence in the 20th century. The country dropped the \"Western\" from its name in 1997.

In the late 2000s, Samoa began making efforts to more closely align with Australia and New Zealand. In 2009, Samoa changed its driving orientation to the left side of the road, in line with other Commonwealth countries. In 2011, Samoa jumped forward one day - skipping December 30 - by moving to the west of the International Date Line so that it was one hour ahead of New Zealand and three hours ahead of the east coast of Australia, rather than 23 and 21 hours behind, respectively." + "text": "The first Austronesian settlers arrived in Samoa around 1000 B.C., and early Samoans traded and intermarried with Fijian and Tongan nobility. The fa’amatai system of titles and nobility developed, which dominates Samoan politics to this day; all but two seats in the legislature are reserved for matai, or heads of families. Dutch explorer Jacob ROGGEVEEN was the first European to spot the islands in 1722. Christian missionaries arrived in the 1830s, converting most of the population. In the 1850s, Apia became a center for Pacific trading and hosted an American commercial agent and British and German consuls. In 1892, American traders convinced the Samoan king to align his country’s date with the US, moving to the east of the International Date Line.

Following the death of the Samoan king in 1841, rival families competed for his titles, devolving into civil war in 1886 with factions getting support from either Germany, the UK, or the US. All three countries sent warships to Apia in 1889, presaging a larger war, but a cyclone destroyed the ships and Malietoa LAUPEPA was installed as king. Upon LAUPEPA’s death in 1898, a second civil war over succession broke out. The war ended in 1899 and the Western powers abolished the monarchy, giving the western Samoan islands to Germany and the eastern Samoan islands to the US. The UK abandoned claims in Samoa and received former German territory in the Solomon Islands.

The Mau, a non-violent popular movement to advocate for Samoan independence, formed in 1908. New Zealand annexed Samoa in 1914 after the outbreak of World War I. Opposition to New Zealand’s rule quickly grew. In 1918, a New Zealand ship introduced the Spanish flu, infecting 90% of the population and killing more than 20%. In 1929, New Zealand police shot into a crowd of peaceful protestors, killing 11, in an event known as Black Sunday. In 1962, Samoa became the first Polynesian nation to reestablish its independence as Western Samoa but dropped the “Western” from its name in 1997. The Human Rights Protection Party has dominated politics since 1982, especially under Prime Minister Sailele TUILAEPA, who has been in power since 1998.

In the late 2000s, Samoa began making efforts to align more closely with Australia and New Zealand. In 2009, Samoa changed its driving orientation to the left side of the road, in line with other Commonwealth countries. In 2011, Samoa jumped forward one day - skipping December 30 - by moving to the west side of the International Date Line so that it was one hour ahead of New Zealand and three hours ahead of the east coast of Australia, rather than 23 and 21 hours behind, respectively." } }, "Geography": { @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ "text": "23.6 years (2009 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "43 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -534,14 +534,15 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "unicameral Legislative Assembly or Fono (50 seats for 2016-2021 term); members from 49 single-seat constituencies directly elected by simple majority vote and 1 seat for a woman, added for the 2016 election to meet the mandated 10% representation of women in the Assembly; members serve 5-year terms)" + "text": "unicameral Legislative Assembly or Fono (51 seats for 2021-2026 term); members from 51 single-seat constituencies directly elected by simple majority vote, with a minimum 10% representation of women in the Assembly required; members serve 5-year terms)" }, "elections": { "text": "election last held on 9 April 2021 (next election to be held on 2026)
note - head of state TUIMALEALI'IFANO Va’aletoa Sualauvi II declared 9 April 2021 election void on 4 May 2021, new elections set for 21 May 2021; on 17 May 2021, the Supreme Court invalidated the head of state's order allowing the 9 April 2021 election results to stand" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - FAST 49%, HRPP 47%, TSP 2%, independents 2%; seats by party – initial election results - FAST 25, HRPP 25, independents 1; composition - men 46, women 5, percent of women 10%" - } + "text": "percent of vote by party - HRPP 55%, FAST 37%, TSP 3%, independents 5%; seats by party – initial election results - FAST 25, HRPP 25, independents 1; composition - men 46, women 5" + }, + "note": "note - on 2 June 2021, the Court of Appeal declared that a sixth women’s seat is required to meet the minimum 10% representation for women but that the seat would not be created until after all election petitions and by-elections were settled" }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { @@ -938,7 +939,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "most households have at least one mobile phone; all businesses in the greater Apia area have access to broadband and Wi-Fi, which is reasonably reliable and fast; in rural Upolu and on Savaii Island there is now readily available high-speed Internet and Wi-Fi; due to the establishment of a regulatory infrastructure, liberalization and competition of the mobile market the telecom market has increased coverage and reduced cost; 4G LTE services accessible to about 95% of residents; working to increase speed, reliability and connectivity (2020)" + "text": "

development of infrastructure is hampered by geography of remote islands, vulnerable to devastating storms; telecom sector has been inhibited by lack of international connectivity; most households have at least one mobile phone; businesses in the capital area have access to broadband and Wi-Fi; rural islands have some access to Internet and Wi-Fi; liberalized regulatory infrastructure and competition in the mobile market increased coverage and reduced cost; access to submarine cables improved Internet data rates and reliability; Australian companies countering Chinese companies in the acquisition of Pacific operations; importer of broadcasting equipment from USA (2020)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 4 per 100 and mobile-cellular teledensity 64 telephones per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -946,7 +947,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 685; landing points for the Tui-Samo, Manatua, SAS, and Southern Cross NEXT submarine cables providing connectivity to Samoa, Fiji, Wallis & Futuna, Cook Islands, Niue, French Polynesia, American Samoa, Australia, New Zealand, Kiribati, Los Angeles (US), and Tokelau; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-owned TV station privatized in 2008; 4 privately owned television broadcast stations; about a half-dozen privately owned radio stations and one state-owned radio station; TV and radio broadcasts of several stations from American Samoa are available (2019)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json index 97567f0f..d5d1088e 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/aa.json @@ -449,10 +449,10 @@ "text": "unicameral Legislature or Staten (21 seats; members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "last held on 22 September 2017 (next to be held in 25 June 2021)" + "text": "last held on 25 June 2021 (next to be held in June 2025)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party AVP 39.8%, MEP 37.6%, POR 9.4%, RED 7.1%, other 6.1%; seats by party - AVP 9, MEP 9, POR 2, RED 1; composition as of October 2018 - men 14, women 7, percent of women 33.3%" + "text": "percent of vote by party MEP 35.3%, AVP 31.3%, ROOTS 9.4%, MAS 8%, Accion21 5.8%; seats by party - MEP 9, AVP 7, ROOTS 2, MAS 2, Accion21 1" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Aruban People's Party or AVP [Michiel \"Mike\" EMAN]
Democratic Electoral Network or RED [L.R. CROES]
People's Electoral Movement Party or MEP [Evelyn WEVER-CROES]
Pueblo Orguyoso y Respeta or POR [O.E. ODUBER]
Real Democracy or PDR [Andin BIKKER]" + "text": "Accion21 [Miguel MANSUR]
Aruban People's Party or AVP [Michiel \"Mike\" EMAN]
Democratic Electoral Network or RED [L.R. CROES]
Movimiento Aruba Soberano or MAS [Marisol LOPEZ-TROMP]
People's Electoral Movement Party or MEP [Evelyn WEVER-CROES]
Pueblo Orguyoso y Respeta or POR [O.E. ODUBER]
RAIZ (ROOTS) [Ursell ARENDS]
Real Democracy or PDR [Andin BIKKER]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "Caricom (observer), FATF, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, ITUC (NGOs), UNESCO (associate), UNWTO (associate), UPU" @@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 297; landing points for the PAN-AM, PCCS, Deep Blue Cable, and Alonso de Ojeda submarine telecommunications cable system that extends from Trinidad and Tobago, Florida, Puerto Ricco, Jamaica, Guyana, Sint Eustatius & Saba, Suriname, Dominican Republic, BVI, USVI, Haiti, Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles,  through Aruba to Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile; extensive interisland microwave radio relay links (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "2 commercial TV stations; cable TV subscription service provides access to foreign channels; about 19 commercial radio stations broadcast (2017)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json index 1e6ec9b2..f5f0626b 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json @@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 1-268; landing points for the ECFS and Southern Caribbean Fiber submarine cable systems with links to other islands in the eastern Caribbean; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-controlled Antigua and Barbuda Broadcasting Service (ABS) operates 1 TV station; multi-channel cable TV subscription services are available; ABS operates 1 radio station; roughly 15 radio stations, some broadcasting on multiple frequencies" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/av.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/av.json index ed7704a9..85b18d42 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/av.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/av.json @@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 1-264; landing points for the SSCS, ECFS, GCN and Southern Caribbean Fiber with submarine cable links to Caribbean islands and to the US; microwave radio relay to island of Saint Martin/Sint Maarten (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "1 private TV station; multi-channel cable TV subscription services are available; about 10 radio stations, one of which is government-owned" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json index b0bfffca..3ec76d94 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ "text": "0.94 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "27 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -898,18 +898,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "141,618" + "text": "128,043" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "48.19 (2019 est.)" + "text": "42.67 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "319,177" + "text": "329,326" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "108.61 (2019 est.)" + "text": "109.75 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 1-246; landing points for the ECFS and Southern Caribbean Fiber submarine cable with links to 15 other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad and Puerto Ricco; satellite earth stations - 1 (Intelsat - Atlantic Ocean); tropospheric scatter to Trinidad and Saint Lucia (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "government-owned Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) operates the lone terrestrial TV station; CBC also operates a multi-channel cable TV subscription service; roughly a dozen radio stations, consisting of a CBC-operated network operating alongside privately owned radio stations" @@ -940,10 +940,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "89,340" + "text": "106,803" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "30 (2018 est.)" + "text": "35.59 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json index e4095c87..582ac308 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Black 90.6%, White 4.7%, mixed 2.1%, other 1.9%, unspecified 0.7% (2010 est.)

note: data represent population by racial group", + "text": "African descent 90.6%, White 4.7%, mixed 2.1%, other 1.9%, unspecified 0.7% (2010 est.)

note: data represent population by racial group", "note": "note: data represent population by racial group" }, "Languages": { @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ "text": "0.96 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "70 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -867,18 +867,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "78,439" + "text": "91,129" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "23.4 (2019 est.)" + "text": "26.29 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "366,217" + "text": "425,507" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "109.25 (2019 est.)" + "text": "122.76 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 1-242; landing points for the ARCOS-1, BICS, Bahamas 2-US, and BDSN fiber-optic submarine cables that provide links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2; the Bahamas Domestic Submarine Network links all of the major islands; (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "The Bahamas has 4 major TV providers that provide service to all major islands in the archipelago; 1 TV station is operated by government-owned, commercially run Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas (BCB) and competes freely with 4 privately owned TV stations; multi-channel cable TV subscription service is widely available; there are 32 licensed broadcast (radio) service providers, 31 are privately owned FM radio stations operating on New Providence, Grand Bahama Island, Abaco Island, and on smaller islands in the country; the BCB operates a multi-channel radio broadcasting network that has national coverage; the sector is regulated by the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (2019)" @@ -909,10 +909,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "87,067" + "text": "82,295" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "26 (2018 est.)" + "text": "23.74 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json index ccfc1d1f..bf8b9137 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json @@ -117,8 +117,12 @@ "note": "note: percentages add up to more than 100% because respondents were able to identify more than one ethnic origin" }, "Languages": { - "text": "English 62.9% (official), Spanish 56.6%, Creole 44.6%, Maya 10.5%, German 3.2%, Garifuna 2.9%, other 1.8%, unknown 0.3%, none 0.2% (cannot speak) (2010 est.)

note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census", - "note": "note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census" + "Languages": { + "text": "English 62.9% (official), Spanish 56.6%, Creole 44.6%, Maya 10.5%, German 3.2%, Garifuna 2.9%, other 1.8%, unknown 0.3%, none 0.2% (cannot speak); note - shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2010 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. (English)

La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)" + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 40.1%, Protestant 31.5% (includes Pentecostal 8.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 5.4%, Anglican 4.7%, Mennonite 3.7%, Baptist 3.6%, Methodist 2.9%, Nazarene 2.8%), Jehovah's Witness 1.7%, other 10.5% (includes Baha'i, Buddhist, Hindu, Mormon, Muslim, Rastafarian, Salvation Army), unspecified 0.6%, none 15.5% (2010 est.)" @@ -217,7 +221,7 @@ "text": "1 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "36 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -926,23 +930,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "18,617" + "text": "18,500" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "4.74 (2019 est.)" + "text": "4.72 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "256,479" + "text": "254,919" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "65.3 (2019 est.)" + "text": "65.01 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "govt. telecom company, Belize Telemedia Ltd., continues to hold a monopoly in fixed-line services, mobile and broadband fixed-line teledensity; it is a small market; fixed-line teledensity and mobile penetration below regional average; lack of competition and underinvestment in telecom system, make it pricey for consumer (2020)" + "text": "Belize’s fixed-line tele-density and mobile penetration is lower than average for the region, due to insufficient competition, underinvestment in services, and lax standards; mobile accounts for 90% of all phones; operator aims to provide cheaper prices and customer retention through investment in broadband to over 80% of premises and LTE infrastructure; operator launched safe cities project to fight crime; government distributed tablets to students to promote e-learning; submarine cable to Ambergris Caye enables FttP service in San Pedro; importer of broadcast equipment from the United States (2021) (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "5 per 100 fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity approaching 65 per 100 persons; mobile sector accounting for over 90% of all phone subscriptions (2019)" @@ -950,7 +954,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 501; landing points for the ARCOS and SEUL fiber-optic telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth station - 8 (Intelsat - 2, unknown - 6) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "8 privately owned TV stations; multi-channel cable TV provides access to foreign stations; about 25 radio stations broadcasting on roughly 50 different frequencies; state-run radio was privatized in 1998 (2019)" @@ -968,10 +972,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "24,658" + "text": "29,600" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "6 (2018 est.)" + "text": "7.55 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cj.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cj.json index 43ec6ac9..9d265ef5 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cj.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cj.json @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "mixed 40%, White 20%, Black 20%, expatriates of various ethnic groups 20%" + "text": "mixed 40%, White 20%, African descent 20%, expatriates of various ethnic groups 20%" }, "Languages": { "text": "English (official) 90.9%, Spanish 4%, Filipino 3.3%, other 1.7%, unspecified 0.1% (2010 est.)" @@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 1-345; landing points for the Maya-1, Deep Blue Cable, and the Cayman-Jamaica Fiber System submarine cables that provide links to the US and parts of Central and South America; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "4 TV stations; cable and satellite subscription services offer a variety of international programming; government-owned Radio Cayman operates 2 networks broadcasting on 5 stations; 10 privately owned radio stations operate alongside Radio Cayman" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json index cc1ea8db..217f4956 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json @@ -117,10 +117,15 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "White or Mestizo 83.6%, Mulatto 6.7%, Indigenous 2.4%, Black of African descent 1.1%, other 1.1%, none 2.9%, unspecified 2.2% (2011 est.)" + "text": "White or Mestizo 83.6%, Mulatto 6.7%, Indigenous 2.4%, Black or African descent 1.1%, other 1.1%, none 2.9%, unspecified 2.2% (2011 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Spanish (official), English" + "Languages": { + "text": "Spanish (official), English" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 71.8%, Evangelical and Pentecostal 12.3%, other Protestant 2.6%, Jehovah's Witness 0.5%, other 2.4%, none 10.4% (2016 est.)" @@ -219,7 +224,7 @@ "text": "1 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "27 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -983,23 +988,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "630,386" + "text": "640,302" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "12.5 (2019 est.)" + "text": "12.7 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "8,163,744" + "text": "8,550,243" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "161.88 (2019 est.)" + "text": "169.59 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "good domestic telephone service in terms of breadth of coverage; in recent years growth has been achieved from liberalization of the telecom sector and has seen substantial expansion in all sectors; Costa Rica's broadband market is the most advanced in Central America, with the highest broadband penetration for this sub-region; broadband penetration does lag behind many South American countries; with the implementation of number portability there is greater opportunity for increased competition in the future (2018)" + "text": "

Costa Rica has broad telecom coverage though geographical distribution of digital service is unequal; recent regulator liberalization spurred expansion in all sectors; broadband market is the most advanced and highest penetration in Central America yet lags behind many South American countries; operators investing in NGN technology; number portability and cheaper broadband costs will increase competition; government aims to subsidize tele-health and e-learning (2021)

(2018)" }, "domestic": { "text": "13 per 100 fixed-line, 162 per 100 mobile-cellular; point-to-point and point-to-multi-point microwave, fiber-optic, and coaxial cable link rural areas; Internet service is available (2019)" @@ -1007,7 +1012,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 506; landing points for the ARCOS-1, MAYA-1, and the PAC submarine cables that provide links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "multiple privately owned TV stations and 1 publicly owned TV station; cable network services are widely available; more than 100 privately owned radio stations and a public radio network (2017)" @@ -1025,10 +1030,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "834,784" + "text": "904,734" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "17 (2018 est.)" + "text": "17.95 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json index 9628c709..e079f8e7 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json @@ -121,10 +121,15 @@ "note": "note: data represent racial self-identification from Cuba's 2012 national census" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Spanish (official)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Spanish (official)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Christian 59.2%, folk 17.4%, other .4%, none 23% (2010 est.)

note: folk religions include religions of African origin, spiritualism, and others intermingled with Catholicism or Protestantism; data is estimative because no authoritative source on religious affiliation exists in Cuba", + "text": "Christian 59.2%, folk 17.4%, other 0.4%, none 23% (2010 est.)

note: folk religions include religions of African origin, spiritualism, and others intermingled with Catholicism or Protestantism; data is estimative because no authoritative source on religious affiliation exists in Cuba", "note": "note: folk religions include religions of African origin, spiritualism, and others intermingled with Catholicism or Protestantism; data is estimative because no authoritative source on religious affiliation exists in Cuba" }, "Age structure": { @@ -218,7 +223,7 @@ "text": "0.99 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "36 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -940,23 +945,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,475,679" + "text": "1,447,134" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "13.31 (2019 est.)" + "text": "13.05 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "5,911,586" + "text": "6,042,629" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "53.32 (2019 est.)" + "text": "54.5 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "lowest mobile phone and Internet penetration rates in the region, fixed-line teledensity is also low; fixed-line and mobile services run by the state-run ETESCA; mobile-cellular telephone service is expensive and must be paid in convertible pesos; the Cuban Government has opened several hundred Wi-Fi hotspots around the island, which are expensive, and launched a new residential Internet pilot in Havana and other provinces; as of 2018, 3G mobile service is available, if limited (2020)" + "text": "

state control of the telecom sector hinders development; Cuba has the lowest mobile phone and Internet penetration rates in the region; fixed-line density is also very low; thaw of US-Cuba relations encouraged access to services, such as Wi-Fi hotspots; access to sites is controlled and censored; DSL and Internet available in Havana, though costs are too high for most Cubans;  international investment and agreement to improve Internet access through cost-free and direct connection between networks (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line density remains low at about 13 per 100 inhabitants; mobile-cellular service is expanding to about 53 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -964,7 +969,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 53; the ALBA-1, GTMO-1, and GTMO-PR fiber-optic submarine cables link Cuba, Jamaica, and Venezuela; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "

Government owns and controls all broadcast media: five national TV channels (Cubavision, Tele Rebelde, Multivision, Educational Channel 1 and 2,) 2 international channels (Cubavision Internacional and Caribe,) 16 regional TV stations, 6 national radio networks and multiple regional stations; the Cuban government beams over the Radio-TV Marti signal; although private ownership of electronic media is prohibited, several online independent news sites exist; those that are not openly critical of the government are often tolerated; the others are blocked by the government; there are no independent TV channels, but several outlets have created strong audiovisual content (El Toque, for example); a community of young Youtubers is also growing, mostly with channels about sports, technology and fashion; Christian denominations are creating original video content to distribute via social media

(2019)" @@ -983,10 +988,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "98,838" + "text": "182,732" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 less than 1 (2018 est.)" + "text": "1.65 less than 1 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json index 73fad423..f206bfb2 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/do.json @@ -110,13 +110,13 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "African descent 86.6%, mixed 9.1%, Indigenous 2.9%, other 1.3%, unspecified 0.2% (2001 est.)" + "text": "African descent 84.5%, mixed 9%, Indigenous 3.8%, other 2.1%, unspecified 0.6% (2011 est.)" }, "Languages": { "text": "English (official), French patois" }, "Religions": { - "text": "Roman Catholic 61.4%, Protestant 28.6% (includes Evangelical 6.7%, Seventh Day Adventist 6.1%, Pentecostal 5.6%, Baptist 4.1%, Methodist 3.7%, Church of God 1.2%, other 1.2%), Rastafarian 1.3%, Jehovah's Witness 1.2%, other 0.3%, none 6.1%, unspecified 1.1% (2001 est.)" + "text": "Roman Catholic 52.7%, Protestant 29.7% (includes Seventh Day Adventist 6.7%, Pentecostal 6.1%, Baptist 5.2%, Christian Union Church 3.9%, Methodist 2.6%, Gospel Mission 2.1%, other Protestant 3.1%), Jehovah's Witness 1.3%, Rastafarian 1.1%, other 4.3%, none 9.4%, unspecified 1.4% (2011 est.)" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 1-767; landing points for the ECFS and the Southern Caribbean Fiber submarine cables providing connectivity to other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad and to the US; microwave radio relay and SHF radiotelephone links to Martinique and Guadeloupe; VHF and UHF radiotelephone links to Saint Lucia (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "no terrestrial TV service available; subscription cable TV provider offers some locally produced programming plus channels from the US, Latin America, and the Caribbean; state-operated radio broadcasts on 6 stations; privately owned radio broadcasts on about 15 stations (2019)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json index cda01b93..e565e353 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json @@ -124,10 +124,15 @@ "note": "note: respondents self-identified their race; the term \"indio\" in the Dominican Republic is not associated with people of indigenous ancestry but people of mixed ancestry or skin color between light and dark" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Spanish (official)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Spanish (official)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Roman Catholic 47.8%, Protestant 21.3%, other 2.2%, none 28%, don't know/no response .7% (2017 est.)" + "text": "Roman Catholic 47.8%, Protestant 21.3%, other 2.2%, none 28%, don't know/no response 0.7% (2017 est.)" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -224,7 +229,7 @@ "text": "21.3 years (2013 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "95 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -986,23 +991,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,172,083" + "text": "1,211,081" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "11.27 (2019 est.)" + "text": "11.65 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "8,665,302" + "text": "8,948,107" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "83.32 (2019 est.)" + "text": "86.05 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "there are multiple operators licensed to provide services, most of them are small and localized; the telecom sector across the Caribbean region remains one of the key growth areas; fixed-line teledensity well-below Latin America averages; development of LTE and HSPA (high speed packet access) services, mobile broadband has taken off; income inequalities seen in telephone accesses (2020)" + "text": "the Dominican Republic’s fixed-line tele-density is well below the Latin American average due to lack of infrastructure; distribution of telephony services is proportionate to income inequalities; small, localized operators provide services; telecom and mobile broadband growing with LTE available to most of the population; government program aims for universal access to broadband services, and development of a national backbone; 5G launch anticipated in 2021 (2021) (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line teledensity is about 11 per 100 persons; multiple providers of mobile-cellular service with a subscribership of 83 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -1010,7 +1015,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 1-809; 1-829; 1-849; landing point for the ARCOS-1, Antillas 1, AMX-1, SAm-1, East-West, Deep Blue Cable and the Fibralink submarine cables that provide links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and US; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "combination of state-owned and privately owned broadcast media; 1 state-owned TV network and a number of private TV networks; networks operate repeaters to extend signals throughout country; combination of state-owned and privately owned radio stations with more than 300 radio stations operating (2019)" @@ -1028,10 +1033,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "794,788" + "text": "951,970" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "8 (2018 est.)" + "text": "9.15 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json index 311ecbbb..fb650291 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json @@ -119,7 +119,12 @@ "text": "Mestizo 86.3%, White 12.7%, Amerindian 0.2% (includes Lenca, Kakawira, Nahua-Pipil), Black 0.1%, other 0.6% (2007 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Spanish (official), Nawat (among some Amerindians)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Spanish (official), Nawat (among some Amerindians)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 36%, other 2%, none 12% (2014 est.)" @@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ "text": "20.8 years (2008 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "46 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -991,7 +996,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "multiple mobile-cellular operators began rolling out (Long Term Evolution) LTE data services in late-2016; Internet usage grew almost 400% between 2007 and 2015; 6% of phones are fixed-line, while 94% are mobile-cellular; as of March 2019, the regulator launched a public dialog that allowed mobile network operators to improve the reach and quality of service; telecom legislation encourages competition and foreign investment; only 1 DSL market leader retaining a monopoly; govt. increases tax on telecom services to 18% (2020)" + "text": "

El Salvador’s telecom sector is challenged by low population, poor infrastructure, and unequal income distribution compounded by corruption and criminal influence; liberal regulation promotes mobile penetration in replacement of fixed-line density; operators testing 5G in 2020 (2020)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "growth in fixed-line services 14 per 100, has slowed in the face of mobile-cellular competition at 147 per 100 (2019)" @@ -999,7 +1004,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 503; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to Central American Microwave System (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "multiple privately owned national terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by cable TV networks that carry international channels; hundreds of commercial radio broadcast stations and 1 government-owned radio broadcast station; transition to digital transmission to begin in 2018 along with adaptation of the Japanese-Brazilian Digital Standard (ISDB-T)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json index 74a81c6c..2eaa4c37 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ "text": "1.03 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "25 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 1-473; landing points for the ECFS, Southern Caribbean Fiber and CARCIP submarine cables with links to 13 Caribbean islands extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad & Tobago including Puerto Rico and Barbados; SHF radiotelephone links to Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Vincent; VHF and UHF radio links to Trinidad (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "multiple publicly and privately owned television and radio stations; Grenada Information Service (GIS) is government-owned and provides television and radio services; the Grenada Broadcasting Network, jointly owned by the government and the Caribbean Communications Network of Trinidad and Tobago, operates a TV station and 2 radio stations; Meaningful Television (MTV) broadcasts island-wide and is part of a locally-owned media house, Moving Target Company, that also includes an FM radio station and a weekly newspaper; multi-channel cable TV subscription service is provided by Columbus Communications Grenada (FLOW GRENADA) and is available island wide; approximately 25 private radio stations also broadcast throughout the country (2019)" @@ -912,10 +912,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "22,235" + "text": "25,577" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "20 (2017 est.)" + "text": "22.69 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json index d14cdbce..9c788980 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json @@ -116,11 +116,15 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Mestizo (mixed Amerindian-Spanish - in local Spanish called Ladino) 56%, Maya 41.7%, Xinca (Indigenous, non-Maya) 1.8%, African descent .2%, Garifuna (mixed West and Central African, Island Carib, and Arawak) .1%, foreign .2% (2018 est.)" + "text": "Mestizo (mixed Amerindian-Spanish - in local Spanish called Ladino) 56%, Maya 41.7%, Xinca (Indigenous, non-Maya) 1.8%, African descent 0.2%, Garifuna (mixed West and Central African, Island Carib, and Arawak) 0.1%, foreign 0.2% (2018 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Spanish (official) 69.9%, Maya languages 29.7% (Q'eqchi' 8.3%, K'iche 7.8%, Mam 4.4%, Kaqchikel 3%, Q'anjob'al 1.2%, Poqomchi' 1%, other 4%), other 0.4% (includes Xinca and Garifuna) (2018 est.)

note: the 2003 Law of National Languages officially recognized 23 indigenous languages, including 21 Maya languages, Xinca, and Garifuna", - "note": "note: the 2003 Law of National Languages officially recognized 23 indigenous languages, including 21 Maya languages, Xinca, and Garifuna" + "Languages": { + "text": "Spanish (official) 69.9%, Maya languages 29.7% (Q'eqchi' 8.3%, K'iche 7.8%, Mam 4.4%, Kaqchikel 3%, Q'anjob'al 1.2%, Poqomchi' 1%, other 4%), other 0.4% (includes Xinca and Garifuna); note - the 2003 Law of National Languages officially recognized 23 indigenous languages, including 21 Maya languages, Xinca, and Garifuna (2018 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous Maya" @@ -223,7 +227,7 @@ "text": "21.2 years (2014/15 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "95 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -988,23 +992,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,894,179" + "text": "1,974,006" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "11.23 (2019 est.)" + "text": "11.71 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "20,026,347" + "text": "20,874,130" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "118.73 (2019 est.)" + "text": "123.83 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "network centered in the city of Guatemala; one of the lowest teledensities in the region especially in the country, rural areas have no fixed-line access so mobile services adopted as necessary; state-owned telecommunications company privatized in the late 1990s opened the way for competition; steady improvement of fixed-line which has also spurred growth in mobile-cellular and broadband; open regulatory framework coupled with competition and greater disposable household revenue spurs growth (2020)" + "text": "

due to years of underinvestment in infrastructure, has one of the lowest fixed-line tele densities in the region; rural areas rely on mobile services with little access to fixed-line access; mobile tele-density on par with region and is the most developed sector, with near universal phone connections; private investment to bring free Internet to parks; two submarine cables due for completion will support growth in fixed and mobile broadband (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line teledensity roughly 11 per 100 persons; fixed-line investments are concentrating on improving rural connectivity; mobile-cellular teledensity about 119 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -1012,7 +1016,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 502; landing points for the ARCOS, AMX-1, American Movil-Texius West Coast Cable and the SAm-1 fiber-optic submarine cable system that, together, provide connectivity to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "4 privately owned national terrestrial TV channels dominate TV broadcasting; multi-channel satellite and cable services are available; 1 government-owned radio station and hundreds of privately owned radio stations (2019)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json index 5d078b7d..d0a46cc3 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json @@ -123,7 +123,12 @@ "text": "Black 95%, mixed and White 5%" }, "Languages": { - "text": "French (official), Creole (official)" + "Languages": { + "text": "French (official), Creole (official)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 54.7%, Protestant 28.5% (Baptist 15.4%, Pentecostal 7.9%, Adventist 3%, Methodist 1.5%, other 0.7%), Vodou 2.1%, other 4.6%, none 10.2% (2003 est.)

note: many Haitians practice elements of Vodou in addition to another religion, most often Roman Catholicism; Vodou was recognized as an official religion in 2003", @@ -224,7 +229,7 @@ "text": "22.8 years (2016/7 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "480 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -956,7 +961,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "5,464" + "text": "5,952" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" @@ -964,15 +969,15 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,287,411" + "text": "6,843,380" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "57.53 (2019 est.)" + "text": "62.65 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "telecommunications infrastructure is among the least-developed in Latin America and the Caribbean; domestic cell service is functional; Hurricane Matthew in 2016 caused $35 million worth of damage to telecoms infrastructure; some expansion of LTE services (2020)" + "text": "

plagued by political and economic turmoil complicated by natural disasters, Haiti’s telecommunications infrastructure is among the least-developed in the world; reliance on satellite and wireless mobile technology due to poor fixed-line infrastructure; investment boosted broadband availability though customer base is poor and theft of equipment remains problematic; promotion of LTE will enable access to remote areas and e-money services; World Bank grant to provide digital preparation and response for any future crises (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line is less than 1 per 100; mobile-cellular telephone services have expanded greatly in the last decade due to low-cost GSM (Global Systems for Mobile) phones and pay-as-you-go plans; mobile-cellular teledensity is 58 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -980,7 +985,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 509; landing points for the BDSNi and Fibralink submarine cables to 14 points in the Bahamas and Dominican Republic; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "

98 television stations throughout the country, including 1 government-owned; cable TV subscription service available; 850 radio stations (of them, only 346 are licensed), including 1 government-owned; more than 100 community radio stations; over 64 FM stations in Port-au-Prince alone; VOA Creole Service broadcasts daily on 30 affiliate stations

(2016)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json index e6d82cb6..49d2b241 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json @@ -120,10 +120,15 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Mestizo (mixed Amerindian and European) 90%, Amerindian 7%, Black 2%, White 1%" + "text": "Mestizo (mixed Amerindian and European) 90%, Amerindian 7%, African descent 2%, White 1%" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Spanish (official), Amerindian dialects" + "Languages": { + "text": "Spanish (official), Amerindian dialects" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 46%, Protestant 41%, atheist 1%, other 2%, none 9% (2014 est.)" @@ -226,7 +231,7 @@ "text": "20.4 years (2011/12 est.)

note: median age a first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age a first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "65 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -987,23 +992,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "458,696" + "text": "490,103" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "5.03 (2019 est.)" + "text": "5.38 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,633,309" + "text": "7,559,829" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "72.74 (2019 est.)" + "text": "82.92 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "fixed-line connections are increasing but still limited; competition among multiple providers of mobile-cellular services and international investment has contributed to a sharp increase in subscribership; demand for broadband increasing and some investment needed in network upgrades; mobile penetration below regional average; free access to the Internet in public schools (2020)" + "text": "

among the poorest countries in Central America, Honduras has a neglected telecom sector complicated by political stalemate and geographic challenges; mobile subscribership is growing; DSL and cable Internet available in urban areas but expensive; government proposed ICT master plan to boost e-government and business, including free Internet to households; US based network ready to deploy 5G (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "private sub-operators allowed to provide fixed lines in order to expand telephone coverage contributing to a small increase in fixed-line teledensity 5 per 100; mobile-cellular subscribership is roughly 73 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -1011,7 +1016,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 504; landing points for both the ARCOS and the MAYA-1 fiber-optic submarine cable systems that together provide connectivity to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to Central American Microwave System (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "multiple privately owned terrestrial TV networks, supplemented by multiple cable TV networks; Radio Honduras is the lone government-owned radio network; roughly 300 privately owned radio stations" @@ -1029,10 +1034,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "354,861" + "text": "390,377" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "4 (2018 est.)" + "text": "4.28 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json index f35825c0..3217f7f4 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ "text": "21.2 years (2008 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "80 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -949,23 +949,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "379,420" + "text": "398,048" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "13.5 (2019 est.)" + "text": "14.15 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,882,469" + "text": "3,023,873" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "102.56 (2019 est.)" + "text": "107.46 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "good domestic and international service; mobile sector dominates, accounting for 82% of the Internet connections; extensive LTE networks providing coverage to 90% of the island population (2020)" + "text": "

good domestic and international service; mobile sector dominates, accounting for majority of the Internet connections and half of telecom sector revenue; extensive LTE networks providing coverage to most of the island population; regulator encouraging competition with little success due to breach of license; government announced support of national broadband network to aid access to education, hospitals, police, and municipal institutions; operators provided customers with data plans to support educational platforms; US grant to fund New Kingston smart city program (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "while the number of fixed-lines, 14 per 100, subscriptions has declined, cellular-mobile has grown 103 per 100 subscriptions (2019)" @@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 1-876 and 1-658; landing points for the ALBA-1, CFX-1, Fibralink, East-West, and Cayman-Jamaican Fiber System submarine cables providing connections to South America, parts of the Caribbean, Central America and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "3 free-to-air TV stations, subscription cable services, and roughly 30 radio stations (2019)" @@ -991,10 +991,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "284,756" + "text": "317,907" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "10 (2018 est.)" + "text": "11.3 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/mh.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/mh.json index 6a074252..64340768 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/mh.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/mh.json @@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 1-664; landing point for the ECFS optic submarine cable with links to 14 other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "Radio Montserrat, a public radio broadcaster, transmits on 1 station and has a repeater transmission to a second station; repeater transmissions from the GEM Radio Network of Trinidad and Tobago provide another 2 radio stations; cable and satellite TV available (2007)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json index 17b874e6..90b1d8b7 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/nn.json @@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 1-721; landing points for SMPR-1 and the ECFS submarine cables providing connectivity to the Caribbean; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Internet country code": { "text": "

.sx; note - IANA has designated .sx for Sint Maarten, but has not yet assigned it to a sponsoring organization

" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json index e89a2295..cd425cf5 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json @@ -119,8 +119,12 @@ "text": "Mestizo (mixed Amerindian and White) 69%, White 17%, Black 9%, Amerindian 5%" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Spanish (official) 95.3%, Miskito 2.2%, Mestizo of the Caribbean coast 2%, other 0.5% (2005 est.)

note: English and indigenous languages found on the Caribbean coast", - "note": "note: English and indigenous languages found on the Caribbean coast" + "Languages": { + "text": "Spanish (official) 95.3%, Miskito 2.2%, Mestizo of the Caribbean coast 2%, other 0.5%; note - English and indigenous languages found on the Caribbean coast (2005 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 50%, Evangelical 33.2%, other 2.9%, unspecified 13.2%, none 0.7% (2017 est.)" @@ -223,7 +227,7 @@ "text": "19.2 years (2011/12 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "198 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -540,7 +544,7 @@ "text": "president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by qualified plurality vote for a 5-year term (no term limits as of 2014); election last held on 6 November 2016 (next to be held on 7 November 2021)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2016: Jose Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra reelected president; percent of vote - Jose Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra (FSLN) 72.4%, Maximino RODRIGUEZ (PLC) 15%, Jose del Carmen ALVARADO (PLI) 4.5%, Saturnino CERRATO Hodgson (ALN) 4.3%, other 3.7%

2011: Jose Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra reelected president; percent of vote - Jose Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra (FSLN) 62.5%, Fabio GADEA Mantilla (PLI) 31%, Arnoldo ALEMAN (PLC) 5.9%, other 0.6%

" + "text": "
2016: Jose Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra reelected president; percent of vote - Jose Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra (FSLN) 72.4%, Maximino RODRIGUEZ (PLC) 15%, Jose del Carmen ALVARADO (PLI) 4.5%, Saturnino CERRATO Hodgson (ALN) 4.3%, other 3.7%

2011: Jose Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra reelected president; percent of vote - Jose Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra (FSLN) 62.5%, Fabio GADEA Mantilla (PLI) 31%, Arnoldo ALEMAN (PLC) 5.9%, other 0.6%" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -974,23 +978,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "215,055" + "text": "228,782" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3.5 (2019 est.)" + "text": "3.73 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "5,433,530" + "text": "5,788,432" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "88.43 (2019 est.)" + "text": "94.46 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "system being upgraded by foreign investment; new canal being built between Pacific and Caribbean with Chinese funding; nearly all installed telecommunications capacity now uses digital technology, owing to investments since privatization of the formerly state-owned telecommunications company; lowest fixed-line teledensity and mobile penetration in Central America; Internet cafe's provide access to Internet and email services; telecom is bigger in the cities and marginal in rural area; liberalization slow; a Russian state corporation is operating in the area; LTE service in 60 towns and cities (2020)" + "text": "

with authoritarian government, weak public institutions, and impoverished citizenry, Nicaragua’s telecom system is dependent on upgrades through foreign investment, primarily from Russia and China; World Bank funded national fiber broadband network and links to Caribbean submarine cables; Chinese-financed projects, including airport, oil pipeline, and roads in process; nearly all installed telecom capacity now uses financed digital technology; lowest fixed-line tele-density and mobile penetration in Central America; Internet cafes provide access to Internet and email services; rural areas lack access to most basic telecom infrastructure; LTE service in dozens of towns and cities; importer of broadcasting equipment and computers from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "since privatization, access to fixed-line and mobile-cellular services has improved; fixed-line teledensity roughly 4 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone subscribership has increased to 88 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -998,7 +1002,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 505; landing point for the ARCOS fiber-optic submarine cable which provides connectivity to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region) and 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "multiple terrestrial TV stations, supplemented by cable TV in most urban areas; nearly all are government-owned or affiliated; more than 300 radio stations, both government-affiliated and privately owned (2019)" @@ -1016,10 +1020,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "192,413" + "text": "217,618" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3 (2018 est.)" + "text": "3.55 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json index 97c52616..31bd50aa 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json @@ -119,8 +119,12 @@ "text": "Mestizo (mixed Amerindian and White) 65%, Native American 12.3% (Ngabe 7.6%, Kuna 2.4%, Embera 0.9%, Bugle 0.8%, other 0.4%, unspecified 0.2%), Black or African descent 9.2%, Mulatto 6.8%, White 6.7% (2010 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Spanish (official), indigenous languages (including Ngabere (or Guaymi), Buglere, Kuna, Embera, Wounaan, Naso (or Teribe), and Bri Bri), Panamanian English Creole (similar to Jamaican English Creole; a mixture of English and Spanish with elements of Ngabere; also known as Guari Guari and Colon Creole), English, Chinese (Yue and Hakka), Arabic, French Creole, other (Yiddish, Hebrew, Korean, Japanese)

note: many Panamanians are bilingual", - "note": "note: many Panamanians are bilingual" + "Languages": { + "text": "Spanish (official), indigenous languages (including Ngabere (or Guaymi), Buglere, Kuna, Embera, Wounaan, Naso (or Teribe), and Bri Bri), Panamanian English Creole (similar to Jamaican English Creole; a mixture of English and Spanish with elements of Ngabere; also known as Guari Guari and Colon Creole), English, Chinese (Yue and Hakka), Arabic, French Creole, other (Yiddish, Hebrew, Korean, Japanese); note - many Panamanians are bilingual" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%" @@ -219,7 +223,7 @@ "text": "1.01 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "52 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -978,23 +982,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "671,799" + "text": "741,269" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "17.46 (2019 est.)" + "text": "19.32 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "5,073,123" + "text": "5,599,005" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "131.85 (2019 est.)" + "text": "145.92 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "domestic and international facilities well-developed; investment from international operators; competition among operators helps reduce price of services; launch of LTE services; govt. fixed-line projects and popularity of mobile broadband connectivity see growth; Chinese company Huawei helps with G-fast technologies (2020)" + "text": "

domestic and international facilities well-developed; steady increase in telecom revenue with effective competition; mobile connections account for 90% of connections; government-funded program to improve Internet infrastructure; connectivity through two submarine cables; launch of LTE services; Chinese company Huawei investment in bandwidth technologies; importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 17 per 100 and rapid subscribership of mobile-cellular telephone 132 per 100 (2019)" @@ -1002,7 +1006,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 507; landing points for the PAN-AM, ARCOS, SAC, AURORA, PCCS, PAC, and the MAYA-1 submarine cable systems that together provide links to the US and parts of the Caribbean, Central America, and South America; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to the Central American Microwave System (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "multiple privately owned TV networks and a government-owned educational TV station; multi-channel cable and satellite TV subscription services are available; more than 100 commercial radio stations (2019)" @@ -1020,10 +1024,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "540,220" + "text": "523,530" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "14 (2018 est.)" + "text": "13.64 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json index 9b0061e3..6030ac5b 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/rn.json @@ -71,7 +71,12 @@ "text": "Creole (Mulatto), Black, Guadeloupe Mestizo (French-East Asia), White, East Indian, other" }, "Languages": { - "text": "French (official), English, Dutch, French Patois, Spanish, Papiamento (dialect of Netherlands Antilles)" + "Languages": { + "text": "French (official), English, Dutch, French Patois, Spanish, Papiamento (dialect of Netherlands Antilles)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Protestant, Hindu" @@ -397,7 +402,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 590; landing points for the SMPR-1, Southern Caribbean Fiber and the SSCS submarine cables providing connectivity to numerous Caribbean islands (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "1 local TV station; access to about 20 radio stations, including RFO Guadeloupe radio broadcasts via repeater" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json index c284bf7d..73624efa 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json @@ -114,7 +114,12 @@ "note": "note: 99% of the population is Latino" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Spanish, English" + "Languages": { + "text": "Spanish, English" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15%" @@ -210,7 +215,7 @@ "text": "0.9 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "21 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -799,23 +804,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "758,869" + "text": "686,901" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "23.42 (2019 est.)" + "text": "21.19 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,724,680" + "text": "3,371,969" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "114.95 (2019 est.)" + "text": "104.03 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "modern system integrated with that of the US by high-capacity submarine cable and Intelsat with high-speed data capability; havoc caused by hurricane Maria in 2017 and earthquake in 2020, has left the island lagging behind the mainland US both economically and technologically; competition among network operators helps with growth; availability of LTE coverage increasing to 90%; operators expanding and securing 600 MHz spectrum, LTE reach and launching services based on 5G to majority of the population (2020)" + "text": "

small telecom market affected by mismanagement and natural disasters; hurricanes in 2017 and earthquake in 2020 caused destruction of telecom infrastructure, leading to market decline; US provided funds to rebuild after some delay; lags behind US in fixed and broadband penetration due to high unemployment and lack of operator investment; multi-national telcoms enable LTE and launch of 5G; growing number of submarine cables helps to reduce costs and supports streaming of international content and cloud services; operator launched connectivity for school children during pandemic (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "digital telephone system; mobile-cellular services; fixed-line 23 per 100 and mobile-cellular 115 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -823,7 +828,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 1-787, 939; landing points for the GTMO-PR, AMX-1, BRUSA, GCN, PCCS, SAm-1, Southern Caribbean Fiber, Americas-II, Antillas, ARCOS, SMPR-1, and Taino-Carib submarine cables providing connectivity to the mainland US, Caribbean, Central and South America; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "more than 30 TV stations operating; cable TV subscription services are available; roughly 125 radio stations" @@ -841,10 +846,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "609,027" + "text": "609,943" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "18 (2018 est.)" + "text": "18.82 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json index df8ea811..a5e71031 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/sc.json @@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 1-869; landing points for the ECFS, Southern Caribbean Fiber and the SSCS submarine cables providing connectivity for numerous Caribbean Islands (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "the government operates a national TV network that broadcasts on 2 channels; cable subscription services provide access to local and international channels; the government operates a national radio network; a mix of government-owned and privately owned broadcasters operate roughly 15 radio stations" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json index 0afcb6c9..23ba8b43 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/st.json @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ "text": "0.95 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "117 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 1-758; landing points for the ECFS and Southern Caribbean Fiber submarine cables providing connectivity to numerous Caribbean islands; direct microwave radio relay link with Martinique and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; tropospheric scatter to Barbados (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "3 privately owned TV stations; 1 public TV station operating on a cable network; multi-channel cable TV service available; a mix of state-owned and privately owned broadcasters operate nearly 25 radio stations including repeater transmission stations" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/tb.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/tb.json index b3b1f0e7..24e6e0e9 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/tb.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/tb.json @@ -65,7 +65,12 @@ "text": "other White, Creole (Mulatto), Black, Guadeloupe Mestizo (French-East Asia)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "French (primary), English" + "Languages": { + "text": "French (primary), English" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jehovah's Witnesses" @@ -348,7 +353,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 590; landing points for the SSCS and the Southern Caribbean Fiber submarine cables providing voice and data connectivity to numerous Caribbean Islands (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "no local TV broadcasters; 3 FM radio channels (2019)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json index 077f5a24..27e3f566 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ "text": "1.03 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "67 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -894,18 +894,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "298,493" + "text": "343,385" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "24.62 (2019 est.)" + "text": "27.99 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,880,555" + "text": "2,163,725" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "155.11 (2019 est.)" + "text": "176.36 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 1-868; landing points for the EC Link, ECFS, Southern Caribbean Fiber, SG-SCS and Americas II submarine cable systems provide connectivity to US, parts of the Caribbean and South America; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); tropospheric scatter to Barbados and Guyana (2020)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "6 free-to-air TV networks, 2 of which are state-owned; 24 subscription providers (cable and satellite); over 36 radio frequencies (2019)" @@ -936,10 +936,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "341,045" + "text": "339,340" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "28 (2018 est.)" + "text": "27.66 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json index 756b0b7e..2db3c799 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/tk.json @@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 1-649; landing point for the ARCOS fiber-optic telecommunications submarine cable providing connectivity to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2020)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "no local terrestrial TV stations, broadcasts from the Bahamas can be received and multi-channel cable and satellite TV services are available; government-run radio network operates alongside private broadcasters with a total of about 15 stations" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json index 84fa228f..59b73d7f 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json @@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ "text": "King WILLEM-ALEXANDER of the Netherlands (since 30 April 2013); represented by Governor Lucille A. GEORGE-WOUT (since 4 November 2013)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Ivar ASJES (since 7 June 2013)" + "text": "Prime Minister Gilmar PISAS (since 14 June 2021)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet sworn-in by the governor" @@ -714,18 +714,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "57,443" + "text": "53,500" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "38.09 (2019 est.)" + "text": "35.47 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "174,260" + "text": "184,236" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "115.55 (2019 est.)" + "text": "122.15 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - +599, PCCS submarine cable system to US, Caribbean and Central and South America (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "government-run TeleCuracao operates a TV station and a radio station; 2 other privately owned TV stations and several privately owned radio stations (2019)" @@ -756,10 +756,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "51,836" + "text": "53,297" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "35 (2018 est.)" + "text": "35.34 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json index 284f26b0..4ea47a15 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vc.json @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ "text": "1.04 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "98 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -847,18 +847,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "11,889" + "text": "12,934" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "11.7 (2019 est.)" + "text": "12.74 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "94,367" + "text": "102,700" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "92.87 (2019 est.)" + "text": "101.15 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 1-784; landing points for the ECFS, CARCIP and Southern Caribbean Fiber submarine cables providing connectivity to US and Caribbean Islands; connectivity also provided by VHF/UHF radiotelephone from Saint Vincent to Barbados; SHF radiotelephone to Grenada and Saint Lucia; access to Intelsat earth station in Martinique through Saint Lucia (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "St. Vincent and the Grenadines Broadcasting Corporation operates 1 TV station and 5 repeater stations that provide near total coverage to the multi-island state; multi-channel cable TV service available; a partially government-funded national radio service broadcasts on 1 station and has 2 repeater stations; about a dozen privately owned radio stations and repeater stations" @@ -889,10 +889,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "24,613" + "text": "22,491" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "24 (2018 est.)" + "text": "22.15 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json index dfb71a31..25baabf6 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vi.json @@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 1-284; landing points for PCCS, ECFS, CBUS, Deep Blue Cable, East-West, PAN-AM, Americas-1, Southern Caribbean Fiber, Columbus- IIb, St Thomas - St Croix System, Taino-Carib, and Americas I- North via submarine cable to Caribbean, Central and South America, and US (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "1 private TV station; multi-channel TV is available from cable and satellite subscription services; about a half-dozen private radio stations" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json index b9c07189..51dcfbb8 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/vq.json @@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 1-340; landing points for the BSCS, St Thomas-ST Croix System, Southern Caribbean Fiber, Americas II, GCN, MAC, PAN-AM and SAC submarine cable connections to US, the Caribbean, Central and South America; satellite earth stations - NA (2020)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "about a dozen TV broadcast stations including 1 public TV station; multi-channel cable and satellite TV services are available; 24 radio stations" diff --git a/central-asia/kg.json b/central-asia/kg.json index fa968cb5..e7ddd48b 100644 --- a/central-asia/kg.json +++ b/central-asia/kg.json @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "22.9 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "60 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -948,23 +948,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "275,311" + "text": "298,855" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "4.66 (2019 est.)" + "text": "5.06 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,940,306" + "text": "8,622,565" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "134.4 (2019 est.)" + "text": "145.98 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "fixed-line phones declining quickly by roll-out of 4G LTE mobile networks; digital radio-relay stations, and fiber-optic links; low fixed-line and fixed-broadband penetration and moderate mobile broadband penetration; international connectivity continues to grow; 4 mobile networks in operation; 4G networks cover over 50% of the nation, eventually 5G networks will be available (2020 )" + "text": "

fixed-line declining as 4G LTE mobile is universally available; brief interruptions of service with security as pretext; ICT sector rocked by allegation of corruption in 2020; digital radio-relay stations and fiber-optic links; 5G in development; importer of broadcasting equipment from UAE and computers from China; Chinese Economic Corridor investment into domestic backbone; World Bank investment into digital infrastructure with aims to provide broadband Internet to 60% of the population; social disparity evident in pandemic as many school children could not attend classes on-line (2021)

(2020 )" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line penetration 5 per 100 persons remains low and concentrated in urban areas; mobile-cellular subscribership up to over 134 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 996; connections with other CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States, 9 members post-Soviet Republics in EU) countries by landline or microwave radio relay and with other countries by leased connections with Moscow international gateway switch and by satellite; satellite earth stations - 2 (1 Intersputnik, 1 Intelsat) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-funded public TV broadcaster KTRK has nationwide coverage; also operates Ala-Too 24 news channel which broadcasts 24/7 and 4 other educational, cultural, and sports channels; ELTR and Channel 5 are state-owned stations with national reach; the switchover to digital TV in 2017 resulted in private TV station growth; approximately 20 stations are struggling to increase their own content up to 50% of airtime, as required by law, instead of rebroadcasting primarily programs from Russian channels or airing unlicensed movies and music; 3 Russian TV stations also broadcast; state-funded radio stations and about 10 significant private radio stations also exist (2019)" @@ -990,10 +990,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "355,640" + "text": "269,091" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "6 (2018 est.)" + "text": "4.56 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-asia/kz.json b/central-asia/kz.json index dffbac3a..6e406c9a 100644 --- a/central-asia/kz.json +++ b/central-asia/kz.json @@ -111,7 +111,12 @@ "text": "Kazakh (Qazaq) 68%, Russian 19.3%, Uzbek 3.2%, Ukrainian 1.5%, Uighur 1.5%, Tatar 1.1%, German 1%, other 4.4% (2019 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Kazakh (official, Qazaq) 83.1% (understand spoken language) and trilingual (Kazakh, Russian, English) 22.3% (2017 est.); Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the \"language of interethnic communication\") 94.4% (understand spoken language) (2009 est.)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Kazakh (official, Qazaq) 83.1% (understand spoken language) and trilingual (Kazakh, Russian, English) 22.3% (2017 est.); Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the \"language of interethnic communication\") 94.4% (understand spoken language) (2009 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Әлемдік деректер кітабы, негізгі ақпараттың таптырмайтын көзі. (Kazakh)

Книга фактов о мире – незаменимый источник  базовой информации. (Russian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim 70.2%, Christian 26.2% (mainly Russian Orthodox), other 0.2%, atheist 2.8%, unspecified 0.5% (2009 est.)" @@ -210,7 +215,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "28.5 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "10 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -961,23 +966,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,275,584" + "text": "3,072,500" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "17.31 (2019 est.)" + "text": "16.24 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "26,223,595" + "text": "25,717,700" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "138.58 (2019 est.)" + "text": "135.96 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "one of the most progressive telecoms sectors in Central Asia; vast 4G network; low fixed-line and fixed-broadband penetration, moderate mobile broadband penetration and high mobile penetration; mobile market highly competitive and slow growth due to saturation (2020)" + "text": "

one of the most progressive telecom sectors in Central Asia; vast 4G network; low fixed-line and fixed-broadband penetration; moderate mobile broadband penetration and high mobile penetration; mobile market highly competitive and growth is slow due to saturation (2020)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "intercity by landline and microwave radio relay; number of fixed-line connections is 17 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage increased rapidly and the subscriber base approaches 139 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -985,7 +990,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 7; international traffic with other former Soviet republics and China carried by landline and microwave radio relay and with other countries by satellite and by the TAE fiber-optic cable; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "the state owns nearly all radio and TV transmission facilities and operates national TV and radio networks; there are 96 TV channels, many of which are owned by the government, and 4 state-run radio stations; some former state-owned media outlets have been privatized; households with satellite dishes have access to foreign media; a small number of commercial radio stations operate along with state-run radio stations; recent legislation requires all media outlets to register with the government and all TV providers to broadcast in digital format by 2018; broadcasts reach some 99% of the population as well as neighboring countries" @@ -1003,10 +1008,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "2,462,900" + "text": "2,511,100" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "13 (2018 est.)" + "text": "13.28 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/central-asia/rs.json b/central-asia/rs.json index 159b463f..939459df 100644 --- a/central-asia/rs.json +++ b/central-asia/rs.json @@ -123,8 +123,12 @@ "note": "note: nearly 200 national and/or ethnic groups are represented in Russia's 2010 census" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Russian (official) 85.7%, Tatar 3.2%, Chechen 1%, other 10.1% (2010 est.)

note: data represent native language spoken", - "note": "note: data represent native language spoken" + "Languages": { + "text": "Russian (official) 85.7%, Tatar 3.2%, Chechen 1%, other 10.1%; note - data represent native language spoken (2010 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Книга фактов о мире – незаменимый источник базовой информации. (Russian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.)

note: estimates are of practicing worshipers; Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers, a legacy of over seven decades of official atheism under Soviet rule; Russia officially recognizes Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism as the country's traditional religions", @@ -224,7 +228,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "25.2 years (2013 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "17 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -324,7 +328,7 @@ "vectorborne diseases": { "text": "Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, tickborne encephalitis" }, - "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout the Russia; as of 16 May 2021, Russia has reported a total of 4,940,245 cases of COVID-19 or 3,385.2 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 79.4 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 10% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout the Russia; as of 6 June 2021, Russia has reported a total of 5,126,437 cases of COVID-19 or 3,512.8 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 84.8 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 14 June 2021, 12.7% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "23.1% (2016)" @@ -457,7 +461,7 @@ "vectorborne diseases": { "text": "Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, tickborne encephalitis" }, - "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout the Russia; as of 16 May 2021, Russia has reported a total of 4,940,245 cases of COVID-19 or 3,385.2 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 79.4 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 10% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout the Russia; as of 6 June 2021, Russia has reported a total of 5,126,437 cases of COVID-19 or 3,512.8 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 84.8 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 14 June 2021, 12.7% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Waste and recycling": { "municipal solid waste generated annually": { @@ -1004,23 +1008,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "31,171,043" + "text": "27,674,128" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "21.96 (2019 est.)" + "text": "19.38 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "233,342,795" + "text": "239,795,946" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "164.39 (2019 est.)" + "text": "167.9 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "telecom sector impacted by sanctions related to the annexations in Ukraine; the estimated number of mobile subscribers jumped from fewer than 1 million in 1998 to 255 million in 2016; fixed-line service has improved but a large demand remains; Russia with low broadband penetration is one of Europe's fastest growing markets for fiber-based broadband and moving from DSL to fiber; use by the population of multiple SIM cards; regulator ended roaming charges and works to bring down prices; 4 major operators in the mobile market; deployment of LTE support mobile broadband and data services, mobile on the cusp of 5G (2020)" + "text": "

telecom market is largest in Europe, centered in large cities; competition active in Moscow and St Petersburg; most users access Internet through mobile platforms; fiber broadband sector is growing, supported by government in aim to extend reach to outlying regions; tests of 5G with Moscow adopting smart city technology; government justifies censorship and website blocks under a range of laws and regulations; government program aims to provide 97% of households with fixed broadband by 2024; publicly accessible Internet connections in institutions such as hospitals, libraries, schools, and mass transit available in cities; in rural areas, the availability of public Internet connections remains limited; major importer of broadcasting equipment and computers from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "cross-country digital trunk lines run from Saint Petersburg to Khabarovsk, and from Moscow to Novorossiysk; the telephone systems in 60 regional capitals have modern digital infrastructures; cellular services, both analog and digital, are available in many areas; in rural areas, telephone services are still outdated, inadequate, and low-density; 22 per 100 for fixed-line and mobile-cellular 164 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -1028,7 +1032,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 7; landing points for the Far East Submarine Cable System, HSCS, Sakhalin-Kuril Island Cable, RSCN, BCS North-Phase 2, Kerch Strait Cable and the Georgia-Russian submarine cable system connecting Russia, Japan, Finland, Georgia and Ukraine; satellite earth stations provide access to Intelsat, Intersputnik, Eutelsat, Inmarsat, and Orbita systems (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "13 national TV stations with the federal government owning 1 and holding a controlling interest in a second; state-owned Gazprom maintains a controlling interest in 2 of the national channels; government-affiliated Bank Rossiya owns controlling interest in a fourth and fifth, while a sixth national channel is owned by the Moscow city administration; the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian military, respectively, own 2 additional national channels; roughly 3,300 national, regional, and local TV stations with over two-thirds completely or partially controlled by the federal or local governments; satellite TV services are available; 2 state-run national radio networks with a third majority-owned by Gazprom; roughly 2,400 public and commercial radio stations" @@ -1046,10 +1050,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "32,062,780" + "text": "32,857,614" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "23 (2018 est.)" + "text": "23.01 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1212,7 +1216,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Aum Shimrikyo (AUM/Aleph); Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – Caucasus Province (2019)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Aum Shimrikyo (AUM/Aleph); Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – Caucasus Province

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/central-asia/ti.json b/central-asia/ti.json index 031b25ec..af52388f 100644 --- a/central-asia/ti.json +++ b/central-asia/ti.json @@ -111,7 +111,12 @@ "text": "Tajik 84.3% (includes Pamiri and Yagnobi), Uzbek 13.8%, other 2% (includes Kyrgyz, Russian, Turkmen, Tatar, Arab) (2014 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Tajik (official) 84.4%, Uzbek 11.9%, Kyrgyz .8%, Russian .5%, other 2.4% (2010 est.)

note: Russian widely used in government and business", + "Languages": { + "text": "Tajik (official) 84.4%, Uzbek 11.9%, Kyrgyz .8%, Russian .5%, other 2.4% (2010 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "Китоби Фактҳои Ҷаҳонӣ, манбаи бебадали маълумоти асосӣ (Tajik)" + }, "note": "note: Russian widely used in government and business" }, "Religions": { @@ -212,7 +217,7 @@ "text": "23.2 years (2017 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "17 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -977,7 +982,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 992; linked by cable and microwave radio relay to other CIS republics and by leased connections to the Moscow international gateway switch; Dushanbe linked by Intelsat to international gateway switch in Ankara (Turkey); 3 satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat and 1 Orbita" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-run TV broadcasters transmit nationally on 9 TV and 10 radio stations, and regionally on 4 stations; 31 independent TV and 20 radio stations broadcast locally and regionally; many households are able to receive Russian and other foreign stations via cable and satellite (2016)" @@ -1115,7 +1120,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) (2019)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/central-asia/tx.json b/central-asia/tx.json index 9837ccfb..2d2c675a 100644 --- a/central-asia/tx.json +++ b/central-asia/tx.json @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ "text": "0.98 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "7 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 993; linked by fiber-optic cable and microwave radio relay to other CIS republics and to other countries by leased connections to the Moscow international gateway switch; an exchange in Ashgabat switches international traffic through Turkey via Intelsat; satellite earth stations - 1 Orbita and 1 Intelsat (2018)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "broadcast media is government controlled and censored; 7 state-owned TV and 4 state-owned radio networks; satellite dishes and programming provide an alternative to the state-run media; officials sometimes limit access to satellite TV by removing satellite dishes" diff --git a/central-asia/uz.json b/central-asia/uz.json index f3f87822..0d660d80 100644 --- a/central-asia/uz.json +++ b/central-asia/uz.json @@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ "text": "Uzbek 83.8%, Tajik 4.8%, Kazakh 2.5%, Russian 2.3%, Karakalpak 2.2%, Tatar 1.5%, other 4.4% (2017 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Uzbek (official) 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%

note: in the autonomous Karakalpakstan Republic, both the Karakalpak language and Uzbek have official status\r\n

 ", - "note": "note: in the autonomous Karakalpakstan Republic, both the Karakalpak language and Uzbek have official status\r\n

 " + "text": "Uzbek (official) 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%

note: in the autonomous Karakalpakstan Republic, both the Karakalpak language and Uzbek have official status", + "note": "note: in the autonomous Karakalpakstan Republic, both the Karakalpak language and Uzbek have official status" }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim 88% (mostly Sunni), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%" @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "23.8 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "29 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -929,18 +929,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,262,896" + "text": "3,553,310" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "10.77 (2019 est.)" + "text": "11.73 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "30,662,740" + "text": "33.38 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "101.21 (2019 est.)" + "text": "110.15 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 998; linked by fiber-optic cable or microwave radio relay with CIS member states and to other countries by leased connection via the Moscow international gateway switch; the country also has a link to the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic cable; Uzbekistan has supported the national fiber-optic backbone project of Afghanistan since 2008" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "the government controls media; 17 state-owned broadcasters - 13 TV and 4 radio - provide service to virtually the entire country; about 20 privately owned TV stations, overseen by local officials, broadcast to local markets; privately owned TV stations are required to lease transmitters from the government-owned Republic TV and Radio Industry Corporation; in 2019, the Uzbek Agency for Press and Information was reorganized into the Agency of Information and Mass Communications and became part of the Uzbek Presidential Administration with recent appointment of the Uzbek President's elder daughter as it deputy director (2019)" @@ -971,10 +971,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "4,123,508" + "text": "4,597,265" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "14 (2018 est.)" + "text": "15.17 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic Jihad Union; Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (2019)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic Jihad Union; Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json index f378d5c6..ab543fe9 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json @@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ "text": "25 years (2015/16 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "250 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "use to claim to be one of the last underdeveloped telecom markets in Asia; the mobile market has recently experienced rapid growth, in 2014 foreign competition was allowed to compete in the market and now they have moved from 1 operator to 3; low compared to other nations in the region, but expanding nationally; moving past fixed broadband to mobile device access for Internet services; rollout of 4G to eventually 5G networks (2020)" + "text": "Burma, one of the last underdeveloped telecom markets in Asia, saw growth in mobile and broadband services through foreign competition and roll out of 4G and 5G networks; infrastructure development challenged by flooding, unreliable electricity, inefficient bureaucracy, and corruption; digital divide affects rural areas; fixed broadband remains low due to number of fixed-lines and near saturation of the mobile platform; healthy m-banking platform; tests for NB-IoT; benefit from launch of regional satellite; government utilizes intermittent censorship and shut-down of Internet in political crisis; top importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2021) (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line is 1 per 100, while mobile-cellular is 114 per 100 and shows great potential for the future (2019)" @@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 95; landing points for the SeaMeWe-3, SeaMeWe-5, AAE-1 and Singapore-Myanmar optical telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia, Australia and Europe; satellite earth stations - 2, Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and ShinSat (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "government controls all domestic broadcast media; 2 state-controlled TV stations with 1 of the stations controlled by the armed forces; 2 pay-TV stations are joint state-private ventures; access to satellite TV is limited; 1 state-controlled domestic radio station and 9 FM stations that are joint state-private ventures; transmissions of several international broadcasters are available in parts of Burma; the Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Asia (RFA), BBC Burmese service, the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), and Radio Australia use shortwave to broadcast in Burma; VOA, RFA, and DVB produce daily TV news programs that are transmitted by satellite to audiences in Burma; in March 2017, the government granted licenses to 5 private broadcasters, allowing them digital free-to-air TV channels to be operated in partnership with government-owned Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV) and will rely upon MRTV’s transmission infrastructure (2019)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json index 83003982..58e3ec84 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json @@ -114,7 +114,12 @@ "text": "Malay 65.7%, Chinese 10.3%, other 24% (2019 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Malay (Bahasa Melayu) (official), English, Chinese dialects" + "Languages": { + "text": "Malay (Bahasa Melayu) (official), English, Chinese dialects" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Buku Fakta Dunia, sumber yang diperlukan untuk maklumat asas. (Malay)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim (official) 78.8%, Christian 8.7%, Buddhist 7.8%, other (includes indigenous beliefs) 4.7% (2011 est.)" @@ -211,7 +216,7 @@ "text": "0.96 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "31 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -878,23 +883,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "91,415" + "text": "86,590" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "19.98 (2019 est.)" + "text": "18.94 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "588,616" + "text": "574,799" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "128.65 (2019 est.)" + "text": "125.73 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "service throughout the country is excellent; international service is good to Southeast Asia, Middle East, Western Europe, and the US; lots of investment given the high GDP per capita; launch of 5G in 2021 anticipated; while fixed-line is slowing down, mobile broadband has taken over in the advancement in the telecoms access market; broadband penetration slow to moderate growth predicted over the next five years to 2023 (2020)" + "text": "

Brunei is improving its national telecom network; telecommunications infrastructure and services are of high standard, due to healthy investment in networks and services; relatively mature telecom system compared to other Asian countries; mobile subscription increasing steadily to high penetration; launch of 5G services in 2021 will boost the mobile broadband sector; access to telecom services via the Kacific-1 satellite (2020)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "every service available; 20 per 100 fixed-line, 129 per 100 mobile-cellular (2019)" @@ -902,7 +907,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 673; landing points for the SEA-ME-WE-3, SJC, AAG, Lubuan-Brunei Submarine Cable via optical telecommunications submarine cables that provides links to Asia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Africa, Australia, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-controlled Radio Television Brunei (RTB) operates 5 channels; 3 Malaysian TV stations are available; foreign TV broadcasts are available via satellite systems; RTB operates 5 radio networks and broadcasts on multiple frequencies; British Forces Broadcast Service (BFBS) provides radio broadcasts on 2 FM stations; some radio broadcast stations from Malaysia are available via repeaters" @@ -920,10 +925,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "49,452" + "text": "54,195" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "11 (2018 est.)" + "text": "11.85 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json index efd3dbbd..34ac5531 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json @@ -122,7 +122,12 @@ "text": "Khmer 97.6%, Cham 1.2%, Chinese 0.1%, Vietnamese 0.1%, other 0.9% (2013 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Khmer (official) 96.3%, other 3.7% (2008 est.)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Khmer (official) 95.8%, minority languages 2.9%, Chinese .6%, Vietnamese .5%, other .2% (2019 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
សៀវភៅហេតុការណនៅលើពិភពលោក។ ទីតាំងពត៏មានមូលដានគ្រឹះយាងសំខាន់។. (Khmer)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Buddhist (official) 97.9%, Muslim 1.1%, Christian 0.5%, other 0.6% (2013 est.)" @@ -225,7 +230,7 @@ "text": "22.9 years (2014 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "160 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -977,7 +982,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "56,749" + "text": "56,445" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" @@ -985,15 +990,15 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "21,684,767" + "text": "21,418,681" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "129.92 (2019 est.)" + "text": "127.24 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "well on its way to rollout 5G services, Chinese company Huawei dealing with the infrastructure for the 5G rollout; mobile-cellular phone systems are widely used in urban areas to bypass deficiencies in the fixed-line network; mobile-phone coverage is rapidly spreading in rural areas; competition among mobile operators strong; about 50% of Cambodians own at least one smart phone; in 2018, the MPTC began a free Wi-Fi service for visitors and residents of Phnom Penh, in selected parks around the city customers can access free Wi-Fi services; fixed broadband penetration is predicted to reach over 2% by 2023; in 2021, Cambodia hopes to launch it first communications satellite into orbit (2020)" + "text": "Cambodia’s telecom infrastructure struggles with poor infrastructure and power outages; improvement through competition and foreign investment; fixed-line and fixed/mobile broadband penetration is still low compared to other Asian nations; government and operators preparing for 5G services through Huawei’s infrastructure that will drive mobile broadband through faster speeds; online Internet content subject to government restrictions (2021) (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line connections stand at about 1 per 100 persons and declining; mobile-cellular usage, aided by competition among service providers, has increased to about 130 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -1001,7 +1006,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 855; landing points for MCT and AAE-1 via submarine cables providing communication to Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Africa; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "mixture of state-owned, joint public-private, and privately owned broadcast media; 27 TV broadcast stations with most operating on multiple channels, including 1 state-operated station broadcasting from multiple locations, 11 stations either jointly operated or privately owned with some broadcasting from several locations; multi-channel cable and satellite systems are available (2019); 84 radio broadcast stations - 1 state-owned broadcaster with multiple stations and a large mixture of public and private broadcasters; one international broadcaster is available (2019) as well as one Chinese joint venture television station with the Ministry of Interior; several television and radio operators broadcast online only (often via Facebook) (2019)" @@ -1019,10 +1024,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "166,200" + "text": "184,379" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 (2018 est.)" + "text": "1.1 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json index 7086e309..0cf3b074 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json @@ -123,11 +123,15 @@ "note": "note: the Chinese Government officially recognizes 56 ethnic groups" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Standard Chinese or Mandarin (official; Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry)

note: Zhuang is official in Guangxi Zhuang, Yue is official in Guangdong, Mongolian is official in Nei Mongol, Uighur is official in Xinjiang Uygur, Kyrgyz is official in Xinjiang Uygur, and Tibetan is official in Xizang (Tibet)", - "note": "note: Zhuang is official in Guangxi Zhuang, Yue is official in Guangdong, Mongolian is official in Nei Mongol, Uighur is official in Xinjiang Uygur, Kyrgyz is official in Xinjiang Uygur, and Tibetan is official in Xizang (Tibet)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Standard Chinese or Mandarin (official; Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry); note - Zhuang is official in Guangxi Zhuang, Yue is official in Guangdong, Mongolian is official in Nei Mongol, Uighur is official in Xinjiang Uygur, Kyrgyz is official in Xinjiang Uygur, and Tibetan is official in Xizang (Tibet)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
世界概況  –  不可缺少的基本消息來源 (Mandarin)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Buddhist 18.2%, Christian 5.1%, Muslim 1.8%, folk religion 21.9%, Hindu < 0.1%, Jewish < 0.1%, other 0.7% (includes Daoist (Taoist)), unaffiliated 52.2% (2010 est.)

note: officially atheist", + "text": "folk religion 21.9%, Buddhist 18.3%, Christian 5.2%, Muslim 2%, Hindu < 0.1%, Jewish < 0.1%, other 0.7% (includes Daoist (Taoist)), unaffiliated 51.8% (2020 est.)

note: officially atheist", "note": "note: officially atheist" }, "Age structure": { @@ -223,7 +227,7 @@ "text": "1.06 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "29 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -325,7 +329,7 @@ "soil contact diseases": { "text": "hantaviral hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS)" }, - "note": "note: a new coronavirus is causing an outbreak of respiratory illness (COVID-19) in China; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; the US Department of State has issued a do not travel advisory for China due to COVID-19; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has also recommended against travel to China and published additional guidance at https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/warning/novel-coronavirus-china; the US Department of Homeland Security has issued instructions requiring US passengers who have been in China to travel through select airports where the US Government has implemented enhanced screening procedures; as of 16 May 2021, China has reported a total of 104,191 cases of COVID-19 or 7.1 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 0.3 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population" + "note": "note: a new coronavirus is causing an outbreak of respiratory illness (COVID-19) in China; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; the US Department of State has issued a do not travel advisory for China due to COVID-19; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has also recommended against travel to China and published additional guidance at https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/warning/novel-coronavirus-china; the US Department of Homeland Security has issued instructions requiring US passengers who have been in China to travel through select airports where the US Government has implemented enhanced screening procedures; as of 6 June 2021, China has reported a total of 114,105 cases of COVID-19 or 7.8 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 0.3 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 10 June 2021, 43.21% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "6.2% (2016)" @@ -457,7 +461,7 @@ "soil contact diseases": { "text": "hantaviral hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS)" }, - "note": "note: a new coronavirus is causing an outbreak of respiratory illness (COVID-19) in China; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; the US Department of State has issued a do not travel advisory for China due to COVID-19; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has also recommended against travel to China and published additional guidance at https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/warning/novel-coronavirus-china; the US Department of Homeland Security has issued instructions requiring US passengers who have been in China to travel through select airports where the US Government has implemented enhanced screening procedures; as of 16 May 2021, China has reported a total of 104,191 cases of COVID-19 or 7.1 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 0.3 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population" + "note": "note: a new coronavirus is causing an outbreak of respiratory illness (COVID-19) in China; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; the US Department of State has issued a do not travel advisory for China due to COVID-19; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has also recommended against travel to China and published additional guidance at https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/warning/novel-coronavirus-china; the US Department of Homeland Security has issued instructions requiring US passengers who have been in China to travel through select airports where the US Government has implemented enhanced screening procedures; as of 6 June 2021, China has reported a total of 114,105 cases of COVID-19 or 7.8 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 0.3 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 10 June 2021, 43.21% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Waste and recycling": { "municipal solid waste generated annually": { @@ -997,23 +1001,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "185,097,221" + "text": "191.033 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "13.32 (2019 est.)" + "text": "13.75 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,672,545,161" + "text": "1,746,238,000" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "120.36 (2019 est.)" + "text": "125.66 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "the largest Internet market in the world, with the majority, 98.6% of users accessing the Internet through mobile devices; moderate growth is predicted over the next five years in the fixed broadband segment; one of the biggest drivers of commercial growth is its increasing urbanization rate as rural residents move to cities; China will be the world's largest 5G market; the Chinese mobile market to reach penetration of 134% by 2024; maintains the largest M2M market in the world (2020)" + "text": "China has the largest Internet market in the world with almost all subscribers accessing Internet through mobile devices; market is driven through government-allied investment; fast-developing data center market; government aims to provide universal and affordable broadband coverage through market competition and private investment in state-controlled enterprises; 3G and LTE subscribers will migrate to 5G aiming for 1M 5G base stations; government strengthens IoT policies to boost economic growth; China is pushing development of smart cities beyond Beijing; Beijing residents carry virtual card integrating identity, social security, health, and education documents; government controls gateways to global Internet through censorship, surveillance, and shut-downs; major exporter of broadcasting equipment world-wide (2021) (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "13 per 100 fixed line and 120 per 100 mobile-cellular; a domestic satellite system with several earth stations has been in place since 2018 (2019)" @@ -1021,7 +1025,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 86; landing points for the RJCN, EAC-C2C, TPE, APCN-2, APG, NCP, TEA, SeaMeWe-3, SJC2, Taiwan Strait Express-1, AAE-1, APCN-2, AAG, FEA, FLAG and TSE submarine cables providing connectivity to Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the US; satellite earth stations - 7 (5 Intelsat - 4 Pacific Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean; 1 Intersputnik - Indian Ocean region; and 1 Inmarsat - Pacific and Indian Ocean regions) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "all broadcast media are owned by, or affiliated with, the Communist Party of China or a government agency; no privately owned TV or radio stations; state-run Chinese Central TV, provincial, and municipal stations offer more than 2,000 channels; the Central Propaganda Department sends directives to all domestic media outlets to guide its reporting with the government maintaining authority to approve all programming; foreign-made TV programs must be approved prior to broadcast; increasingly, Chinese turn to online and satellite television to access Chinese and international films and television shows (2019)" @@ -1039,10 +1043,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "407.382 million" + "text": "449.279 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "29 (2018 est.)" + "text": "32.33 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1162,10 +1166,13 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "People's Liberation Army (PLA): Ground Forces, Navy (PLAN, includes marines and naval aviation), Air Force (PLAAF, includes airborne forces), Rocket Force (strategic missile force), and Strategic Support Force (information warfare, cyber, space forces); People's Armed Police (PAP, includes Coast Guard, Border Defense Force, Internal Security Forces); PLA Reserve Force (2021)

in 2018, the Coast Guard was moved from the State Oceanic Administration to the People’s Armed Police; in 2013, China merged four of its five major maritime law enforcement agencies – the China Marine Surveillance (CMS), Maritime Police, Fishery Law Enforcement (FLE), and Anti-Smuggling Police – into a unified coast guard", - "note": "in 2018, the Coast Guard was moved from the State Oceanic Administration to the People’s Armed Police; in 2013, China merged four of its five major maritime law enforcement agencies – the China Marine Surveillance (CMS), Maritime Police, Fishery Law Enforcement (FLE), and Anti-Smuggling Police – into a unified coast guard" + "text": "People's Liberation Army (PLA): Ground Forces, Navy (PLAN, includes marines and naval aviation), Air Force (PLAAF, includes airborne forces), Rocket Force (strategic missile force), and Strategic Support Force (information warfare, cyber, space forces); People's Armed Police (PAP, includes Coast Guard, Border Defense Force, Internal Security Forces); PLA Reserve Force (2021)

note(s): the PAP is a paramilitary police component of China’s armed forces that is under the command of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and charged with internal security, law enforcement, counterterrorism, and maritime rights protection

in 2018, the Coast Guard was moved from the State Oceanic Administration to the PAP; in 2013, China merged four of its five major maritime law enforcement agencies – the China Marine Surveillance (CMS), Maritime Police, Fishery Law Enforcement (FLE), and Anti-Smuggling Police – into a unified coast guard
", + "note": "note(s): the PAP is a paramilitary police component of China’s armed forces that is under the command of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and charged with internal security, law enforcement, counterterrorism, and maritime rights protection

in 2018, the Coast Guard was moved from the State Oceanic Administration to the PAP; in 2013, China merged four of its five major maritime law enforcement agencies – the China Marine Surveillance (CMS), Maritime Police, Fishery Law Enforcement (FLE), and Anti-Smuggling Police – into a unified coast guard
" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2020": { + "text": "1.7% of GDP (2020 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2019": { "text": "1.9% of GDP (2019)" }, @@ -1177,9 +1184,6 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2016": { "text": "1.9% of GDP (2016)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2015": { - "text": "1.9% of GDP (2015)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json index 44b9258a..435b4783 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json @@ -110,7 +110,12 @@ "text": "Chinese 92%, Filipino 2.5%, Indonesian 2.1%, other 3.4% (2016 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Cantonese (official) 88.9%, English (official) 4.3%, Mandarin (official) 1.9%, other Chinese dialects 3.1%, other 1.9% (2016 est.)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Cantonese (official) 88.9%, English (official) 4.3%, Mandarin (official) 1.9%, other Chinese dialects 3.1%, other 1.9% (2016 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
世界概放，必須擁有的基本資料参考书 (Cantonese)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Buddhist or Taoist 27.9%, Protestant 6.7%, Roman Catholic 5.3%, Muslim 4.2%, Hindu 1.4%, Sikh 0.2%, other or none 54.3% (2016 est.)

note: many people practice Confucianism, regardless of their religion or not having a religious affiliation", @@ -463,7 +468,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "parties:
ALLinHK (alliance of 6 localist groups)
Business and Professional Alliance or BPA [LO Wai-kwok]
Civic Party [Alvin YEUNG]
Civic Passion or CP [CHENG Chung-tai] (part of Civic Passion-Proletariat Political Institute-Hong Kong Resurgence Order alliance or CP-PPI-HKRO that dissolved after the 2016 election)
Democracy Groundwork [LAU Siu-lai]
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong or DAB [Starry LEE Wai-king]
Democratic Party [WU Chi-wai]
Demosisto [Ivan LAM] (announced cessation of all operations, 30 June 2020)
Federation of Trade Unions or FTU [Stanley NG Chau-pei]
Labor Party [Steven KWOK Wing-kin]
League of Social Democrats or LSD [Avery NG Man-yuen]
Liberal Party [Felix CHUNG Kwok-pan]
Neighborhood and Workers Service Center or NWSC [LEUNG Yui-chung]
New People's Party or NPP [Regina IP Lau Su-yee]
People Power or PP [Raymond CHAN]
Youngspiration [Sixtus \"Baggio\" LEUNG Chung-hang]
other:
Professional Commons [Charles Peter MOK] (think tank)
Professional Teachers Union or PTU

note: political blocks include: pro-democracy - Civic Party, Democratic Party, Labor Party, LSD, NWSC, PP, Professional Commons, PTU; pro-Beijing - DAB, FTU, Liberal Party, NPP, BPA; localist - ALLinHK, CP, Democracy Groundwork, Demosisto; there is no political party ordinance, so there are no registered political parties; politically active groups register as societies or companies", + "text": "parties:
ALLinHK (alliance of 6 localist groups)
Business and Professional Alliance or BPA [LO Wai-kwok]
Civic Party [Alan LEONG]
Civic Passion or CP [CHENG Chung-tai] (part of Civic Passion-Proletariat Political Institute-Hong Kong Resurgence Order alliance or CP-PPI-HKRO that dissolved after the 2016 election)
Democracy Groundwork [LAU Siu-lai]
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong or DAB [Starry LEE Wai-king]
Democratic Party [LO Kin-hei]
Demosisto [Ivan LAM] (announced cessation of all operations, 30 June 2020)
Federation of Trade Unions or FTU [Stanley NG Chau-pei]
Labor Party [Steven KWOK Wing-kin]
League of Social Democrats or LSD [Raphael WONG Ho-ming]
Liberal Party [Felix CHUNG Kwok-pan]
Neighborhood and Workers Service Center or NWSC [LEUNG Yui-chung]
New People's Party or NPP [Regina IP Lau Su-yee]
People Power or PP [TAM Tak-chi]
Youngspiration [Sixtus \"Baggio\" LEUNG Chung-hang]
other:
Professional Commons [Charles Peter MOK] (think tank)
Professional Teachers Union or PTU

note: political blocks include: pro-democracy - Civic Party, Democratic Party, Labor Party, LSD, NWSC, PP, Professional Commons, PTU; pro-Beijing - DAB, FTU, Liberal Party, NPP, BPA; localist - ALLinHK, CP, Democracy Groundwork, Demosisto; there is no political party ordinance, so there are no registered political parties; politically active groups register as societies or companies", "note": "note: political blocks include: pro-democracy - Civic Party, Democratic Party, Labor Party, LSD, NWSC, PP, Professional Commons, PTU; pro-Beijing - DAB, FTU, Liberal Party, NPP, BPA; localist - ALLinHK, CP, Democracy Groundwork, Demosisto; there is no political party ordinance, so there are no registered political parties; politically active groups register as societies or companies" }, "International organization participation": { @@ -867,23 +872,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,942,605" + "text": "4,029,603" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "54.51 (2019 est.)" + "text": "55.73 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "20,868,827" + "text": "21,455,736" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "288.53 (2019 est.)" + "text": "296.71 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "excellent domestic and international services; some of the highest peak average broadband speeds in the world; HK aims to be among the earliest adopters of 5G mobile technology; almost all households have access to high-speed broadband connectivity; HK broadband penetration rate is among the highest in the world; in the next five years the government has organized the development of 'smart cities' in six areas - \"smart mobility\", \"smart living\", \"smart environment\", \"smart people\", \"smart government\", and \"smart economy\"  by 2024 (2020)" + "text": "excellent domestic and international services; some of the highest peak average broadband speeds and penetration rates in the world; HK government helps subsidize 5G projects and aims to be among earliest adopters of 5G mobile technology; almost all households have access to high-speed broadband connectivity through fiber; high mobile subscribership reflects tourism and multiple-device culture; government has organized the development of smart city and digital economy to encourage social inclusion and economic development, including health care, education, and utilities; US prevented use of Pacific Light submarine cable network due to security issues (2020) (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "microwave radio relay links and extensive fiber-optic network; fixed-line is 55 per 100 and mobile-cellular is 289 per 100 (2019)" @@ -891,7 +896,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 852; landing points for the APG, ASE, EAC-C2C, HK-G, Bay-to-Bay Express Cable System, H2 Cable, HKA, SJC, SJC2, PLCN, SeaMeWe-3, TGN-IA, APCN-2, AAG, FLAG and FEA submarine cables that provide connections to Asia, US, Australia, the Middle East, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Pacific Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean); coaxial cable to Guangzhou, China (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "4 commercial terrestrial TV networks each with multiple stations; multi-channel satellite and cable TV systems available; 3 licensed broadcasters of terrestrial radio, one of which is government funded, operate about 12 radio stations; note - 4 digital radio broadcasters operated in Hong Kong from 2010 to 2017, but all digital radio services were terminated in September 2017 due to weak market demand (2019)" @@ -909,10 +914,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "2,714,679" + "text": "2,804,790" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "38 (2018 est.)" + "text": "38.79 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json index 00e154b6..4848209c 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json @@ -117,8 +117,12 @@ "text": "Javanese 40.1%, Sundanese 15.5%, Malay 3.7%, Batak 3.6%, Madurese 3%, Betawi 2.9%, Minangkabau 2.7%, Buginese 2.7%, Bantenese 2%, Banjarese 1.7%, Balinese 1.7%, Acehnese 1.4%, Dayak 1.4%, Sasak 1.3%, Chinese 1.2%, other 15% (2010 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects (of which the most widely spoken is Javanese)

note: more than 700 languages are used in Indonesia", - "note": "note: more than 700 languages are used in Indonesia" + "Languages": { + "text": "Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects (of which the most widely spoken is Javanese); note - more than 700 languages are used in Indonesia" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Fakta Dunia, sumber informasi dasar yang sangat diperlukan. (Indonesian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim 87.2%, Protestant 7%, Roman Catholic 2.9%, Hindu 1.7%, other 0.9% (includes Buddhist and Confucian), unspecified 0.4% (2010 est.)" @@ -221,7 +225,7 @@ "text": "22.8 years (2012 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "177 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -320,7 +324,7 @@ "vectorborne diseases": { "text": "dengue fever and malaria" }, - "note": "note: a new coronavirus is causing sustained community spread of respiratory illness (COVID-19) in Indonesia; as of 16 May 2021, Indonesia has reported a total of 1,736,670 cases of COVID-19 or 634.9 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 17.5 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 5.11% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: a new coronavirus is causing sustained community spread of respiratory illness (COVID-19) in Indonesia; as of 6 June 2021, Indonesia has reported a total of 1,850,206 cases of COVID-19 or 676.4 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 18.8 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 14 June 2021, 7.47% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "6.9% (2016)" @@ -456,7 +460,7 @@ "vectorborne diseases": { "text": "dengue fever and malaria" }, - "note": "note: a new coronavirus is causing sustained community spread of respiratory illness (COVID-19) in Indonesia; as of 16 May 2021, Indonesia has reported a total of 1,736,670 cases of COVID-19 or 634.9 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 17.5 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 5.11% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: a new coronavirus is causing sustained community spread of respiratory illness (COVID-19) in Indonesia; as of 6 June 2021, Indonesia has reported a total of 1,850,206 cases of COVID-19 or 676.4 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 18.8 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 14 June 2021, 7.47% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Waste and recycling": { "municipal solid waste generated annually": { @@ -1002,23 +1006,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "9,272,754" + "text": "9,662,135" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3.5 (2019 est.)" + "text": "3.57 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "337,766,682" + "text": "341,277,549" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "127.49 (2019 est.)" + "text": "126.15 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "international service good; Indonesia has very low fixed line and fixed broadband penetration, high mobile penetration and moderate mobile broadband penetration; 4G mobile services are relatively advanced, 7 operators compete for revenue in the Indonesian market; Chinese company Huawei working on the development of 5G technology in the country; mobile broadband market still in early stages of development; data center market has experienced significant growth; Kacific-1 satellite launched in 2019 to significantly improve telecommunications (2020)" + "text": "

with large population, disbursed island geography, and slow economic growth, Indonesia’s telecom sector is based on 3G/LTE mobile infrastructure and inadequate fixed-line capacity; market is attracting foreign investment, especially in data center and cloud based services; tests of 5G challenged by lack of spectrum; satellite improvements in 2020 (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 4 per 100 and mobile-cellular 127 per 100 persons; coverage provided by existing network has been expanded by use of over 200,000 telephone kiosks many located in remote areas; mobile-cellular subscribership growing rapidly (2019)" @@ -1026,7 +1030,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 62; landing points for the SEA-ME-WE-3 & 5, DAMAI, JASUKA, BDM, Dumai-Melaka Cable System, IGG, JIBA, Link 1, 3, 4,  & 5, PGASCOM, B3J2, Tanjung Pandam-Sungai Kakap Cable System, JAKABARE, JAYABAYA, INDIGO-West, Matrix Cable System, ASC, SJJK, Jaka2LaDeMa, S-U-B Cable System, JBCS, MKCS, BALOK, Palapa Ring East, West and Middle, SMPCS Packet-1 and 2, LTCS, TSCS, SEA-US and Kamal Domestic Submarine Cable System, 35 submarine cable networks that provide links throughout Asia, the Middle East, Australia, Southeast Asia, Africa and Europe; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "mixture of about a dozen national TV networks - 1 public broadcaster, the remainder private broadcasters - each with multiple transmitters; more than 100 local TV stations; widespread use of satellite and cable TV systems; public radio broadcaster operates 6 national networks, as well as regional and local stations; overall, more than 700 radio stations with more than 650 privately operated (2019)" @@ -1044,10 +1048,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "8,874,116" + "text": "10,284,364" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3 (2018 est.)" + "text": "3.8 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1166,6 +1170,9 @@ "note": "note(s):  the Indonesian National Police includes a paramilitary Mobile Brigade Corps (BRIMOB); following the Bali terror bombing in 2002, the National Police formed a special counter-terrorism force called Detachment 88 (Densus or Detasemen Khusus 88 Antiteror)" }, "Military expenditures": { + "Military Expenditures 2020": { + "text": "0.7% of GDP (2020 est.)" + }, "Military Expenditures 2019": { "text": "0.7% of GDP (2019)" }, @@ -1177,16 +1184,13 @@ }, "Military Expenditures 2016": { "text": "0.8% of GDP (2016)" - }, - "Military Expenditures 2015": { - "text": "0.9% of GDP (2015)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { "text": "the Indonesian National Armed Forces have an estimated 395,000 active duty troops (300,000 Army; 65,000 Navy, including about 20,000 marines; 30,000 Air Force) (2021)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the Indonesian military inventory is comprised of equipment from a wide variety of sources; since 2010, the top suppliers are China, Germany, the Netherlands, Russia, South Korea, the UK, and the US; Indonesia has a growing defense industry fueled by technology transfers and cooperation agreements with several countries (2020)" + "text": "the Indonesian military inventory is comprised of equipment from a wide variety of sources; since 2010, the top suppliers are China, Germany, the Netherlands, Russia, South Korea, the UK, and the US; Indonesia has a growing defense industry fueled by technology transfers and cooperation agreements with several countries; in 2019, the Indonesian Government publicly said that growing its domestic defense industry is a national priority over the next 5-10 years (2020)" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "200 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 1,025 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 1,250 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (Jan 2021)" @@ -1198,12 +1202,12 @@ "text": "the International Maritime Bureau continues to report the territorial and offshore waters in the Strait of Malacca and South China Sea as high risk for piracy and armed robbery against ships; the number of attacks increased slightly from 25 incidents in 2019 to 26 in 2020 due to aggressive maritime patrolling by regional authorities; vessels continue to be boarded while anchored or berthed at Indonesian ports with two crew taken hostage and two threatened in 2020; hijacked vessels are often disguised and cargo diverted to ports in East Asia" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Indonesian security forces are engaged in counter-insurgency operations in Papua against the West Papua Liberation Army, the military wing of the Free Papua Organization, which has been fighting a low-level insurgency since the 1960s when Indonesia annexed the former Dutch colony; Papua was formally incorporated into Indonesia in 1969" + "text": "Indonesian military and police forces are engaged in counter-insurgency operations in Papua against the West Papua Liberation Army, the military wing of the Free Papua Organization, which has been fighting a low-level insurgency since the 1960s when Indonesia annexed the former Dutch colony; since 2019, there has been an increase in militant activity in Papua and a larger Indonesian military presence; Papua was formally incorporated into Indonesia in 1969

in addition, the Indonesian military has been assisting police in countering the Mujahideen Indonesia Timur (MIT; aka East Indonesia Mujahideen), a local Islamic State (ISIS)-affiliated terrorist group

Indonesia is not a formal claimant in the South China Sea, although some of its waters lie within China's  “nine-dash line” maritime claims, resulting in some stand offs in recent years; since 2016, the Indonesian military has bolstered its presence on Great Natuna Island (aka Pulau Natuna Besar), the main island of the Middle Natuna Archipelago, which is part of the Riau Islands province, and held military exercises in surrounding waters" } }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (aka Jemaah Anshorut Daulah); Jemaah Islamiyah (2020)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (aka Jemaah Anshorut Daulah); Jemaah Islamiyah

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json index 76c313c3..3f86aa7e 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json @@ -114,14 +114,19 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Japanese 98.1%, Chinese 0.5%, Korean 0.4%, other 1% (includes Filipino, Vietnamese, and Brazilian) (2016 est.)

note: data represent population by nationality; up to 230,000 Brazilians of Japanese origin migrated to Japan in the 1990s to work in industries; some have returned to Brazil", + "text": "Japanese 97.9%, Chinese 0.6%, Korean 0.4%, other 1.1% (includes Vietnamese, Filipino, and Brazilian) (2017 est.)

note: data represent population by nationality; up to 230,000 Brazilians of Japanese origin migrated to Japan in the 1990s to work in industries; some have returned to Brazil", "note": "note: data represent population by nationality; up to 230,000 Brazilians of Japanese origin migrated to Japan in the 1990s to work in industries; some have returned to Brazil" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Japanese" + "Languages": { + "text": "Japanese" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
必要不可欠な基本情報の源、ワールド・ファクトブック(Japanese)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Shintoism 70.4%, Buddhism 69.8%, Christianity 1.5%, other 6.9% (2015 est.)

note: total adherents exceeds 100% because many people practice both Shintoism and Buddhism", + "text": "Shintoism 69%, Buddhism 66.7%, Christianity 1.5%, other 6.2% (2018 est.)

note: total adherents exceeds 100% because many people practice both Shintoism and Buddhism", "note": "note: total adherents exceeds 100% because many people practice both Shintoism and Buddhism" }, "Age structure": { @@ -218,7 +223,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "30.7 years (2015 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -288,7 +293,7 @@ "respiratory diseases": { "text": "Covid-19 (see note) (2020)" }, - "note": "note: clusters of cases of respiratory illness caused by a new coronavirus (COVID-19) in Japan; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; as of 16 May 2021, Japan has reported a total of 677,988 cases of COVID-19 or 536.1 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 9.1 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 3.92% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: clusters of cases of respiratory illness caused by a new coronavirus (COVID-19) in Japan; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; as of 6 June 2021, Japan has reported a total of 760,323 cases of COVID-19 or 601.2 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 10.7 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 14 June 2021, 14.58% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "4.3% (2016)" @@ -401,7 +406,7 @@ "respiratory diseases": { "text": "Covid-19 (see note) (2020)" }, - "note": "note: clusters of cases of respiratory illness caused by a new coronavirus (COVID-19) in Japan; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; as of 16 May 2021, Japan has reported a total of 677,988 cases of COVID-19 or 536.1 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 9.1 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 3.92% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: clusters of cases of respiratory illness caused by a new coronavirus (COVID-19) in Japan; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; as of 6 June 2021, Japan has reported a total of 760,323 cases of COVID-19 or 601.2 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 10.7 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 14 June 2021, 14.58% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Waste and recycling": { "municipal solid waste generated annually": { @@ -937,23 +942,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "62,775,494" + "text": "62,743,196" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "49.88 (2019 est.)" + "text": "49.97 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "175,187,425" + "text": "186,514,109" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "139.2 (2019 est.)" + "text": "148.55 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "excellent domestic and international service; exceedingly high mobile, mobile broadband and fixed broadband penetration; strong govt. policies for over a decade see over 90% of households with FttX; one of Japan's largest e-commerce companies planning to build its own nationwide stand-alone 5G mobile network; govt. to implement a telecom tax to pay for rural 5G network; FttH will continue to increase its share of total fixed broadband subscriptions as DSL is phased out; mature telecom system will show slow growth in the next few years to 2024 (2020)" + "text": "

excellent domestic and international service; exceedingly high mobile, mobile broadband, and fixed broadband penetration; in last decade, government policies supported delivery of fiber-optic broadband to over 90% of households; one of Japan's largest e-commerce companies planning to build its own nationwide stand-alone 5G mobile network; government to implement a telecom tax to pay for rural 5G network; fixed broadband subscriptions grow as DSL is phased out; major importer of integrated circuits from China (2020)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "high level of modern technology and excellent service of every kind; 50 per 100 for fixed-line and 140 per 100 for mobile-cellular subscriptions (2019)" @@ -961,7 +966,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 81; numerous submarine cables with landing points for HSCS, JIH, RJCN, APCN-2, JUS, EAC-C2C, PC-1, Tata TGN-Pacific, FLAG North Asia Loop/REACH North Asia Loop, APCN-2, FASTER, SJC, SJC2, Unity/EAC-Pacific, JGA-N, APG, ASE, AJC, JUPITER, MOC, Okinawa Cellular Cable, KJCN, GOKI, KJCN, and SeaMeWE-3, submarine cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa and US; satellite earth stations - 7 Intelsat (Pacific and Indian Oceans), 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region), 2 Inmarsat (Pacific and Indian Ocean regions), and 8 SkyPerfect JSAT (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "a mixture of public and commercial broadcast TV and radio stations; 6 national terrestrial TV networks including 1 public broadcaster; the large number of radio and TV stations available provide a wide range of choices; satellite and cable services provide access to international channels (2019)" @@ -979,10 +984,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "41,496,293" + "text": "42,502,489" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "33 (2018 est.)" + "text": "33.85 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1132,7 +1137,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Aum Shinrikyo (AUM/Aleph) (2019)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Aum Shinrikyo (AUM/Aleph)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json index e1511d83..15a329b3 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/kn.json @@ -117,7 +117,12 @@ "text": "racially homogeneous; there is a small Chinese community and a few ethnic Japanese" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Korean" + "Languages": { + "text": "Korean" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
월드 팩트북, 필수적인 기본 정보 제공처 (Korean)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way)

note: autonomous religious activities now almost nonexistent; government-sponsored religious groups exist to provide illusion of religious freedom", @@ -214,7 +219,7 @@ "text": "0.95 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "89 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -850,7 +855,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "nationwide fiber-optic network; mobile-cellular service expanded beyond Pyongyang; infrastructure underdeveloped yet growing mobile penetration by means of foreign investment; Chinese services being increasingly favored and FaceBook and Instagram actions dropped and now absent; low broadband penetration; mobile penetration in North Korea believed to stay well below other Asian nations due to government restrictions; 3G network deployed among universal population (2020)" + "text": "underdeveloped yet growing market dependent on 3G; nationwide fiber-optic network; some mobile-cellular service beyond Pyongyang; remote areas on manual switchboards; though currently under sanction, dependent on foreign investment (primarily Chinese) for equipment and infrastructure; low broadband penetration; international communication restricted and domestic use monitored by state (2021) (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fiber-optic links installed down to the county level; telephone directories unavailable; mobile service launched in late 2008 for the Pyongyang area and considerable progress in expanding to other parts of the country since; fixed-lines are 5 per 100 and mobile-cellular 15 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -858,7 +863,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 850; satellite earth stations - 2 (1 Intelsat - Indian Ocean, 1 Russian - Indian Ocean region); other international connections through Moscow and Beijing" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "no independent media; radios and TVs are pre-tuned to government stations; 4 government-owned TV stations; the Korean Workers' Party owns and operates the Korean Central Broadcasting Station, and the state-run Voice of Korea operates an external broadcast service; the government prohibits listening to and jams foreign broadcasts (2019)" @@ -972,7 +977,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Korean People's Army (KPA): KPA Ground Forces, KPA Navy, KPA Air Force (includes air defense), KPA Strategic Forces (missile forces); Security Guard Command (protects the Kim family, other senior leadership figures, and government facilities); Ministry of Public Security: Border Guards, civil security forces (2020)" + "text": "Korean People's Army (KPA): KPA Ground Forces, KPA Navy, KPA Air Force (includes air defense), KPA Strategic Forces (missile forces); Security Guard Command (protects the Kim family, other senior leadership figures, and government facilities); Ministry of Public Security: Border Guards, civil security forces (2021)" }, "Military expenditures": { "text": "in 2019, it was assessed that North Korea spent between 22% and 24% of GDP (between US$3.7 billion and US$4.2bn in 2017 dollars) annually on the military between 2007 and 2017" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json index d057607e..f2d5a2d9 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json @@ -122,7 +122,12 @@ "text": "homogeneous" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Korean, English (widely taught in elementary, junior high, and high school)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Korean, English (widely taught in elementary, junior high, and high school)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
월드 팩트북, 필수적인 기본 정보 제공처 (Korean)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Protestant 19.7%, Buddhist 15.5%, Catholic 7.9%, none 56.9% (2015 est.)

note: many people also carry on at least some Confucian traditions and practices", @@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "31 years (2014 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "11 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -292,7 +297,7 @@ "respiratory diseases": { "text": "Covid-19 (see note) (2020)" }, - "note": "note: a novel coronavirus is causing an outbreak of respiratory illness (COVID-19) in South Korea; as of 16 May 2021, South Korea has reported a total of 131,671 cases of COVID-19 or 256.8 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with  3.7 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 7.33% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: a novel coronavirus is causing an outbreak of respiratory illness (COVID-19) in South Korea; as of 6 June 2021, South Korea has reported a total of 144,152 cases of COVID-19 or 281.2 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 3.8 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 14 June 2021, 24.51% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "4.7% (2016)" @@ -419,7 +424,7 @@ "respiratory diseases": { "text": "Covid-19 (see note) (2020)" }, - "note": "note: a novel coronavirus is causing an outbreak of respiratory illness (COVID-19) in South Korea; as of 16 May 2021, South Korea has reported a total of 131,671 cases of COVID-19 or 256.8 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with  3.7 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 7.33% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: a novel coronavirus is causing an outbreak of respiratory illness (COVID-19) in South Korea; as of 6 June 2021, South Korea has reported a total of 144,152 cases of COVID-19 or 281.2 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 3.8 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 14 June 2021, 24.51% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Waste and recycling": { "municipal solid waste generated annually": { @@ -954,23 +959,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "24,924,607" + "text": "24,727,415" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "48.27 (2019 est.)" + "text": "48.07 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "69,445,005" + "text": "68,892,541" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "134.49 (2019 est.)" + "text": "133.93 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "excellent domestic and international services featuring rapid incorporation of new technologies; ranked 2nd out of 34 Asian telecom companies; exceedingly high mobile and mobile broadband penetration and very high fixed broadband penetration; highest number of broadband per capita; strong support from govt., savvy population has catapulted the nation into one of the world's most active telecommunication markets; 5G services live for enterprise customers in 2019, all 3 mobile operators offer 5G networks; slower growth predicted over the next five years to 2023 due to saturation and maturity of market; Chinese telecommunications company Huawei has partnered with other MNOs in South Korea (2020)" + "text": "

excellent domestic and international services featuring rapid incorporation of new technologies; exceedingly high mobile, mobile broadband, and fixed broadband penetration; strong support from government for initiatives; tech-savvy population has catapulted the nation into one of the world's most active telecommunication markets; all mobile operators offer 5G networks; Chinese telecom Huawei partnered with operators including launch of Seoul TechCity; import of integrated circuits, broadcasting equipment, and phones from China; government and private partnership on national e-commerce and smart city development (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 48 per 100 and mobile-cellular services 135 per 100 persons; rapid assimilation of a full range of telecommunications technologies leading to a boom in e-commerce (2019)" @@ -978,7 +983,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 82; landing points for EAC-C2C, FEA, SeaMeWe-3, TPE, APCN-2, APG, FLAG North Asia Loop/REACH North Asia Loop, KJCN, NCP, and SJC2 submarine cables providing links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Southeast Asia and US; satellite earth stations - 66 (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "multiple national TV networks with 2 of the 3 largest networks publicly operated; the largest privately owned network, Seoul Broadcasting Service (SBS), has ties with other commercial TV networks; cable and satellite TV subscription services available; publicly operated radio broadcast networks and many privately owned radio broadcasting networks, each with multiple affiliates, and independent local stations" @@ -996,10 +1001,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "21,285,858" + "text": "21,906,172" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "41 (2018 est.)" + "text": "42.59 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json index 6b82a425..82379271 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json @@ -112,7 +112,12 @@ "note": "note: the Laos Government officially recognizes 49 ethnic groups, but the total number of ethnic groups is estimated to be well over 200" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Lao (official), French, English, various ethnic languages" + "Languages": { + "text": "Lao (official), French, English, various ethnic languages" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
ແຫລ່ງທີ່ຂາດບໍ່ໄດ້ສຳລັບຂໍ້ມູນຕົ້ນຕໍ່” (Lao)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Buddhist 64.7%, Christian 1.7%, none 31.4%, other/not stated 2.1% (2015 est.)" @@ -211,7 +216,7 @@ "text": "0.99 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "185 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -540,18 +545,18 @@ "text": "president and vice president indirectly elected by the National Assembly for a 5-year term (no term limits); election last held on 22 March 2021; prime minister nominated by the president, elected by the National Assembly for 5-year term" }, "election results": { - "text": "THONGLOUN Sisoulit (LPRP) elected president; National Assembly vote: 161-1; BOUNTHONG Chitmani (LPRP) elected vice president; National Assembly vote NA; PHANKHAM Viphavan (LPRP) elected prime minister; National Assembly vote: 158-3" + "text": "THONGLOUN Sisoulit (LPRP) elected president; National Assembly vote: 161-1; PANI Yathotou and BOUNTHONG Chitmani (LPRP) elected vice presidents; National Assembly vote NA; PHANKHAM Viphavan (LPRP) elected prime minister; National Assembly vote: 158-3" } }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Sapha Heng Xat (149 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote from candidate lists provided by the Lao People's Revolutionary Party; members serve 5-year terms)" + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Sapha Heng Xat (164 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote from candidate lists provided by the Lao People's Revolutionary Party; members serve 5-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "last held on 20 March 2016 (next to be held on 21 February 2021)" + "text": "last held on 21 February 2021 (next to be held in 2026)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - LPRP 144, independent 5; composition - men 108, women 41, percent of women 27.5%" + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - LPRP 158, independent 6; composition - men 128, women 36, percent of women 21.9%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -966,23 +971,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,526,232" + "text": "1,490,831" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "20.79 (2019 est.)" + "text": "20.28 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,466,375" + "text": "4,362,183" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "60.84 (2019 est.)" + "text": "59.33 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "the government relies on a radiotelephone network to communicate with remote areas; the regulatory reform is below industry standards but is trying to strengthen its telecommunication infrastructure and subsequently attract foreign investment; low fixed-broadband penetration due to dominance of mobile platforms; strong boost in mobile broadband penetration but still low compared to other Asian markets; mobile sector growth held back by regulators trying to keep hold on pricing and open competition; development of mobile broadband Internet services given the expansion of 4G services (2020)" + "text": "

reliance on radio network to communicate with remote areas; regulatory reform is below industry standards; government aims to strengthen infrastructure and attract foreign investment; low fixed-broadband penetration; dominance in mobile broadband with 4G and LTE, but low compared to other Asian markets; ASEAN Digital Hub investment provides international capacity; state owns almost all media, except for some entertainment outlets, and has suppressed some news; importer of broadcasting equipment and computers from China; providers examining m-payment platforms and 5G tests (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 21 per 100 and 61 per 100 for mobile-cellular subscriptions (2019)" @@ -990,7 +995,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 856; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region) and a second to be developed by China" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "6 TV stations operating out of Vientiane - 3 government-operated and the others commercial; 17 provincial stations operating with nearly all programming relayed via satellite from the government-operated stations in Vientiane; Chinese and Vietnamese programming relayed via satellite from Lao National TV; broadcasts available from stations in Thailand and Vietnam in border areas; multi-channel satellite and cable TV systems provide access to a wide range of foreign stations; state-controlled radio with state-operated Lao National Radio (LNR) broadcasting on 5 frequencies - 1 AM, 1 SW, and 3 FM; LNR's AM and FM programs are relayed via satellite constituting a large part of the programming schedules of the provincial radio stations; Thai radio broadcasts available in border areas and transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are also accessible" @@ -1011,7 +1016,7 @@ "text": "45,379" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 less than 1 (2018 est.)" + "text": "1 (2018 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json index df743bf4..accec06f 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/mc.json @@ -96,8 +96,12 @@ "text": "Chinese 88.7%, Portuguese 1.1%, mixed 1.1%, other 9.2% (includes Macanese - mixed Portuguese and Asian ancestry) (2016 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Cantonese 80.1%, Mandarin 5.5%, other Chinese dialects 5.3%, Tagalog 3%, English 2.8%, Portuguese 0.6%, other 2.8% (2016 est.)

note: Chinese and Portuguese are official languages; Macanese, a Portuguese-based Creole, is also spoken", - "note": "note: Chinese and Portuguese are official languages; Macanese, a Portuguese-based Creole, is also spoken" + "Languages": { + "text": "Cantonese 80.1%, Mandarin 5.5%, other Chinese dialects 5.3%, Tagalog 3%, English 2.8%, Portuguese 0.6%, other 2.8%; note - Chinese and Portuguese are official languages; Macanese, a Portuguese-based Creole, is also spoken (2016 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
世界概放，必須擁有的基本資料参考书 (Cantonese)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "folk religionist 58.9%, Buddhist 17.3%, Christian 7.2%, other 1.2%, none 15.4% (2010 est.)" @@ -403,7 +407,7 @@ "text": "unicameral Legislative Assembly or Regiao Administrativa Especial de Macau (33 seats; 14 members directly elected by proportional representation vote, 12 indirectly elected by an electoral college of professional and commercial interest groups, and 7 appointed by the chief executive; members serve 4-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "last held on 17 September 2017 (next to be held in 2021)" + "text": "last held on 17 September 2017 (next to be held on 12 September 2021)" }, "election results": { "text": "percent of vote - UMG 10%, UPD 9.7%, ACUM 8.6%, NE 8.3%, UPP 7.2, ANMD 6.6%, NUDM 6.1%, ACDM 5.9%, APMD 5.8%, Civic Watch 5.6%, ABL 5.5%, ANPM 5.3%, other 15.4%; seats by political group - UMG 2, UPD 2, ABL 1, ACDM 1, ACUM 1, ANMD 1, ANPM 1, APMD 1, Civic Watch 1, NE 1, NUDM 1, UPP 1; 12 seats filled by professional and business groups; 7 members appointed by the chief executive; composition - men 27, women 6, percent of women 18.6%" @@ -801,7 +805,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "modern communication facilities maintained for domestic and international services; high mobile subscriber numbers and mobile penetration with 4 network operators; offering 4G, LTE services and 1st phase of 5G network rollout; possible synchronizing with neighboring regions; Macau's smart city project spans areas of transportation, medical services, tourism and 3-government (2020)" + "text": "

Macau’s sophisticated telecom market boasts one of the highest mobile penetration rates in the world due to high tourism; liberalized market is managed by independent regulator with effective competition in the mobile market; modern communication facilities maintained for domestic and international services; high mobile subscriber numbers and mobile penetration; offering 4G, LTE services and first phase of 5G network rollout; possible synchronizing with neighboring regions; Macau's smart city project spans areas of transportation, medical services, tourism, and e-government; importer of broadcast and video equipment from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 20 per 100 and mobile-cellular 345 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -809,7 +813,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 853; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 submarine cable network that provides links to Asia, Africa, Australia, the Middle East, and Europe; HF radiotelephone communication facility; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "local government dominates broadcast media; 2 television stations operated by the government with one broadcasting in Portuguese and the other in Cantonese and Mandarin; 1 cable TV and 4 satellite TV services available; 3 radio stations broadcasting, of which 2 are government-operated (2019)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json index 1117d03d..2194a26c 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ "text": "20.5 years (2008 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 20-24", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 20-24" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "45 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -959,23 +959,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "385,191" + "text": "351,361" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "12.28 (2019 est.)" + "text": "11.2 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,297,643" + "text": "4,418,919" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "137.01 (2019 est.)" + "text": "140.87 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "liberalized and competitive telecoms market; mobile broadband seen steady growth, but fixed-line broadband is an attractive option; a fiber-optic network has been installed that is improving broadband and communication services between major urban centers with multiple companies providing inter-city fiber-optic cable services; compared to other Asian countries, Mongolia's growth in telecommunications is moderate; mobile broadband is growing with 4 competitive MNOs (mobile network operators) along with better tariffs; 3G mobile broadband products are very popular, launch of 4G LTE services by all major operators; in May 2018 a South Korean company completed the sale of 40% stake back to Mongolian government (2020)" + "text": "

liberalized and competitive telecom market; steady growth in mobile broadband, but fixed-line broadband is still an economical option; installation of a fiber-optic network improved broadband and communication services between major urban centers; compared to other Asian countries, Mongolia's growth in telecom is moderate; mobile broadband rate is growing through competition among operators with reasonable tariffs; launch of 4G LTE services by all major operators; South Korean investment in landline and cellular services; partner in China’s economic corridor project; import of broadcasting equipment from China (2020)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "very low fixed-line teledensity 12 per 100; there are four mobile-cellular providers and subscribership is increasing with 137 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 976; satellite earth stations - 7 (2016)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "following a law passed in 2005, Mongolia's state-run radio and TV provider converted to a public service provider; also available are 68 radio and 160 TV stations, including multi-channel satellite and cable TV providers; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available (2019)" @@ -1001,10 +1001,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "306,150" + "text": "317,317" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "10 (2018 est.)" + "text": "10.12 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json index a8cb74c2..48fea70b 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json @@ -119,8 +119,12 @@ "text": "Bumiputera 62% (Malays and indigenous peoples, including Orang Asli, Dayak, Anak Negeri), Chinese 20.6%, Indian 6.2%, other 0.9%, non-citizens 10.3% (2017 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Bahasa Malaysia (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai

note: Malaysia has 134 living languages - 112 indigenous languages and 22 non-indigenous languages; in East Malaysia, there are several indigenous languages; the most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan", - "note": "note: Malaysia has 134 living languages - 112 indigenous languages and 22 non-indigenous languages; in East Malaysia, there are several indigenous languages; the most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan" + "Languages": { + "text": "Bahasa Malaysia (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai; note - Malaysia has 134 living languages - 112 indigenous languages and 22 non-indigenous languages; in East Malaysia, there are several indigenous languages; the most widely spoken are Iban and Kadazan" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Buku Fakta Dunia, sumber yang diperlukan untuk maklumat asas. (Bahasa Malaysia)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim (official) 61.3%, Buddhist 19.8%, Christian 9.2%, Hindu 6.3%, Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions 1.3%, other 0.4%, none 0.8%, unspecified 1% (2010 est.)" @@ -219,7 +223,7 @@ "text": "1.03 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "29 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -995,23 +999,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,530,410" + "text": "7,446,300" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "20.26 (2019 est.)" + "text": "22.7 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "44,997,299" + "text": "44,600,700" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "139.6 (2019 est.)" + "text": "135.98 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "one of the most advanced telecom networks in the developing world; strong commitment to developing a technological society; Malaysia is promoting itself as an information tech hub in the Asian region; closing the urban rural divide; 4G and 5G networks with strong competition, mobile dominance over fixed-broadband; roll-out of a national broadband network (2020)" + "text": "

one of the most advanced telecom networks in the developing world; strong commitment to developing a technological society; Malaysia is promoting itself as an information tech hub in the Asian region; closing the urban rural divide; 4G and 5G networks with strong competition, mobile dominance over fixed-broadband; government development of five-year fiber and connectivity plan; some of Malaysia’s key exports are integrated circuits and broadcasting equipment to North America and China; importer of integrated circuits from Singapore and China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 20 per 100 and mobile-cellular teledensity exceeds 140 per 100 persons; domestic satellite system with 2 earth stations (2019)" @@ -1019,7 +1023,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 60; landing points for BBG, FEA, SAFE, SeaMeWe-3 & 4 & 5, AAE-1, JASUKA, BDM, Dumai-Melaka Cable System, BRCS, ACE, AAG, East-West Submarine Cable System, SEAX-1, SKR1M, APCN-2, APG, BtoBe,  BaSICS, and Labuan-Brunei Submarine and MCT submarine cables providing connectivity to Asia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australia and Europe; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean, 1 Pacific Ocean); launch of Kacific-1 satellite in 2019 (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable, and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-owned TV broadcaster operates 2 TV networks with relays throughout the country, and the leading private commercial media group operates 4 TV stations with numerous relays throughout the country; satellite TV subscription service is available; state-owned radio broadcaster operates multiple national networks, as well as regional and local stations; many private commercial radio broadcasters and some subscription satellite radio services are available; about 55 radio stations overall (2019)" @@ -1037,10 +1041,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "2.696 million" + "text": "2,964,500" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "8 (2018 est.)" + "text": "9.04 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1192,7 +1196,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); Jemaah Islamiyah (2019)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); Jemaah Islamiyah

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json index a96c8e81..802c71c2 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json @@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ "text": "1.04 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "145 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "services are minimal; Internet slow and expensive; facilities provide radiotelephone and telegraph, coastal radio, aeronautical radio, and international radio communication services; a great deal of the population is under served in telecommunications; terrain, living conditions and economic stability is not high; 2G still exists in rural areas, 3G and 4G LTE in urban areas; the launch of the Kacific-1 satellite in 2019, will improve most services in the region (2020)" + "text": "

telecom services stymied by rugged terrain, high cost of infrastructure, and poverty of citizens; services are minimal with little change in fixed-line tele-density in two decades; progress in mobile platforms with almost 90% coverage on 3G and LTE; GSM available in remote areas; Internet slow and expensive, available to pockets of the population; facilities provide radiotelephone, telegraph, coastal radio, aeronautical radio, and international radio communication services; launch of satellite and landing of submarine cable will improve most services in the region; government supports training to boost digital transformation; Australia attempted to block Chinese investment in cooperative network; importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "access to telephone services is not widely available; fixed-line 2 per 100 and mobile-cellular 48 per 100 person, teledensity has increased (2019)" @@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 675; landing points for the Kumul Domestic Submarine Cable System, PNG-LNG, APNG-2, CSCS and the PPC-1 submarine cables to Australia, Guam, PNG and Solomon Islands; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "4 TV stations: 1 commercial station operating since 1987, 1 state-run station launched in 2008, 1 digital free-to-view network launched in 2014, and 1 satellite network Click TV (PNGTV) launched in 2015; the state-run National Broadcasting Corporation operates 3 radio networks with multiple repeaters and about 20 provincial stations; several commercial radio stations with multiple transmission points as well as several community stations; transmissions of several international broadcasters are accessible (2018)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json index f6175e2c..4e5fbf45 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json @@ -116,7 +116,12 @@ "text": "Tagalog 24.4%, Bisaya/Binisaya 11.4%, Cebuano 9.9%, Ilocano 8.8%, Hiligaynon/Ilonggo 8.4%, Bikol/Bicol 6.8%, Waray 4%, other local ethnicity 26.1%, other foreign ethnicity .1% (2010 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "unspecified Filipino (official; based on Tagalog) and English (official); eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan" + "Languages": { + "text": "unspecified Filipino (official; based on Tagalog) and English (official); eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Ang World Factbook, ang mapagkukunan ng kailangang impormasyon. (Tagalog)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 80.6%, Protestant 8.2% (includes Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches 2.7%, National Council of Churches in the Philippines 1.2%, other Protestant 4.3%), other Christian 3.4%, Muslim 5.6%, tribal religions .2%, other 1.9%, none .1% (2010 est.)" @@ -219,7 +224,7 @@ "text": "22.8 years (2017 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "121 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -1002,23 +1007,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,140,108" + "text": "4,255,808" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3.85 (2019 est.)" + "text": "3.96 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "166,421,595" + "text": "167,322,432" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "154.76 (2019 est.)" + "text": "155.61 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "good international radiotelephone and submarine cable services; domestic and interisland service adequate; National Broadband Plan to improve connectivity in rural areas underway; dominance of mobile platform and mobile broadband over fixed broadband penetration; 4G available now in most areas with 5G roll outs soon; smart city pilot has begun; with more mobile services there is demand for data center services and iCloud; launch of the Kacific-1 satellite in 2019 will improve telecommunication for the region (2020)" + "text": "

high unemployment and rural population impede investment in fixed infrastructure; dominance in the mobile segment and rapid development of mobile broadband; investment focused on fiber infrastructure in urban areas with 4G available in most areas; national broadband plan to improve connectivity in rural areas underway; data center and smart city pilot in Manila; submarine cable link and satellite improves telecom for the region; major exporter of integrated circuits to China, and importer of circuits and broadcasting equipment from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "telecommunications infrastructure includes the following platforms: fixed line, mobile cellular, cable TV, over-the-air TV, radio and (very small aperture terminal) VSAT, fiber-optic cable, and satellite for redundant international connectivity; fixed-line 4 per 100 and mobile-cellular 155 per 100 (2019)" @@ -1026,7 +1031,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 63; landing points for the NDTN, TGN-IA, AAG, PLCN, EAC-02C, DFON, SJC, APCN-2, SeaMeWe, Boracay-Palawan Submarine Cable System, Palawa-Illoilo Cable System, NDTN, SEA-US, SSSFOIP, ASE and JUPITAR submarine cables that together provide connectivity to the US, Southeast Asia, Asia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Australia (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "multiple national private TV and radio networks; multi-channel satellite and cable TV systems available; more than 400 TV stations; about 1,500 cable TV providers with more than 2 million subscribers, and some 1,400 radio stations; the Philippines adopted Japan’s Integrated Service Digital Broadcast – Terrestrial standard for digital terrestrial television in November 2013 and is scheduled to complete the switch from analog to digital broadcasting by the end of 2023 (2019)" @@ -1044,10 +1049,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "3,919,713" + "text": "5,920,087" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "4 (2018 est.)" + "text": "5.51 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1182,7 +1187,7 @@ "text": "the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have approximately 130,000 active duty personnel (90,000 Army; 25,000 Navy, including about 8,000 marines; 17,000 Air Force) (2020)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the AFP is equipped with a mix of imported weapons systems, particularly second-hand equipment from the US; since 2014, its top weapons suppliers are Indonesia, South Korea, and the US (2020)" + "text": "the AFP is equipped with a mix of imported weapons systems, particularly second-hand equipment from the US; since 2014, its top weapons suppliers are Indonesia, South Korea, and the US (2021)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-23 years of age (officers 21-29) for voluntary military service; no conscription (2019)" @@ -1196,7 +1201,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Abu Sayyaf Group; Communist Party of the Philippines/New People's Army; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – East Asia (ISIS-EA) in the Philippines (2021)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Abu Sayyaf Group; Communist Party of the Philippines/New People's Army; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – East Asia (ISIS-EA) in the Philippines

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json index 82060f16..8598c8f6 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json @@ -111,8 +111,12 @@ "note": "note: data represent population by self-identification; the population is divided into four categories: Chinese, Malay (includes indigenous Malays and Indonesians), Indian (includes Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, or Sri Lankan), and other ethnic groups (includes Eurasians, Caucasians, Japanese, Filipino, Vietnamese)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "English (official) 36.9%, Mandarin (official) 34.9%, other Chinese dialects (includes Hokkien, Cantonese, Teochew, Hakka) 12.2%, Malay (official) 10.7%, Tamil (official) 3.3%, other 2% (2015 est.)

note: data represent language most frequently spoken at home", - "note": "note: data represent language most frequently spoken at home" + "Languages": { + "text": "English (official) 36.9%, Mandarin (official) 34.9%, other Chinese dialects (includes Hokkien, Cantonese, Teochew, Hakka) 12.2%, Malay (official) 10.7%, Tamil (official) 3.3%, other 2%; note - data represent language most frequently spoken at home (2015 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. (English)

世界概況  –  不可缺少的基本消息來源 (Mandarin)" + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Buddhist 33.2%, Christian 18.8%, Muslim 14%, Taoist 10%, Hindu 5%, other 0.6%, none 18.5% (2015 est.)" @@ -215,7 +219,7 @@ "text": "30.5 years (2015 est.)

median age", "note": "median age" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "8 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -947,23 +951,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,003,594" + "text": "1,911,200" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "32.83 (2019 est.)" + "text": "33.22 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "9,543,773" + "text": "9,034,300" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "156.38 (2019 est.)" + "text": "157.02 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "excellent service; world leader in telecommunications and perhaps the first 'Smart Nation' where a sensor network is implemented, for water and air, smart logistics and smart sensor in the home of elderly or chronically ill; roll out of 4G and 5G networks to ensure faster speeds; wireless and fiber broadband growing segments of telecommunications; roll out of 'Next Generation Network' (NGNBN) almost complete with FttH and wireless network fiber based services; mobile sector saturated, but with mobile operators competing to offer more to the consumer such as value-added services; 4 MNVO; demand for data storage in Singapore (2020)" + "text": "

a wealthy city-state, Singapore has a highly developed ICT infrastructure; government supported near universal home broadband penetration and free public access to wireless network; operators proceeded with investment programs, particularly in 5G standalone networks; government actively promoting Smart Nation initiative supporting digital innovation; government oversees service providers, controls Internet content, and regulators lack independence; well served by submarine cable and satellite connections; major importer of integrated circuits and broadcasting equipment from China and exporter of same to SE Asian neighboring countries (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "excellent domestic facilities; fixed-line 33 per 100 and mobile-cellular 156 per 100 teledensity; multiple providers of high-speed Internet connectivity (2019)" @@ -971,7 +975,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 65; landing points for INDIGO-West, SeaMeWe -3,-4,-5, SIGMAR, SJC, i2icn, PGASCOM, BSCS, IGG, B3JS, SAEx2, APCN-2, APG, ASC, SEAX-1, ASE, EAC-C2C, Matrix Cable System and SJC2 submarine cables providing links throughout Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, Australia, the Middle East, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 3, Bukit Timah, Seletar, and Sentosa; supplemented by VSAT coverage (2019 )" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state controls broadcast media; 6 domestic TV stations operated by MediaCorp which is wholly owned by a state investment company; broadcasts from Malaysian and Indonesian stations available; satellite dishes banned; multi-channel cable TV services available; a total of 19 domestic radio stations broadcasting, with MediaCorp operating 11, Singapore Press Holdings, also government-linked, another 5, 2 controlled by the Singapore Armed Forces Reservists Association and one owned by BBC Radio; Malaysian and Indonesian radio stations are available as is BBC; a number of Internet service radio stations are also available (2019)" @@ -989,10 +993,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,610,500" + "text": "1.504 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "27 (2018 est.)" + "text": "26.14 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json index aef06a13..576e57f3 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json @@ -120,8 +120,12 @@ "note": "note: data represent population by nationality" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Thai (official) only 90.7%, Thai and other languages 6.4%, only other languages 2.9% (includes Malay, Burmese) (2010 est.)

note: data represent population by language(s) spoken at home; English is a secondary language of the elite", - "note": "note: data represent population by language(s) spoken at home; English is a secondary language of the elite" + "Languages": { + "text": "Thai (official) only 90.7%, Thai and other languages 6.4%, only other languages 2.9% (includes Malay, Burmese); note - data represent population by language(s) spoken at home; English is a secondary language of the elite (2010 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
สารานุกรมโลก - แหล่งข้อมูลพื้นฐานที่สำคัญ (Thai)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Buddhist 94.6%, Muslim 4.3%, Christian 1%, other <.1%, none <.1% (2015 est.)" @@ -223,7 +227,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "23.3 years (2009 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "37 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -995,18 +999,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,580,166" + "text": "5.415 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3.75 (2019 est.)" + "text": "7.84 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "128,086,321" + "text": "129.614 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "186.16 (2019 est.)" + "text": "187.62 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1019,7 +1023,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 66; landing points for the AAE-1, FEA, SeaMeWe-3,-4, APG, SJC2, TIS, MCT and AAG submarine cable systems providing links throughout Asia, Australia, Africa, Middle East, Europe, and US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean, 1 Pacific Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "26 digital TV stations in Bangkok broadcast nationally, 6 terrestrial TV stations in Bangkok broadcast nationally via relay stations - 2 of the stations are owned by the military, the other 4 are government-owned or controlled, leased to private enterprise, and all are required to broadcast government-produced news programs twice a day; multi-channel satellite and cable TV subscription services are available; radio frequencies have been allotted for more than 500 government and commercial radio stations; many small community radio stations operate with low-power transmitters (2017)" @@ -1037,10 +1041,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "9.189 million" + "text": "10,108,819" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "13 (2018 est.)" + "text": "14.63 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json index 5eb658a9..ea161973 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ "text": "22.1 years (2009/10 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "142 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,164" + "text": "2,075" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" @@ -960,10 +960,10 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,490,966" + "text": "1,425,256" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "110.22 (2019 est.)" + "text": "105.41 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 670;  international service is available; partnership with Australia telecom companies for potential deployment of a submarine fiber-optic link (NWCS); geostationary earth orbit satellite" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "7 TV stations (3 nationwide satellite coverage; 2 terrestrial coverage, mostly in Dili; 2 cable) and 21 radio stations (3 nationwide coverage) (2019)" @@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "603" + "text": "600" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json index e9531915..cc750996 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json @@ -110,7 +110,12 @@ "note": "note 1: there are 16 officially recognized indigenous groups: Amis, Atayal, Bunun, Hla'alua, Kanakaravu, Kavalan, Paiwan, Puyuma, Rukai, Saisiyat, Sakizaya, Seediq, Thao, Truku, Tsou, and Yami; Amis, Paiwan, and Atayal are the largest and account for roughly 70% of the indigenous population

note 2: although not definitive, the majority of current genetic, archeological, and linguistic data support the theory that Taiwan is the ultimate source for the spread of humans across the Pacific to Polynesia; the expansion (ca. 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1200) took place via the Philippines and eastern Indonesia and reached Fiji and Tonga by about 900 B.C.; from there voyagers spread across all of the rest of the Pacific islands over the next two millennia" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min Nan), Hakka dialects, approximately 16 indigenous languages" + "Languages": { + "text": "Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min Nan), Hakka dialects, approximately 16 indigenous languages" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
世界概況  –  不可缺少的基本消息來源 (Mandarin)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Buddhist 35.3%, Taoist 33.2%, Christian 3.9%, folk (includes Confucian) approximately 10%, none or unspecified 18.2% (2005 est.)" @@ -372,13 +377,13 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "President TSAI Ing-wen (since 20 May 2016; re-elected on 11 Jan 2020); Vice President CHEN Chien-jen (since 20 May 2016)" + "text": "President TSAI Ing-wen (since 20 May 2016; re-elected on 11 Jan 2020); Vice President LAI Ching-te (since 20 May 2020)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Premier SU Tseng-chang (President of the Executive Yuan) (since 11 January 2019); Vice Premier SHIH Jun-ji, Vice President of the Executive Yuan (since 8 September 2017) " + "text": "Premier SU Tseng-chang (President of the Executive Yuan) (since 11 January 2019); Vice Premier SHEN Jong-chin, Vice President of the Executive Yuan (since 19 June 2020)" }, "cabinet": { - "text": "Executive Yuan - ministers appointed by president on recommendation of premier " + "text": "Executive Yuan - ministers appointed by president on recommendation of premier" }, "elections/appointments": { "text": "president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by simple majority popular vote for a 4-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 11 January 2020 (next to be held on 11 January 2024); premier appointed by the president; vice premiers appointed by the president on the recommendation of the premier" @@ -410,7 +415,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Democratic Progressive Party or DPP [CHO Jung-tai]
Kuomintang or KMT (Nationalist Party) [WU Den-yih]
New Power Party or NPP [CHIU Hsien-chih]
Non-Partisan Solidarity Union or NPSU [LIN Pin-kuan]
People First Party or PFP [James SOONG Chu-yu]" + "text": "Democratic Progressive Party or DPP [TSAI Ing-wen]
Kuomintang or KMT (Nationalist Party) [CHIANG Chi-che, aka Johnny CHIANG]
Taiwan People's Party or TPP [KO Wen-je]
New Power Party or NPP [CHEN Jiau-hua]
Taiwan Statebuilding Party or TSP [TAN Ek-che]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "ADB (Taipei, China), APEC (Chinese Taipei), BCIE, IOC, ITUC (NGOs), SICA (observer), WTO (Taipei, China);

note - separate customs territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu", @@ -418,7 +423,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "none; commercial and cultural relations with its citizens in the US are maintained through an unofficial instrumentality, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO), a private nonprofit corporation that performs citizen and consular services similar to those at diplomatic posts, represented by Stanley KAO (since 5 June 2016); office: 4201 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016; telephone: [1] 202 895-1800" + "text": "none; commercial and cultural relations with its citizens in the US are maintained through an unofficial instrumentality, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO), a private nonprofit corporation that performs citizen and consular services similar to those at diplomatic posts, represented by HSIAO Bi-khim (since 20 July 2020); office: 4201 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016; telephone: [1] 202 895-1800" }, "Taipei Economic and Cultural Offices (branch offices)": { "text": "Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver (CO), Houston, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco, Seattle" @@ -798,10 +803,10 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "12,863,860" + "text": "12,971,902" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "54.56 (2019 est.)" + "text": "55.07 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { @@ -822,7 +827,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 886; landing points for the EAC-C2C, APCN-2, FASTER, SJC2, TSE-1, TPE, APG, SeaMeWe-3, FLAG North Asia Loop/REACH North Asia Loop, HKA, NCP, and PLCN submarine fiber cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, Africa and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "5 nationwide television networks operating roughly 22 TV stations; more than 300 satellite TV channels are available; about 60% of households utilize multi-channel cable TV; 99.9% of households subscribe to digital cable TV; national and regional radio networks with about 171 radio stations (2019)" @@ -840,10 +845,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "5,725,022" + "text": "5,831,467" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "24 (2018 est.)" + "text": "24.76 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json index ad161ea1..edc75203 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json @@ -123,7 +123,12 @@ "note": "note: 54 ethnic groups are recognized by the Vietnamese Government" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer, mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer, mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Dữ kiện thế giới, là nguồn thông tin cơ bản không thể thiếu. (Vietnamese)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Buddhist 7.9%, Catholic 6.6%, Hoa Hao 1.7%, Cao Dai 0.9%, Protestant 0.9%, Muslim 0.1%, none 81.8% (2009 est.)" @@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ "text": "1.01 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "43 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -984,18 +989,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,710,210" + "text": "3,658,005" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3.79 (2019 est.)" + "text": "3.63 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "138,256,733" + "text": "136,230,406" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "141.23 (2019 est.)" + "text": "135.32 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1008,7 +1013,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 84; landing points for the SeaMeWe-3, APG, SJC2, AAE-1, AAG and the TGN-IA submarine cable system providing connectivity to Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region) (2020)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "government controls all broadcast media exercising oversight through the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC); government-controlled national TV provider, Vietnam Television (VTV), operates a network of several channels with regional broadcasting centers; programming is relayed nationwide via a network of provincial and municipal TV stations; law limits access to satellite TV but many households are able to access foreign programming via home satellite equipment; government-controlled Voice of Vietnam, the national radio broadcaster, broadcasts on several channels and is repeated on AM, FM, and shortwave stations throughout Vietnam (2018)" @@ -1026,10 +1031,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "12,994,451" + "text": "14,802,380" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "13 (2018 est.)" + "text": "14.7 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/europe/al.json b/europe/al.json index 78f94b48..d891fbef 100644 --- a/europe/al.json +++ b/europe/al.json @@ -117,7 +117,12 @@ "note": "note: data represent population by ethnic and cultural affiliation" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Albanian 98.8% (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek 0.5%, other 0.6% (including Macedonian, Romani, Vlach, Turkish, Italian, and Serbo-Croatian), unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Albanian 98.8% (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek 0.5%, other 0.6% (including Macedonian, Romani, Vlach, Turkish, Italian, and Serbo-Croatian), unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Libri i Fakteve Boterore, burimi vital per informacione elementare. (Albanian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim 56.7%, Roman Catholic 10%, Orthodox 6.8%, atheist 2.5%, Bektashi (a Sufi order) 2.1%, other 5.7%, unspecified 16.2% (2011 est.)

note: all mosques and churches were closed in 1967 and religious observances prohibited; in November 1990, Albania began allowing private religious practice", @@ -217,7 +222,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "24.8 years (2017/18 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "15 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -952,23 +957,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "258,474" + "text": "242,859" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "8.43 (2019 est.)" + "text": "7.9 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,799,066" + "text": "2,630,076" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "91.29 (2019 est.)" + "text": "85.59 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "mobile-cellular phone service has been available since 1996 and dominates over fixed-line capacity; Internet broadband services initiated in 2005 and the government continues to supports the improvement of broadband availability and access conditions; Albania has received financial aid to build its infrastructure and works towards the EU accession process, an adherence to careful scrutiny of its regulatory regime helps the telecom sector advance; Internet cafes are popular in major urban areas; 1.3 million use mobile broadband services (3G/4G) (2020)" + "text": "

Albania’s small telecom market has improved through signatory status of EU accession plan; EU financial aid will build infrastructure and enhance cooperation; operator committed €100 million to upgrade fixed-line infrastructure, supporting broadband services nationally; consistent with the region, fixed-line telephony use and penetration is declining as subscribers prefer mobile solutions; mobile sector is supported through LTE networks; operators have invested in 5G, including the intention to create a corridor with Kosovo; importer of broadcasting equipment from EU neighbors (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 8 per 100, teledensity continues to decline due to heavy use of mobile-cellular telephone services; mobile-cellular telephone use is widespread and generally effective, 91 per 100 for mobile-cellular (2019)" @@ -976,7 +981,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 355; submarine cables for the Adria 1 and Italy-Albania provide connectivity to Italy, Croatia, and Greece; a combination submarine cable and land fiber-optic system, provides additional connectivity to Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Turkey; international traffic carried by fiber-optic cable and, when necessary, by microwave radio relay from the Tirana exchange to Italy and Greece (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "Albania has more than 65 TV stations, including several that broadcast nationally; Albanian TV broadcasts are also available to Albanian-speaking populations in neighboring countries; many viewers have access to Italian and Greek TV broadcasts via terrestrial reception; Albania's TV stations have begun a government-mandated conversion from analog to digital broadcast; the government has pledged to provide analog-to-digital converters to low-income families affected by this decision; cable TV service is available; 2 public radio networks and roughly 78 private radio stations; several international broadcasters are available (2019)" @@ -994,10 +999,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "361,947" + "text": "436,192" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "12 (2018 est.)" + "text": "14.19 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1097,11 +1102,14 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "19 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; 18 is the legal minimum age in case of general/partial compulsory mobilization; conscription abolished 2010 (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "Albania officially became a member of NATO in 2009" } }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force (2020)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix T", + "text": "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix T" } }, diff --git a/europe/an.json b/europe/an.json index 23246c8b..640c3e83 100644 --- a/europe/an.json +++ b/europe/an.json @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Andorran 48.8%, Spanish 25.1%, Portuguese 12%, French 4.4%, other 9.7% (2017 est.)

note: data represent population by nationality", + "text": "Andorran 48.7%, Spanish 24.6%, Portuguese 11.6%, French 4.4%, other 10.6% (2020 est.)

note: data represent population by nationality", "note": "note: data represent population by nationality" }, "Languages": { @@ -777,18 +777,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "44,050" + "text": "39,657" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "51.41 (2019 est.)" + "text": "46.23 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "97,645" + "text": "87,909" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "113.96 (2019 est.)" + "text": "102.48 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 376; landline circuits to France and Spain; modern system with microwave radio relay connections between exchanges (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "1 public TV station and 2 public radio stations; about 10 commercial radio stations; good reception of radio and TV broadcasts from stations in France and Spain; upgraded to terrestrial digital TV broadcasting in 2007; roughly 25 international TV channels available (2019)" @@ -819,10 +819,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "35,663" + "text": "36,358" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "42 (2018 est.)" + "text": "42.38 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/europe/au.json b/europe/au.json index 4634809f..2e097a56 100644 --- a/europe/au.json +++ b/europe/au.json @@ -112,7 +112,12 @@ "note": "note: data represent population by country of birth" }, "Languages": { - "text": "German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in southern Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 est.)" + "Languages": { + "text": "German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in southern Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Das World Factbook, die unverzichtbare Quelle für grundlegende Informationen. (German)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Catholic 57%, Eastern Orthodox 8.7%, Muslim 7.9%, Evangelical Christian 3.3%, other/none/unspecified 23.1% (2018 est.)

note:  data on Muslim is a 2016 estimate; data on other/none/unspecified are from 2012-2018 estimates", @@ -212,7 +217,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "29.3 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -537,7 +542,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Austrian People's Party or OeVP [Sebastian KURZ]
Communist Party of Austria or KPOe [Mirko MESSNER]
Freedom Party of Austria or FPOe [Norbert HOFER]
The Greens [Werner KOGLER]
NEOS - The New Austria [Beate MEINL-REISINGER]
NOW-Pilz List (JETZT-Liste Pilz) or PILZ [Maria STERN]
Social Democratic Party of Austria or SPOe [Pamela RENDI-WAGNER]" + "text": "Austrian People's Party or OeVP [Sebastian KURZ]
Communist Party of Austria or KPOe [Mirko MESSNER]
Freedom Party of Austria or FPOe [Herbert KICKI]
The Greens [Werner KOGLER]
NEOS - The New Austria [Beate MEINL-REISINGER]
NOW-Pilz List (JETZT-Liste Pilz) or PILZ [Maria STERN]
Social Democratic Party of Austria or SPOe [Pamela RENDI-WAGNER]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CD, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-9, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PFP, Schengen Convention, SELEC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC" @@ -946,23 +951,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,700,006" + "text": "3,722,128" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "41.91 (2019 est.)" + "text": "42.17 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "10,574,725" + "text": "10.726 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "119.78 (2019 est.)" + "text": "121.53 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "mobile-cellular subscribership is everywhere; cable networks are very extensive; all telephone applications and Internet services are accessible; broadband is available in all large municipalities; one company is in the process of extending fiber infrastructure to an additional 300,000 premises, affecting some 500 towns, as a consequence the number of DSL lines is likely to fall as customers move to fiber; the govt. vows to spend 1 billion euros to upgrade the national broadband availability; the roll-out of 5G has begun in a test phase in 2019 and is planned to be available nation-wide in 2025 (2020)" + "text": "

mature telecom market benefitting from effective competition; government and regulator are focused on improving telecom infrastructure; program to provide a national gigabit service by 2030 based on 5G networks; fixed-line broadband market is dominated by DSL sector, while cable broadband enjoys steady share of connections; fiber penetration remains low pending build out network infrastructure; EU-funded projects develop infrastructure to enable an 'Internet of Services; Vienna is a smart city; importer of broadcasting equipment from Vietnam and China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "developed and efficient; 41 per 100 fixed-line for households, 174 per 100 for companies; 120 per 100 mobile-cellular; broadband: 138 per 100 on smartphones; 62 per 100 fixed broadband, 54 per 100 mobile broadband (2019)" @@ -970,7 +975,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 43; earth stations available in the Astra, Intelsat, Eutelsat satellite systems (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "worldwide cable and satellite TV are available; the public incumbent ORF competes with three other major, several regional domestic, and up to 400 international TV stations; TV coverage is in principle 100%, but only 90% use broadcast media; Internet streaming not only complements, but increasingly replaces regular TV stations (2019)" @@ -988,10 +993,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "2,521,100" + "text": "2.519 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "29 (2018 est.)" + "text": "28.54 (2019 est.)" } }, "Communications - note": { @@ -1122,7 +1127,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) (2020)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/europe/ax.json b/europe/ax.json index 148f3cae..fbdd2a26 100644 --- a/europe/ax.json +++ b/europe/ax.json @@ -46,7 +46,12 @@ "text": "approximately 18,195 on the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia including 11,000 Cypriots and 7,195 Service and UK-based contract personnel and dependents (2020)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "English, Greek" + "Languages": { + "text": "English, Greek" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Το Παγκόσμιο Βιβλίο Δεδομένων, η απαραίτητη πηγή βασικών πληροφοριών. (Greek)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "NA" diff --git a/europe/be.json b/europe/be.json index 2ed5798d..ddb39b74 100644 --- a/europe/be.json +++ b/europe/be.json @@ -122,7 +122,12 @@ "text": "Belgian 75.2%, Italian 4.1%, Moroccan 3.7%, French 2.4%, Turkish 2%, Dutch 2%, other 10.6% (2012 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%" + "Languages": { + "text": "Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Het Wereld Feitenboek, een omnisbare bron van informatie. (Dutch)

The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant and other Christian 2.5%, Muslim 5%, Jewish 0.4%, Buddhist 0.3%, atheist 9.2%, none 32.6% (2009 est.)" @@ -221,7 +226,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "29 years (2018 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -514,7 +519,7 @@ "text": "King PHILIPPE (since 21 July 2013); Heir Apparent Princess ELISABETH (daughter of the monarch, born 25 October 2001)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Alexander DE CROO (since 1 October 2020); Deputy Prime Ministers Koen GEENS (27 October 2019), Didier REYNDERS (since 27 October 2019), David CLARINVAL (30 November 2019), Petra DE SUTTER (since 1 October 2020)" + "text": "Prime Minister Alexander DE CROO (since 1 October 2020); Deputy Prime Ministers Vincent Van Quickenborne (since 1 October 2020), Sophie Wilmes (since 1 October 2020), Vincent Van Peteghem (since 1 October 2020), Frank Vandenbroucke (since 1 October 2020), Pierre-Yves Dermagne (since 1 October 2020), Petra De Sutter (since 1 October 2020), Georges Gilkinet (since 1 October 2020)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council of Ministers formally appointed by the monarch" @@ -953,23 +958,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,967,054" + "text": "3,930,410" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "34.06 (2019 est.)" + "text": "33.78 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "11,616,970" + "text": "11,509,573" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "99.74 (2019 est.)" + "text": "98.92 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "highly developed, technologically advanced, and completely automated domestic and international telephone and telegraph facilities; LTE availability is nearly universal in mobile sector; ongoing investments in developing applications and services for migration to 5G, operators are looking into repurposing 3G infrastructure and spectrum as they gear up for 5G; Europe-wide approach to simultaneous movement to 5G on going; 5G will be main motivation for growth and revenue in years to come; consumer are interested in quad-play/bundled services (broadband +television +telephone +wireless services) which will mean MNOs (mobile network operators) are enhancing their fixed-line offerings (2020)" + "text": "

Belgium has a highly developed, technologically advanced telecom system; LTE is nearly universal; ongoing investment in 5G with services to dozens of cities and towns; competition between the DSL and cable platforms with investment in fiber networks; 5G; operators accelerating fiber roll-out program; Brussels Airport collaborating with operator to deploy 5G and IoT solutions; international connections through satellite and submarine cables; importer of broadcast equipment from EU neighbors (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "34 per 100 fixed-line, 100 per 100 mobile-cellular; nationwide mobile-cellular telephone system; extensive cable network; limited microwave radio relay network (2019)" @@ -977,7 +982,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 32; landing points for Concerto, UK-Belgium, Tangerine, and SeaMeWe-3, submarine cables that provide links to Europe, the Middle East, Australia and Asia; satellite earth stations - 7 (Intelsat - 3) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "a segmented market with the three major communities (Flemish, French, and German-speaking) each having responsibility for their own broadcast media; multiple TV channels exist for each community; additionally, in excess of 90% of households are connected to cable and can access broadcasts of TV stations from neighboring countries; each community has a public radio network coexisting with private broadcasters" @@ -995,10 +1000,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "4,502,950" + "text": "4,590,707" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "39 (2018 est.)" + "text": "39.45 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1136,12 +1141,12 @@ "text": "18 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 1995 (2019)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "in 2018, the Defense Ministers of Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the creation of a Composite Special Operations Component Command (C-SOCC); the C-SOCC was declared operational in December 2020" + "text": "Belgium is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949

in 2018, the Defense Ministers of Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the creation of a Composite Special Operations Component Command (C-SOCC); the C-SOCC was declared operational in December 2020" } }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (2020)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/europe/bk.json b/europe/bk.json index 80b752c7..381ae607 100644 --- a/europe/bk.json +++ b/europe/bk.json @@ -112,7 +112,12 @@ "note": "note: Republika Srpska authorities dispute the methodology and refuse to recognize the results; Bosniak has replaced Muslim as an ethnic term in part to avoid confusion with the religious term Muslim - an adherent of Islam" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Bosnian (official) 52.9%, Serbian (official) 30.8%, Croatian (official) 14.6%, other 1.6%, no answer 0.2% (2013 est.)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Bosnian (official) 52.9%, Serbian (official) 30.8%, Croatian (official) 14.6%, other 1.6%, no answer 0.2% (2013 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Knjiga svjetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Bosnian/Montenegrin)

Knjiga svetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Serbian)

Knjiga svjetskih činjenica, nužan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Croatian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim 50.7%, Orthodox 30.7%, Roman Catholic 15.2%, atheist 0.8%, agnostic 0.3%, other 1.2%, undeclared/no answer 1.1% (2013 est.)" @@ -211,7 +216,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "27.3 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "10 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -962,23 +967,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "920,407" + "text": "728,322" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "23.95 (2019 est.)" + "text": "18.97 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,300,743" + "text": "3,755,521" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "111.91 (2019 est.)" + "text": "97.79 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "mobile services dominate fixed-line; integration with the EU has given stability to the present economy, as an EU candidate country, the regulatory framework and telecom market has been liberalized and the regulator has given LTE license to 3 MNOs; DSL and cable are the chief platforms for fixed-line connectivity, there is a small market presence of fiber broadband; new mobile roaming fees come into effect similar to other EU countries; rural areas still suffer from insufficient connectivity (2020)" + "text": "

Bosnia-Herzegovina aims for national LTE coverage through integration with European Union (EU); roaming agreements with EU and Balkan neighbors; fixed-line broadband is underdeveloped, investments in mobile upgrades facilitate broadband connectivity to a greater extent than in Europe; DSL and cable are the main platforms for fixed-line connectivity while fiber broadband has a small market presence; operators support broadband in rural areas where fixed-line infrastructure is insufficient; LTE services under test licenses; 5G awaits market maturity; importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line teledensity roughly 24 per 100 persons and mobile-cellular subscribership has been increasing rapidly and stands at roughly 112 telephones per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -986,7 +991,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 387; no satellite earth stations" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "3 public TV broadcasters: Radio and TV of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federation TV (operating 2 networks), and Republika Srpska Radio-TV; a local commercial network of 5 TV stations; 3 private, near-national TV stations and dozens of small independent TV broadcasting stations; 3 large public radio broadcasters and many private radio stations" @@ -1004,10 +1009,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "693,554" + "text": "745,887" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "18 (2018 est.)" + "text": "19.42 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1129,7 +1134,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force (2019)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, @@ -1147,7 +1152,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "75 (2019)" }, - "note": "note: 75,572 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-May 2021)" + "note": "note: 76,846 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-June 2021)" }, "Trafficking in persons": { "current situation": { diff --git a/europe/bo.json b/europe/bo.json index a5fcffdd..3deae6fd 100644 --- a/europe/bo.json +++ b/europe/bo.json @@ -111,7 +111,12 @@ "text": "Belarusian 83.7%, Russian 8.3%, Polish 3.1%, Ukrainian 1.7%, other 2.4%, unspecified 0.9% (2009 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Russian (official) 70.2%, Belarusian (official) 23.4%, other 3.1% (includes small Polish- and Ukrainian-speaking minorities), unspecified 3.3% (2009 est.)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Russian (official) 70.2%, Belarusian (official) 23.4%, other 3.1% (includes small Polish- and Ukrainian-speaking minorities), unspecified 3.3% (2009 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Книга фактов о мире – незаменимый источник базовой информации. (Russian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Orthodox 48.3%, Catholic 7.1%, other 3.5%, non-believers 41.1% (2011 est.)" @@ -210,7 +215,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "26.5 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "2 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -951,23 +956,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,513,255" + "text": "4,451,144" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "47.49 (2019 est.)" + "text": "46.88 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "11,682,764" + "text": "11,627,249" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "122.93 (2019 est.)" + "text": "122.46 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "govt. and telecom regulator have plans to develop the telecom sector for the migration to 5G; Chinese company Huawei have started 5G trials to deliver data at 2Gb/s; fiber network reaches two million establishments; 10,000km of fiber cabling laid; August 2018 almost two million GPON connections (Gigabit Passive Optical Network, point-to-multi point access mechanism); Belarus launched its first telecoms satellite in 2016; LTE use reaches 75% of mobile subscribers (2020)" + "text": "

government owns and administers backbone network and much of telecom market with no independent regulator; government and telecom regulator are concluding three major programs aimed at developing the telecom sector and digital economy to enable 5G services and extension of fiber infrastructure; growing applications for smart cities; developing mobile broadband and data services to rural areas; commercial LTE services extended to 80% of the population; operators provide standalone 5G service and NB-IoT services; international connection through fiber optic and terrestrial link, nascent satellite system; importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line teledensity is improving although rural areas continue to be underserved, 48 per 100 fixed-line; mobile-cellular teledensity now approaches 123 telephones per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -975,7 +980,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 375; Belarus is landlocked and therefore a member of the Trans-European Line (TEL), Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line, and has access to the Trans-Siberia Line (TSL); 3 fiber-optic segments provide connectivity to Latvia, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine; worldwide service is available to Belarus through this infrastructure; additional analog lines to Russia; Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Intersputnik earth stations; almost 31,000 base stations in service in 2019 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "7 state-controlled national TV channels; Polish and Russian TV broadcasts are available in some areas; state-run Belarusian Radio operates 5 national networks and an external service; Russian and Polish radio broadcasts are available (2019)" @@ -993,10 +998,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "3,201,519" + "text": "3,214,869" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "34 (2018 est.)" + "text": "33.86 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/europe/bu.json b/europe/bu.json index 92b35c03..3d808edd 100644 --- a/europe/bu.json +++ b/europe/bu.json @@ -120,7 +120,12 @@ "note": "note: Romani populations are usually underestimated in official statistics and may represent 9–11% of Bulgaria's population" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Bulgarian (official) 76.8%, Turkish 8.2%, Romani 3.8%, other 0.7%, unspecified 10.5% (2011 est.)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Bulgarian (official) 76.8%, Turkish 8.2%, Romani 3.8%, other 0.7%, unspecified 10.5% (2011 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Светoвен Алманах, незаменимият източник за основна информация. (Bulgarian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Eastern Orthodox 59.4%, Muslim 7.8%, other (including Catholic, Protestant, Armenian Apostolic Orthodox, and Jewish) 1.7%, none 3.7%, unspecified 27.4% (2011 est.)" @@ -219,7 +224,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "27.1 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "10 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -525,7 +530,7 @@ "text": "President Rumen RADEV (since 22 January 2017); Vice President Iliana IOTOVA (since 22 January 2017)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Stefan YANEV (since 12 May 2021); note - YANEV is leading a caretaker government until elections are held on 11 July 2021" + "text": "Interim Prime Minister Stefan YANEV (since 12 May 2021); note - YANEV is leading a caretaker government until elections are held on 11 July 2021" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council of Ministers nominated by the prime minister, elected by the National Assembly" @@ -968,23 +973,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "974,056" + "text": "975,355" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "13.89 (2019 est.)" + "text": "13.91 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "8,149,389" + "text": "8,134,581" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "116.21 (2019 est.)" + "text": "116.02 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "telecom sector has benefited from Bulgaria's adaptation of EU regulatory measures, more privatization and less govt. monopoly; population is moving to fiber networks for broadband; govt. investment in programs for broadband in rural areas; 5G trials by 2 operators; quality has improved with a modern digital trunk line connecting switching centers in most of the regions; remaining areas are connected by digital microwave radio relay; Bulgaria has a mature mobile market with active competition (2020)" + "text": "

Bulgaria’s telecoms sector benefited from adaptation of EU regulatory measures and privatization; population is moving to fiber over DSL for broadband connection; investment towards rural areas; migration from fixed-line voice to mobile and VoIP; private networks pursuing upgrades and development of services based on 5G; broadband market in Bulgaria enjoys cross-platform competition; operators deploy NB-IoT platform in several cities and released smart platform for utilities; government launched e-learning platform to help students continue their studies during lockdown (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 14 per 100 persons, mobile-cellular teledensity, fostered by multiple service providers, is over 116 telephones per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -992,7 +997,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 359; Caucasus Cable System via submarine cable provides connectivity to Ukraine, Georgia and Russia; a combination submarine cable and land fiber-optic system provides connectivity to Italy, Albania, and Macedonia; satellite earth stations - 3 (1 Intersputnik in the Atlantic Ocean region, 2 Intelsat in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "4 national terrestrial TV stations with 1 state-owned and 3 privately owned; a vast array of TV stations are available from cable and satellite TV providers; state-owned national radio broadcasts over 3 networks; large number of private radio stations broadcasting, especially in urban areas" @@ -1010,10 +1015,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,903,946" + "text": "2,014,772" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "27 (2018 est.)" + "text": "28.74 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1146,11 +1151,14 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-27 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription ended in 2007; service obligation 6-9 months (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "Bulgaria officially became a member of NATO in 2004" } }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force (2020)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, @@ -1165,7 +1173,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "116 (2019)" }, - "note": "note: 60,074 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-May 2021); Bulgaria is predominantly a transit country" + "note": "note: 60,654 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-June 2021); Bulgaria is predominantly a transit country" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "major European transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and, to a lesser degree, South American cocaine for the European market; limited producer of precursor chemicals; vulnerable to money laundering because of corruption, organized crime; some money laundering of drug-related proceeds through financial institutions" diff --git a/europe/cy.json b/europe/cy.json index 214b074d..f4bec8fe 100644 --- a/europe/cy.json +++ b/europe/cy.json @@ -120,8 +120,12 @@ "note": "note: data represent only the Greek-Cypriot citizens in the Republic of Cyprus" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Greek (official) 80.9%, Turkish (official) 0.2%, English 4.1%, Romanian 2.9%, Russian 2.5%, Bulgarian 2.2%, Arabic 1.2%, Filipino 1.1%, other 4.3%, unspecified 0.6% (2011 est.)

note: data represent only the Republic of Cyprus", - "note": "note: data represent only the Republic of Cyprus" + "Languages": { + "text": "Greek (official) 80.9%, Turkish (official) 0.2%, English 4.1%, Romanian 2.9%, Russian 2.5%, Bulgarian 2.2%, Arabic 1.2%, Filipino 1.1%, other 4.3%, unspecified 0.6%; note - data represent only the Republic of Cyprus (2011 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Το Παγκόσμιο Βιβλίο Δεδομένων, η απαραίτητη πηγή βασικών πληροφοριών. (Greek)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Orthodox Christian 89.1%, Roman Catholic 2.9%, Protestant/Anglican 2%, Muslim 1.8%, Buddhist 1%, other (includes Maronite, Armenian Church, Hindu) 1.4%, unknown 1.1%, none/atheist 0.6% (2011 est.)

note: data represent only the government-controlled area of Cyprus", @@ -223,7 +227,7 @@ "text": "29.2 years (2017 est.)

note: data represent only government-controlled areas", "note": "note: data represent only government-controlled areas" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "6 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -975,23 +979,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "469,305" + "text": "323,914" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "37.48 (2019 est.)" + "text": "25.86 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,801,213" + "text": "1,243,151" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "143.85 (2019 est.)" + "text": "99.24 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "broadband market steadily developing with one of the highest penetrations rates in the region; despite the growth of Cyprus's telecom sector, the market overall continues to be dominated by the incumbent, Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA), which is still fully-owned by the state, but it is losing ground to its competition annually; improved regulatory circumstances, especially in relation to network interconnection and access, has given competing operators the certainty to invest in network infrastructure, and to launch competing services; fiber infrastructure in the early days and DSL remains the dominate access platform (2020)" + "text": "

despite the growth of Cyprus's telecom sector, the market is dominated by its state-owned operator; one of the highest broadband penetration rates in the region; DSL remains the dominant access platform as broadband is restricted to a few towns; fixed-line and mobile cable infrastructure available for more than half of premises; fiber infrastructure in development; improved regulations provide confidence for investment in network infrastructure and competing services; operator expanded FttP services and initiated cable connection to France and Egypt; operator signed vendor agreement with international investor, Huawei, to develop 5G; operators extended LTE services and upgraded transmission capacity on TE-North Cable System (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line is 37 per 100, and  144 per 100 for mobile-cellular; open-wire, fiber-optic cable, and microwave radio relay (2019)" @@ -999,7 +1003,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 357 (area administered by Turkish Cypriots uses the country code of Turkey - 90); a number of submarine cables, including the SEA-ME-WE-3, CADMOS, MedNautilus Submarine System, POSEIDON, TE North/TGN-Eurasia/SEACOM/Alexandros/Medes, UGARIT, Aphrodite2, Hawk, Lev Submarine System, and Tamares combine to provide connectivity to Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Southeast Asia; Turcyos-1 and Turcyos-2 submarine cable in Turkish North Cyprus link to Turkey; tropospheric scatter; satellite earth stations - 8 (3 Intelsat - 1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean, 2 Eutelsat, 2 Intersputnik, and 1 Arabsat) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "mixture of state and privately run TV and radio services; the public broadcaster operates 2 TV channels and 4 radio stations; 6 private TV broadcasters, satellite and cable TV services including telecasts from Greece and Turkey, and a number of private radio stations are available; in areas administered by Turkish Cypriots, there are 2 public TV stations, 4 public radio stations, and 7 privately owned TV and 21 radio broadcast stations plus 6 radio and 4 TV channels of local universities, plus 1 radio station of military, security forces and 1 radio station of civil defense cooperation, as well as relay stations from Turkey (2019)" @@ -1017,10 +1021,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "313,462" + "text": "326,565" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "25 (2018 est.)" + "text": "26.07 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1155,7 +1159,7 @@ "IDPs": { "text": "228,000 (both Turkish and Greek Cypriots; many displaced since 1974) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: 21,704 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-April 2021)" + "note": "note: 22,707 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-May 2021)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "minor transit point for heroin and hashish via air routes and container traffic to Europe, especially from Lebanon and Turkey; some cocaine transits as well; despite a strengthening of anti-money-laundering legislation, remains vulnerable to money laundering; reporting of suspicious transactions in offshore sector remains weak" diff --git a/europe/da.json b/europe/da.json index 2b1d1fb3..c68ef13a 100644 --- a/europe/da.json +++ b/europe/da.json @@ -125,8 +125,12 @@ "note": "note: data represent population by ancestry" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)

note: English is the predominant second language", - "note": "note: English is the predominant second language" + "Languages": { + "text": "Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority); note - English is the predominant second language" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Verdens Faktabog, den uundværlig kilde til grundlæggende oplysninger. (Danish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Evangelical Lutheran (official) 74.7%, Muslim 5.5%, other/none/unspecified (denominations of less than 1% each in descending order of size include Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Serbian Orthodox Christian, Jewish, Baptist, Buddhist, Mormon, Pentecostal, and nondenominational Christian) 19.8% (2019 est.)" @@ -225,7 +229,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "29.2 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "4 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -951,23 +955,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,017,009" + "text": "1,003,524" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "17.41 (2019 est.)" + "text": "17.18 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,331,110" + "text": "7,243,465" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "125.5 (2019 est.)" + "text": "124.01 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "excellent telephone and Internet services; Denmark's competitive telecom market has led to the country having the second highest broadband penetration rate in Europe; the fixed-line sector continues to see a decline in revenue while customers move to VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and mobile alternatives; comprehensive LTE coverage and a fast-developing 5G segment; the government is able to offer broadband coverage in rural areas (2020)" + "text": "

Denmark has one of the highest broadband penetration rates globally, with near universal availability of superfast connections; progressive regulator encouraged upgrades to cable and DSL infrastructure; fast growing fiber networks with aim for nation-wide build-out; comprehensive LTE with 90% coverage of 5G; operator expands NB-IoT across its LTE network; survey underway for cable connecting Denmark to Norway; upgrades to submarine cable connection to North America; importer of broadcasting equipment from EU neighbors (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 17 per 100, 126 per 100 for mobile-cellular (2019)" @@ -975,7 +979,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 45; landing points for the NSC, COBRAcable, CANTAT-3, DANICE, Havfrue/AEC-2, TAT-14m Denmark-Norway-5 & 6, Skagenfiber West & East, GC1, GC2, GC3, GC-KPN, Kattegat 1 & 2 & 3, Energinet Lyngsa-Laeso, Energinet Laeso-Varberg, Fehmarn Balt, Baltica, German-Denmark 2 & 3, Ronne-Rodvig, Denmark-Sweden 15 & 16 & 17 & 18, IP-Only Denmark-Sweden, Scandinavian South, Scandinavian Ring North, Danica North, 34 series of fiber-optic submarine cables link Denmark with Canada, Faroe Islands, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, US and UK; satellite earth stations - 18 (6 Intelsat, 10 Eutelsat, 1 Orion, 1 Inmarsat (Blaavand-Atlantic-East)); note - the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) share the Danish earth station and the Eik, Norway, station for worldwide Inmarsat access (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "strong public-sector TV presence with state-owned Danmarks Radio (DR) operating 6 channels and publicly owned TV2 operating roughly a half-dozen channels; broadcasts of privately owned stations are available via satellite and cable feed; DR operates 4 nationwide FM radio stations, 10 digital audio broadcasting stations, and 14 web-based radio stations; 140 commercial and 187 community (non-commercial) radio stations (2019)" @@ -993,10 +997,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "2,534,348" + "text": "2,536,508" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "44 (2018 est.)" + "text": "43.42 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1135,12 +1139,12 @@ "text": "18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscripts serve an initial training period that varies from 4 to 12 months depending on specialization; former conscripts are assigned to mobilization units; women eligible to volunteer for military service; in addition to full time employment, the Danish Military offers reserve contracts in all three branches (2019)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "in 2018, the Defense Ministers of Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the creation of a Composite Special Operations Component Command (C-SOCC); the C-SOCC was declared operational in December 2020" + "text": "Denmark is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949

in 2018, the Defense Ministers of Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the creation of a Composite Special Operations Component Command (C-SOCC); the C-SOCC was declared operational in December 2020" } }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force (2021)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/europe/dx.json b/europe/dx.json index a7da325c..583d34b1 100644 --- a/europe/dx.json +++ b/europe/dx.json @@ -46,7 +46,12 @@ "text": "approximately 15,500 on the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia including 9,700 Cypriots and 5,800 Service and UK-based contract personnel and dependents" }, "Languages": { - "text": "English, Greek" + "Languages": { + "text": "English, Greek" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Το Παγκόσμιο Βιβλίο Δεδομένων, η απαραίτητη πηγή βασικών πληροφοριών. (Greek)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "NA" diff --git a/europe/ee.json b/europe/ee.json index 3503d516..51663a1e 100644 --- a/europe/ee.json +++ b/europe/ee.json @@ -682,18 +682,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "210,621,546" + "text": "165,475,641" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "4 (2017 est.)" + "text": "36.78 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "625,000,799" + "text": "529,497,242" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "121 (2017 est.)" + "text": "117.70 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -712,10 +712,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "174,634,171" + "text": "158,303,562\r\n" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3 (2017)" + "text": "35.19 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -791,6 +791,9 @@ } }, "Military and Security": { + "Military and security forces": { + "text": "the European Union Military Committee (EUMC) is the EU's highest military body; it is composed of the chiefs of defense of the Member States, who are regularly represented by their permanent Military Representatives; the EUMC provides the Political and Security Committee (PSC) with advice and recommendations on all military matters within the EU" + }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2018": { "text": "1.5% of GDP (2018)" @@ -809,18 +812,13 @@ } }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "180 Central African Republic (EUTM); 600 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUTM); 700 Mali (EUTM); 200 Somalia (EUTM) (2020)" + "text": "180 Central African Republic (EUTM); 600 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUTM); 700 Mali (EUTM); 200 Somalia (EUTM) (2020)

since 2003, the EU has launched more than 30 civilian and military crisis-management operations in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, as well as counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia and a naval operation in the Mediterranean to disrupt human smuggling and trafficking networks and prevent the loss of life at sea", + "note": "since 2003, the EU has launched more than 30 civilian and military crisis-management operations in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, as well as counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia and a naval operation in the Mediterranean to disrupt human smuggling and trafficking networks and prevent the loss of life at sea" }, "Military - note": { "text": "Eurocorps, formally established in 1992 and activated the following year, began in 1987 as a French-German Brigade; Belgium (1993), Spain (1994), and Luxembourg (1996) joined over the next few years; five additional countries participate in Eurocorps as associated nations: Greece, Poland, and Turkey (since 2002), Italy and Romania (joined in 2009 and 2016 respectively); Eurocorps is headquartered in Strasbourg, France (2021)" } }, - "Terrorism": { - "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); al-Qa'ida (2019)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", - "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" - } - }, "Transnational Issues": { "Disputes - international": { "text": "

as a political union, the EU has no border disputes with neighboring countries, but Estonia has no land boundary agreements with Russia, Slovenia disputes its land and maritime boundaries with Croatia, and Spain has territorial and maritime disputes with Morocco and with the UK over Gibraltar; the EU has set up a Schengen area - consisting of 22 EU member states that have signed the convention implementing the Schengen agreements or \"acquis\" (1985 and 1990) on the free movement of persons and the harmonization of border controls in Europe; these agreements became incorporated into EU law with the implementation of the 1997 Treaty of Amsterdam on 1 May 1999; in addition, non-EU states Iceland and Norway (as part of the Nordic Union) have been included in the Schengen area since 1996 (full members in 2001), Switzerland since 2008, and Liechtenstein since 2011 bringing the total current membership to 26; the UK (since 2000) and Ireland (since 2002) take part in only some aspects of the Schengen area, especially with respect to police and criminal matters; nine of the 13 new member states that joined the EU since 2004 joined Schengen on 21 December 2007; of the four remaining EU states, Romania, Bulgaria, and Croatia are obligated to eventually join, while Cyprus' entry is held up by the ongoing Cyprus dispute

" diff --git a/europe/ei.json b/europe/ei.json index ecf221a9..423fe9ad 100644 --- a/europe/ei.json +++ b/europe/ei.json @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "30.5 years (2018 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -947,23 +947,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,854,605" + "text": "1,766,937" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "36.2 (2019 est.)" + "text": "34.51 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "5,398,848" + "text": "5,160,309" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "105.38 (2019 est.)" + "text": "100.78 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "a previous depressed economic climate has changed to one with Ireland having one of the highest GDP growth rates in Europe, which translates to mean spending among telecom consumers; introduction of flat-rate plans; upgraded LTE technologies in rural areas; govt. intends to spend millions on the National Broadband Plan (NBP) initiative to change the broadband landscape; plans to auction spectrum suitable for 5G services; broadband market seen steady development; 20 towns see commercial 5G services (2020)" + "text": "infrastructure projects are underway, including the national plan to deliver fiber-based service of at least 150Mb/s nationally by the end of 2022; operators invested in fiber-based networks to deliver a 1Gb/s service to most premises, and on 5G to cover more than half of population; operator test of satellite broadband; Dublin is smart city (2021) (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "increasing levels of broadband access particularly in urban areas; fixed-line 36 per 100 and mobile-cellular 105 per 100 subscriptions; digital system using cable and microwave radio relay (2019)" @@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 353; landing point for the AEConnect -1, Celtic-Norse, Havfrue/AEC-2, GTT Express, Celtic, ESAT-1, IFC-1, Solas, Pan European Crossing, ESAT-2, CeltixConnect -1 & 2, GTT Atlantic, Sirius South, Emerald Bridge Fibres and Geo Eirgrid submarine cable with links to the US, Canada, Norway, Isle of Man and UK; satellite earth stations - 81 (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "publicly owned broadcaster Radio Telefis Eireann (RTE) operates 4 TV stations; commercial TV stations are available; about 75% of households utilize multi-channel satellite and TV services that provide access to a wide range of stations; RTE operates 4 national radio stations and has launched digital audio broadcasts on several stations; a number of commercial broadcast stations operate at the national, regional, and local levels (2019)" @@ -989,10 +989,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,430,160" + "text": "1,462,549" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "28 (2018 est.)" + "text": "28.56 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/europe/en.json b/europe/en.json index 8a7c1f40..d52d80f2 100644 --- a/europe/en.json +++ b/europe/en.json @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "27.4 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "9 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -979,23 +979,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "302,606" + "text": "324,388" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "24.47 (2019 est.)" + "text": "26.24 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,820,088" + "text": "1,951,051" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "147.18 (2019 est.)" + "text": "157.82 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "a range of regulatory measures, competition and foreign investment in the form of joint business ventures has greatly improved telephone service with a wide range of high-quality voice, data, and Internet services; one of the most advanced mobile markets in Europe; one of the highest broadband penetration in Europe; govt. commits 20 million euro to rural broadband program; regulator auctions spectrum in the 2.6GHz band for LTE and 5G services (2020)" + "text": "greatly improved telecom service through a range of regulatory measures, competition, and foreign investment, leading to high-quality voice, data, and Internet services; one of the most advanced mobile markets and highest broadband penetration rates in Europe; government commits 20 million euro to rural broadband program; operators supporting LTE infrastructure and launch of smart services; 5G services in major cities; government provides Internet to schools and libraries (2021) (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "25 per 100 for fixed-line and 147 per 100 for mobile-cellular; substantial fiber-optic cable systems carry telephone, TV, and radio traffic in the digital mode; Internet services are widely available; schools and libraries are connected to the Internet, a large percentage of the population files income tax returns online, and online voting - in local and parliamentary elections - has climbed steadily since first being introduced in 2005; a large percent of Estonian households have broadband access (2019)" @@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 372; landing points for the EE-S-1, EESF-3, Baltic Sea Submarine Cable, FEC and EESF-2 fiber-optic submarine cables to other Estonia points, Finland, and Sweden; 2 international switches are located in Tallinn (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "the publicly owned broadcaster, Eesti Rahvusringhaaling (ERR), operates 3 TV channels and 5 radio networks; growing number of private commercial radio stations broadcasting nationally, regionally, and locally; fully transitioned to digital television in 2010; national private TV channels expanding service; a range of channels are aimed at Russian-speaking viewers; in 2016, there were 42 on-demand services available in Estonia, including 19 pay TVOD and SVOD services; roughly 85% of households accessed digital television services" @@ -1021,10 +1021,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "441,167" + "text": "431,251" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "35 (2018 est.)" + "text": "34.88 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1154,6 +1154,9 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-27 for compulsory military or governmental service, conscript service requirement 8-11 months depending on education; NCOs, reserve officers, and specialists serve 11 months (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "Estonia officially became a member of NATO in 2004" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/europe/ez.json b/europe/ez.json index 854ea20a..1cc052dc 100644 --- a/europe/ez.json +++ b/europe/ez.json @@ -111,7 +111,12 @@ "text": "Czech 64.3%, Moravian 5%, Slovak 1.4%, other 1.8%, unspecified 27.5% (2011 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Czech (official) 95.4%, Slovak 1.6%, other 3% (2011 est.)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Czech (official) 95.4%, Slovak 1.6%, other 3% (2011 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
World Fackbook, nepostradatelný zdroj základních informací. (Czech)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 10.4%, Protestant (includes Czech Brethren and Hussite) 1.1%, other and unspecified 54%, none 34.5% (2011 est.)" @@ -210,7 +215,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "28.4 years (2018 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "3 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -951,10 +956,10 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,473,846" + "text": "1,494,175" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "13.78 (2019 est.)" + "text": "13.98 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { @@ -967,7 +972,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "good telephone and Internet service; the Czech Republic has a sophisticated telecom market; mobile sector showing steady growth, but perhaps without enough competition, regulator makes progress for 5G services; the govt. trying to stimulate competition, improve end-users pricing and step up quality; strong growth in cable and fiber sectors; fixed wireless broadband remains strong, with penetration among the highest in the EU (2020)" + "text": "

Czechia has a sophisticated telecom market with a developed telephone and Internet service attracting European investment; mobile sector showing steady growth through regulatory support for competition; licensees expanding reach of 5G and LTE networks; mobile penetration among the highest in the EU; operators extended fiber to an additional 143 rural zones in 2020 and commit to extending fiber to one million premises by 2027; its top import is broadcasting equipment from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "14 per 100 fixed-line and mobile telephone usage increased to 124 per 100 mobile-cellular, the number of cellular telephone subscriptions now greatly exceeds the population (2019)" @@ -975,7 +980,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 420; satellite earth stations - 6 (2 Intersputnik - Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions, 1 Intelsat, 1 Eutelsat, 1 Inmarsat, 1 Globalstar) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "22 TV stations operate nationally, with 17 of them in private hands; publicly operated Czech Television has 5 national channels; throughout the country, there are some 350 TV channels in operation, many through cable, satellite, and IPTV subscription services; 63 radio broadcasters are registered, operating over 80 radio stations, including 7 multiregional radio stations or networks; publicly operated broadcaster Czech Radio operates 4 national, 14 regional, and 4 Internet stations; both Czech Radio and Czech Television are partially financed through a license fee (2019)" @@ -993,10 +998,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "3,222,835" + "text": "3,739,614" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "30 (2018 est.)" + "text": "34.98 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1121,6 +1126,9 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-28 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; conscription abolished 2004 (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "Czechia joined NATO in 1999; Czechia, Hungary, and Poland were invited to begin accession talks at NATO's Madrid Summit in 1997, and in March 1999 they became the first former members of the Warsaw Pact to join the Alliance" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/europe/fi.json b/europe/fi.json index 6a9f9d2e..ab2c4170 100644 --- a/europe/fi.json +++ b/europe/fi.json @@ -122,10 +122,15 @@ "text": "Finn, Swede, Russian, Estonian, Romani, Sami" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Finnish (official) 87.6%, Swedish (official) 5.2%, Russian 1.4%, other 5.8% (2018 est.)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Finnish (official) 86.9%, Swedish (official) 5.2%, Russian 1.5%, other 6.4% (2020 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
World Factbook, korvaamaton perustietolähde. (Finnish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Lutheran 69.8%, Greek Orthodox 1.1%, other 1.7%, unspecified 27.4% (2018 est.)" + "text": "Lutheran 67.8%, Greek Orthodox 1.1%, other 1.7%, unspecified 29.4% (2020 est.)" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -221,7 +226,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "29.2 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "3 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -953,23 +958,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "269,980" + "text": "269,000" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "4.86 (2019 est.)" + "text": "4.84 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,179,481" + "text": "7.15 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "129.24 (2019 est.)" + "text": "128.69 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "excellent service; one of the most progressive in Europe; one of the highest broadband and mobile penetrations rates in the region; for 2025 and 2030 FttP (fiber to the home) and DOCSIS3.1 (new generation of cable services for high speed connections) technologies; subscribers are migrating from 3G to LTE and 5G networks; astute regulatory measures have encouraged market competition and company investment (2020)" + "text": "

Finland’s telecom market is among most progressive in Europe through favorable regulatory action and competitive technological innovation; orientation towards high technology, research, and development with high investment in information and communication sectors; large proportion of population on 5G and most on LTE; high broadband and mobile penetration; fixed-voice density falling; government provided universal 5Mb/s broadband (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 5 per 100 subscription and 129 per 100 mobile-cellular (2019)" @@ -977,7 +982,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 358; landing points for Botnia, BCS North-1 & 2, SFL, SFS-4, C-Lion1, Eastern Lights, Baltic Sea Submarine Cable, FEC, and EESF-2 & 3 submarine cables that provide links to many Finland points, Estonia, Sweden, Germany, and Russia; satellite earth stations - access to Intelsat transmission service via a Swedish satellite earth station, 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions); note - Finland shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic countries (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "a mix of 3 publicly operated TV stations and numerous privately owned TV stations; several free and special-interest pay-TV channels; cable and satellite multi-channel subscription services are available; all TV signals are broadcast digitally; Internet television, such as Netflix and others, is available; public broadcasting maintains a network of 13 national and 25 regional radio stations; a large number of private radio broadcasters and access to Internet radio" @@ -996,10 +1001,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1.737 million" + "text": "1.797 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "31 (2018 est.)" + "text": "32.34 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/europe/fo.json b/europe/fo.json index 656d3c60..dc384b39 100644 --- a/europe/fo.json +++ b/europe/fo.json @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Faroese 87.6% (Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon descent), Danish 7.8%, other Nordic 1.4%, other 3.2% (includes Filipino, Thai, British) (2018 est.)

note: data represent respondents by country of birth", + "text": "Faroese 85.9% (Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon descent), Danish 8.2%, other Nordic 1.4%, other 4.5% (includes Filipino, Romanian, Polish) (2021 est.)

note: data represent respondents by country of birth", "note": "note: data represent respondents by country of birth" }, "Languages": { @@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 298; landing points for the SHEFA-2, FARICE-1, and CANTAT-3 fiber-optic submarine cables from the Faeroe Islands, to Denmark, Germany, UK and Iceland; satellite earth stations - 1 Orion; (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "1 publicly owned TV station; the Faroese telecommunications company distributes local and international channels through its digital terrestrial network; publicly owned radio station supplemented by 3 privately owned stations broadcasting over multiple frequencies" diff --git a/europe/fr.json b/europe/fr.json index 84c5c2e4..8e7146f3 100644 --- a/europe/fr.json +++ b/europe/fr.json @@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ "text": "slightly more than four times the size of Georgia; slightly less than the size of Texas" }, "Land boundaries": { + "total": { + "text": "3,956 km" + }, "border countries": { "text": "Andorra 55 km, Belgium 556 km, Germany 418 km, Italy 476 km, Luxembourg 69 km, Monaco 6 km, Spain 646 km, Switzerland 525 km" }, @@ -131,8 +134,12 @@ "note": "note: overseas departments: Black, White, Mulatto, East Indian, Chinese, Amerindian" }, "Languages": { - "text": "French (official) 100%, declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish, Occitan, Picard)

note: overseas departments: French, Creole patois, Mahorian (a Swahili dialect)", - "note": "note: overseas departments: French, Creole patois, Mahorian (a Swahili dialect)" + "Languages": { + "text": "French (official) 100%, declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish, Occitan, Picard); note - overseas departments: French, Creole patois, Mahorian (a Swahili dialect)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Christian (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic) 63-66%, Muslim 7-9%, Buddhist 0.5-0.75%, Jewish 0.5-0.75%, other 0.5-1.0%, none 23-28% (2015 est.)

note: France maintains a tradition of secularism and has not officially collected data on religious affiliation since the 1872 national census, which complicates assessments of France's religious composition; an 1872 law prohibiting state authorities from collecting data on individuals' ethnicity or religious beliefs was reaffirmed by a 1978 law emphasizing the prohibition of the collection or exploitation of personal data revealing an individual's race, ethnicity, or political, philosophical, or religious opinions; a 1905 law codified France's separation of church and state", @@ -232,7 +239,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "28.7 years (2018 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "8 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -322,7 +329,7 @@ "text": "<500 (2019 est.)" }, "Major infectious diseases": { - "text": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout France; as of 16 May 2021, France has reported a total of 5,769,839 cases of COVID-19 or 8,871.3  cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 164.2  cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 30.62% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "text": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout France; as of 6 June 2021, France has reported a total of 5,605,201 cases of COVID-19 or 8,618.2  cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 167.7  cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 13 June 2021, 44.96% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "21.6% (2016)" @@ -429,7 +436,7 @@ } }, "Major infectious diseases": { - "text": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout France; as of 16 May 2021, France has reported a total of 5,769,839 cases of COVID-19 or 8,871.3  cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 164.2  cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 30.62% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "text": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout France; as of 6 June 2021, France has reported a total of 5,605,201 cases of COVID-19 or 8,618.2  cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 167.7  cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 13 June 2021, 44.96% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Waste and recycling": { "municipal solid waste generated annually": { @@ -611,8 +618,8 @@ } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), white, and red; known as the \"Le drapeau tricolore\" (French Tricolor), the origin of the flag dates to 1790 and the French Revolution when the \"ancient French color\" of white was combined with the blue and red colors of the Parisian militia; the official flag for all French dependent areas

note: the design and/or colors are similar to a number of other flags, including those of Belgium, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, and Netherlands", - "note": "note: the design and/or colors are similar to a number of other flags, including those of Belgium, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, and Netherlands" + "text": "three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), white, and red; known as the \"Le drapeau tricolore\" (French Tricolor), the origin of the flag dates to 1790 and the French Revolution when the \"ancient French color\" of white was combined with the blue and red colors of the Parisian militia; the official flag for all French dependent areas

note: for the first four years, 1790-94, the order of colors was reversed, red-white-blue, instead of the current blue-white-red; the design and/or colors are similar to a number of other flags, including those of Belgium, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, and Netherlands", + "note": "note: for the first four years, 1790-94, the order of colors was reversed, red-white-blue, instead of the current blue-white-red; the design and/or colors are similar to a number of other flags, including those of Belgium, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, and Netherlands" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "Gallic rooster, fleur-de-lis, Marianne (female personification); national colors: blue, white, red" @@ -979,23 +986,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "39,234,941" + "text": "37.797 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "58.03 (2019 est.)" + "text": "55.89 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "74,791,818" + "text": "72.04 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "110.62 (2019 est.)" + "text": "106.53 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "one of the largest mobile phone markets in Europe, worth 13 billion annually; LTE has universal coverage with extensive 5G launching any day, one of the largest broadband subscriber bases in Europe; regional govt. and telecom companies have invested in higher bandwidth w/ fiber infrastructure improvements, an investment more than 20 billion euros (2020)" + "text": "

one of the largest mobile phone markets in Europe; LTE has universal coverage with extensive 5G; one of the largest broadband subscriber bases in Europe; regional government and telecom companies have invested in higher bandwidth with fiber infrastructure improvements, an investment of more than 20 billion euros; operator investment in developing markets, and on the greater use of artificial intelligence and data; satellite broadband connectivity across France; Paris adopted smart city technology; importer of broadcast equipment from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "58 per 100 persons for fixed-line and 111 per 100 for mobile-cellular subscriptions (2019)" @@ -1006,7 +1013,7 @@ "overseas departments": { "text": "country codes: French Guiana - 594; landing points for Ella Link, Kanawa, Americas II to South America, Europe, Caribbean and US; Guadeloupe - 590; landing points for GCN, Southern Caribbean Fiber, and ECFS around the Caribbean and US; Martinique - 596; landing points for Americas II, ECFS, and Southern Caribbean Fiber to South America, US and around the Caribbean;  Mayotte - 262; landing points for FLY-LION3 and LION2 to East Africa and East African Islands in Indian Ocean; Reunion - 262; landing points for SAFE, METISS, and LION submarine cables to Asia, South and East Africa, Southeast Asia and nearby Indian Ocean Island countries of Mauritius, and Madagascar (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "a mix of both publicly operated and privately owned TV stations; state-owned France television stations operate 4 networks, one of which is a network of regional stations, and has part-interest in several thematic cable/satellite channels and international channels; a large number of privately owned regional and local TV stations; multi-channel satellite and cable services provide a large number of channels; public broadcaster Radio France operates 7 national networks, a series of regional networks, and operates services for overseas territories and foreign audiences; Radio France Internationale, under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is a leading international broadcaster; a large number of commercial FM stations, with many of them consolidating into commercial networks" @@ -1024,10 +1031,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "29.1 million" + "text": "29.76 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "43 (2018 est.)" + "text": "44.01 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1178,15 +1185,19 @@ "text": "the French military's inventory consists almost entirely of domestically-produced weapons systems, including some jointly-produced with other European countries; there is a limited mix of armaments from other Western countries, particularly the US; since 2010, the US is the leading foreign supplier of military hardware to France; France has a defense industry capable of manufacturing the full spectrum of air, land, and naval military weapons systems (2020)" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "5,100 Burkina Faso/Chad/Mali/Niger (Operation Barkhane); 900 Cote D'Ivoire; 1,400 Djibouti; 300 Baltics (NATO); 2,000 French Guyana; 900 French Polynesia; 1,000 French West Indies; 350 Gabon; est. 500 Middle East (Iraq/Jordan/Syria); 950 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 1,400-1,500 New Caledonia; 1,700 Reunion Island; 350 Senegal; 650 United Arab Emirates; note - France has been a contributing member of the EuroCorps since 1992 (2020-2021)" + "text": "5,100 Burkina Faso/Chad/Mali/Niger (Operation Barkhane, Task Force Takuba; note - in June 2021, France announced that it would be drawing down forces assigned to Operation Barkhane); approximately 300 Central African Republic; 900 Cote D'Ivoire; 1,400 Djibouti; 300 Baltics (NATO); 2,000 French Guyana; 900 French Polynesia; 1,000 French West Indies; 350 Gabon; est. 500 Middle East (Iraq/Jordan/Syria); 950 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 1,400-1,500 New Caledonia; 1,700 Reunion Island; 350 Senegal; 650 United Arab Emirates (2020-2021)

note - France has been a contributing member of the EuroCorps since 1992", + "note": "note - France has been a contributing member of the EuroCorps since 1992" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-25 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; no conscription (abolished 2001); 1-year service obligation; women serve in noncombat posts (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "France was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty), which created NATO in 1949; in 1966, President Charles DE GAULLE decided to withdraw France from NATO’s integrated military structure, reflecting his desire for greater military independence, particularly vis-à-vis the US, and the refusal to integrate France’s nuclear deterrent or accept any form of control over its armed forces; it did, however, sign agreements with NATO setting out procedures in the event of Soviet aggression; beginning with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, France distanced itself from the 1966 decision and has regularly contributed troops to NATO’s military operations, being one of the largest troop-contributing states; in 2009 it officially announced its decision to fully participate in NATO structures" } }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham; al-Qa'ida (2021)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); al-Qa'ida

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/europe/gi.json b/europe/gi.json index d9425fb1..be727cb6 100644 --- a/europe/gi.json +++ b/europe/gi.json @@ -638,23 +638,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "14,865" + "text": "16,968" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "50.35 (2019 est.)" + "text": "57.71 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "35,510" + "text": "40,537" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "120.28 (2019 est.)" + "text": "137.88 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "adequate, automatic domestic system and adequate international facilities (2018)" + "text": "Gibraltar’s population is urban based, served by a digital telephone exchange supported by a fiber optic and copper infrastructure; near universal mobile and Internet use (2020) (2018)" }, "domestic": { "text": "automatic exchange facilities; 50 per 100 fixed-line and 120 per 100 mobile-cellular (2019)" @@ -679,10 +679,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "19,232" + "text": "19,497" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "65 (2018 est.)" + "text": "66.32 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/europe/gk.json b/europe/gk.json index 2e58fb1a..15357ebe 100644 --- a/europe/gk.json +++ b/europe/gk.json @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Guernsey 52%, UK and Ireland 23.7%, Portugal 2.1%, Latvia 1.5%, other 6.7%, unspecified 14.1%

note: data represent population by country of birth; the native population is of British and Norman-French descent", + "text": "Guernsey 52.9%, UK and Ireland 23.9%, Portugal 2.2%, Latvia 1.5%, other Europe 2.9%, other 4.6%, unspecified 12% (2019 est.)

note: data represent population by country of birth; the native population is of British and Norman-French descent", "note": "note: data represent population by country of birth; the native population is of British and Norman-French descent" }, "Languages": { @@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 44; landing points for Guernsey-Jersey, HUGO, INGRID, Channel Islands -9 Liberty and UK-Channel Islands-7 submarine cable to UK and France (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "multiple UK terrestrial TV broadcasts are received via a transmitter in Jersey with relays in Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney; satellite packages are available; BBC Radio Guernsey and 1 other radio station operating" diff --git a/europe/gm.json b/europe/gm.json index e5490c88..d41b8044 100644 --- a/europe/gm.json +++ b/europe/gm.json @@ -116,15 +116,19 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "German 87.2%, Turkish 1.8%, Polish 1%, Syrian 1%, other 9% (2017 est.)


note:  data represent population by nationality", - "note": "
note:  data represent population by nationality" + "text": "German 86.3%, Turkish 1.8%, Polish 1%, Syrian 1%, Romanian 1%, other/stateless/unspecified 8.9% (2020 est.)

note:  data represent population by nationality", + "note": "note:  data represent population by nationality" }, "Languages": { - "text": "German (official)

note: Danish, Frisian, Sorbian, and Romani are official minority languages; Low German, Danish, North Frisian, Sater Frisian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian, and Romani are recognized as regional languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages", - "note": "note: Danish, Frisian, Sorbian, and Romani are official minority languages; Low German, Danish, North Frisian, Sater Frisian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian, and Romani are recognized as regional languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages" + "Languages": { + "text": "German (official); note - Danish, Frisian, Sorbian, and Romani are official minority languages; Low German, Danish, North Frisian, Sater Frisian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian, and Romani are recognized as regional languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Das World Factbook, die unverzichtbare Quelle für grundlegende Informationen. (German)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Roman Catholic 27.7%, Protestant 25.5%, Muslim 5.1%, Orthodox 1.9%, other Christian 1.1%, other .9%, none 37.8% (2018 est.)" + "text": "Roman Catholic 27.1%, Protestant 24.9%, Muslim 5.2%, Orthodox 2%, other Christian 1%, other 1%, none 38.8% (2019 est.)" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -220,7 +224,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "29.6 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "7 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -547,7 +551,7 @@ "text": "Federal Court of Justice judges selected by the Judges Election Committee, which consists of the Secretaries of Justice from each of the 16 federated states and 16 members appointed by the Federal Parliament; judges appointed by the president; judges serve until mandatory retirement at age 65; Federal Constitutional Court judges - one-half elected by the House of Representatives and one-half by the Senate; judges appointed for 12-year terms with mandatory retirement at age 68" }, "subordinate courts": { - "text": "Federal Administrative Court; Federal Finance Court; Federal Labor Court; Federal Social Court; each of the 16 federated states or Land has its own constitutional court and a hierarchy of ordinary (civil, criminal, family) and specialized (administrative, finance, labor, social) courts; two English-speaking commercial courts opened in late 2020in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg - Stuttgart Commercial Court and Mannheim Commercial Court" + "text": "Federal Administrative Court; Federal Finance Court; Federal Labor Court; Federal Social Court; each of the 16 federated states or Land has its own constitutional court and a hierarchy of ordinary (civil, criminal, family) and specialized (administrative, finance, labor, social) courts; two English-speaking commercial courts opened in late 2020 in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg - English-speaking Stuttgart Commercial Court and English-speaking Mannheim Commercial Court" } }, "Political parties and leaders": { @@ -575,7 +579,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Richard GRENELL (since 8 May 2018)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d’Affaires Robin S. QUINVILLE (since June 2020)" }, "telephone": { "text": "[49] (30) 8305-0" @@ -961,23 +965,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "38,847,530" + "text": "40.4 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "48.37 (2019 est.)" + "text": "50.35 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "103,090,116" + "text": "107.2 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "128.36 (2019 est.)" + "text": "133.61 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "one of the world's most technologically advanced telecommunications systems; as a result of intensive capital expenditures since reunification, the formerly backward system of the eastern part of the country, dating back to World War II, has been modernized and integrated with that of the western part; universal 3G infrastructure available and LTE networks; mobile market the largest in Europe 107.5 million as of 2019; available reach of 5G services in 5 cities; 98% LTE coverage; penetration in broadband and mobile sectors average for region; Hamburg develops smart city concept (2020)" + "text": "

one of the world's most technologically advanced telecom systems with additional security measures; LTE universally available and 5G service to over 80% of population; mobile market is driven by data, with increased broadband subscribership; regulatory measures aimed at facilitating wholesale network access to provide fiber-based broadband services; government aims to provide smart technology solutions; over 60 cities use smart technology in urban development, many through joint initiative with private sector, utility companies, and universities; importer of broadcast equipment and computers from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "extensive system of automatic telephone exchanges connected by modern networks of fiber-optic cable, coaxial cable, microwave radio relay, and a domestic satellite system; cellular telephone service is widely available, expanding rapidly, and includes roaming service to many foreign countries; 48 per 100 for fixed-line and 128 per 100 for mobile-cellular (2019)" @@ -985,7 +989,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 49; landing points for SeaMeWe-3, TAT-14, AC-1, CONTACT-3, Fehmarn Balt, C-Lion1, GC1, GlobalConnect-KPN, and Germany-Denmark 2 & 3 - submarine cables to Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Southeast Asia and Australia; as well as earth stations in the Inmarsat, Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Intersputnik satellite systems (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "a mixture of publicly operated and privately owned TV and radio stations; 70 national and regional public broadcasters compete with nearly 400 privately owned national and regional TV stations; more than 90% of households have cable or satellite TV; hundreds of radio stations including multiple national radio networks, regional radio networks, and a large number of local radio stations" @@ -1003,10 +1007,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "34,174,900" + "text": "35,071,539" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "42 (2018 est.)" + "text": "43.71 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1157,11 +1161,14 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "17-23 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; conscription ended July 2011; service obligation 8-23 months or 12 years; women have been eligible for voluntary service in all military branches and positions since 2001 (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "the Federal Republic of Germany joined NATO in May 1955; with the reunification of Germany in October 1990, the states of the former German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany in its membership of NATO" } }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (2021)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/europe/gr.json b/europe/gr.json index b4058d40..27f04455 100644 --- a/europe/gr.json +++ b/europe/gr.json @@ -118,10 +118,15 @@ "note": "note: data represent citizenship; Greece does not collect data on ethnicity" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Greek (official) 99%, other (includes English and French) 1%" + "Languages": { + "text": "Greek (official) 99%, other (includes English and French) 1%" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Το Παγκόσμιο Βιβλίο Δεδομένων, η απαραίτητη πηγή βασικών πληροφοριών. (Greek)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Greek Orthodox (official) 81-90%, Muslim 2%, other 3%, none 4-15%, unspecified 1% (2015 est.)" + "text": "Greek Orthodox 81-90%, Muslim 2%, other 3%, none 4-15%, unspecified 1% (2015 est.)" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -217,7 +222,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "29.9 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "3 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -967,23 +972,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "5,080,386" + "text": "4,820,898" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "47.75 (2019 est.)" + "text": "45.32 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "12,070,571" + "text": "11,882,081" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "113.45 (2019 est.)" + "text": "111.69 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "good mobile telephone and international services; 3 mobile network operators; broadband penetration developing steadily despite rough economic conditions; plans to repurpose 3G network for LTE and 5G by 2022 (2020)" + "text": "

telecom market is susceptible to country’s volatile economy, but renewed confidence has been renewed through foreign and European Commission investment; increasing urban population with well-developed mobile market; growing adoption of IoT technology; steady development of broadband; investment in LTE and launch of 5G; government project for ultra-fast broadband, largely funded by European Commission with focus on underserved areas (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "microwave radio relay trunk system; extensive open-wire connections; submarine cable to offshore islands; 48 per 100 for fixed-line and 114 per 100 for mobile-cellular (2019)" @@ -991,7 +996,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 30; landing points for the SEA-ME-WE-3, Adria-1, Italy-Greece 1, OTEGLOBE, MedNautilus Submarine System, Aphrodite 2, AAE-1 and Silphium optical telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia, Asia and Australia;  tropospheric scatter; satellite earth stations - 4 (2 Intelsat - 1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean, 1 Eutelsat, and 1 Inmarsat - Indian Ocean region) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "broadcast media dominated by the private sector; roughly 150 private TV channels, about 10 of which broadcast nationwide; 1 government-owned terrestrial TV channel with national coverage; 3 privately owned satellite channels; multi-channel satellite and cable TV services available; upwards of 1,500 radio stations, all of them privately owned; government-owned broadcaster has 2 national radio stations" @@ -1009,10 +1014,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "3,961,864" + "text": "4,149,146" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "37 (2018 est.)" + "text": "39 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1151,11 +1156,14 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "19-45 years of age for compulsory military service; during wartime the law allows for recruitment beginning January of the year of inductee's 18th birthday, thus including 17 year olds; 18 years of age for volunteers; conscript service obligation is 1 year for the Army and 9 months for the Air Force and Navy; women are eligible for voluntary military service (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "Greece joined NATO in 1952" } }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); Revolutionary Struggle (2019)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); Revolutionary Struggle

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, @@ -1170,7 +1178,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "4,734 (2019)" }, - "note": "note: 1,207,658 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-June 2021); as of the end of December 2020, an estimated 119,700 migrants and refugees were stranded in Greece since 2015-16" + "note": "note: 1,207,707 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-June 2021); as of the end of December 2020, an estimated 119,700 migrants and refugees were stranded in Greece since 2015-16" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "a gateway to Europe for traffickers smuggling cannabis and heroin from the Middle East and Southwest Asia to the West and precursor chemicals to the East; some South American cocaine transits or is consumed in Greece; money laundering related to drug trafficking and organized crime" diff --git a/europe/hr.json b/europe/hr.json index be6f2cc5..4f346319 100644 --- a/europe/hr.json +++ b/europe/hr.json @@ -117,7 +117,12 @@ "text": "Croat 90.4%, Serb 4.4%, other 4.4% (including Bosniak, Hungarian, Slovene, Czech, and Romani), unspecified 0.8% (2011 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Croatian (official) 95.6%, Serbian 1.2%, other 3% (including Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and Albanian), unspecified 0.2% (2011 est.)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Croatian (official) 95.6%, Serbian 1.2%, other 3% (including Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and Albanian), unspecified 0.2% (2011 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Knjiga svjetskih činjenica, nužan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Croatian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 86.3%, Orthodox 4.4%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.5%, unspecified 2.5%, not religious or atheist 3.8% (2011 est.)" @@ -216,7 +221,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "28.9 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "8 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -978,23 +983,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,371,999" + "text": "1,333,661" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "32.29 (2019 est.)" + "text": "31.38 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,531,122" + "text": "4,404,652" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "106.64 (2019 est.)" + "text": "103.63 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "the mobile market has one of the highest penetration rates in the Balkans region; covering much of what were once inaccessible areas; local lines are digital; telecom market in Croatia has been shaped by Croatia becoming part of the European Union in 2013, a process which opened up the market and the creation of a regulatory environment leading to competition in mobile and broadband; investment among operators has led to a relatively high broadband penetration in the region; trials for 5G technologies underway (2020)" + "text": "

Croatia’s telecom market improved through partnership with the EU in 2013, opening a competitive market in mobile and broadband and conducive regulatory environment; one of the highest mobile penetration rates in the Balkans, covering most remote areas; local lines are digital; international operator investment provides relatively high broadband penetration; tests for 5G technologies in 2020 (2020)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line teledensity has dropped somewhat to about 32 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 107 per 100 (2019)" @@ -1002,7 +1007,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 385;  the ADRIA-1 submarine cable provides connectivity to Albania and Greece; digital international service is provided through the main switch in Zagreb; Croatia participates in the Trans-Asia-Europe fiber-optic project, which consists of 2 fiber-optic trunk connections with Slovenia and a fiber-optic trunk line from Rijeka to Split and Dubrovnik (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "the national state-owned public broadcaster, Croatian Radiotelevision, operates 4 terrestrial TV networks, a satellite channel that rebroadcasts programs for Croatians living abroad, and 6 regional TV centers; 2 private broadcasters operate national terrestrial networks; 29 privately owned regional TV stations; multi-channel cable and satellite TV subscription services are available; state-owned public broadcaster operates 4 national radio networks and 23 regional radio stations; 2 privately owned national radio networks and 117 local radio stations (2019)" @@ -1020,10 +1025,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,127,591" + "text": "1,154,773" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "26 (2018 est.)" + "text": "27.17 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1155,6 +1160,9 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-27 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 2008 (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "Croatia officially became a member of NATO in 2009" } }, "Transnational Issues": { @@ -1165,7 +1173,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "2,886 (2019)" }, - "note": "note: 723,059 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-April 2021); flows slowed considerably in 2017; Croatia is predominantly a transit country and hosts about 340 asylum seekers as of the end of June 2018" + "note": "note: 729,079 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-May 2021); flows slowed considerably in 2017; Croatia is predominantly a transit country and hosts about 340 asylum seekers as of the end of June 2018" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "primarily a transit country along the Balkan route for maritime shipments of South American cocaine bound for Western Europe and other illicit drugs and chemical precursors to and from Western Europe; no significant domestic production of illicit drugs" diff --git a/europe/hu.json b/europe/hu.json index 0f7864e4..3d0b75a9 100644 --- a/europe/hu.json +++ b/europe/hu.json @@ -109,8 +109,12 @@ "note": "note: percentages add up to more than 100% because respondents were able to identify more than one ethnic group; Romani populations are usually underestimated in official statistics and may represent 5–10% of Hungary's population" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Hungarian (official) 99.6%, English 16%, German 11.2%, Russian 1.6%, Romanian 1.3%, French 1.2%, other 4.2% (2011 est.)

note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census; Hungarian is the mother tongue of 98.9% of Hungarian speakers", - "note": "note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census; Hungarian is the mother tongue of 98.9% of Hungarian speakers" + "Languages": { + "text": "Hungarian (official) 99.6%, English 16%, German 11.2%, Russian 1.6%, Romanian 1.3%, French 1.2%, other 4.2%; note - shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census; Hungarian is the mother tongue of 98.9% of Hungarian speakers (2011 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
A World Factbook nélkülözhetetlen forrása az alapvető információnak.  (Hungarian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 37.2%, Calvinist 11.6%, Lutheran 2.2%, Greek Catholic 1.8%, other 1.9%, none 18.2%, no response 27.2% (2011 est.)" @@ -209,7 +213,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "28.6 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "12 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -970,23 +974,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,084,836" + "text": "3,048,754" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "31.48 (2019 est.)" + "text": "31.16 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "10,394,172" + "text": "10,272,694" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "106.07 (2019 est.)" + "text": "105 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "telephone system is digital and highly automated; broadband penetration is the highest in Eastern Europe; replacement of all copper infrastructure with fiber nationally; govt. expands e-payment systems; regulator makes preparations for 5G service (2020)" + "text": "Hungary benefits from a well-developed telecom infrastructure, with adoption of 5G and upgrade of fixed networks to 1Gb/s service; fixed-line subscribership fell as subscribers migrated to mobile for voice and data; effective infrastructure-based competition, with an extensive cable network competing against DSL and expanding fiber sector; high mobile penetration and highest fixed broadband penetration rate in Eastern Europe; government supports private partnership in smart agriculture applications; as part of EU, fully liberalized and open to investment; broadcasting equipment is one of the country’s top five imports, plus mobile phones, from China (2021) (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "competition among mobile-cellular service providers has led to a sharp increase in the use of mobile-cellular phones, and a decrease in the number of fixed-line connections, 31 per 100 persons, while mobile-cellular is 106 per 100 (2019)" @@ -994,7 +998,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 36; Hungary has fiber-optic cable connections with all neighboring countries; the international switch is in Budapest; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean regions), 1 Inmarsat, 1 (very small aperture terminal) VSAT system of ground terminals" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "mixed system of state-supported public service broadcast media and private broadcasters; the 5 publicly owned TV channels and the 2 main privately owned TV stations are the major national broadcasters; a large number of special interest channels; highly developed market for satellite and cable TV services with about two-thirds of viewers utilizing their services; 4 state-supported public-service radio networks; a large number of local stations including commercial, public service, nonprofit, and community radio stations; digital transition completed at the end of 2013; government-linked businesses have greatly consolidated ownership in broadcast and print media" @@ -1012,10 +1016,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "3,079,549" + "text": "3,189,689" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "31 (2018 est.)" + "text": "32.6 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1154,6 +1158,9 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (abolished 2005); 6-month service obligation (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "Hungary joined NATO in 1999; Czechia, Hungary, and Poland were invited to begin accession talks at NATO's Madrid Summit in 1997 and in March 1999 they became the first former members of the Warsaw Pact to join the Alliance" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/europe/ic.json b/europe/ic.json index 72ef86df..607596c0 100644 --- a/europe/ic.json +++ b/europe/ic.json @@ -113,14 +113,14 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norse and Celts 81%, population with foreign background 19% (2018 est.)

note: population with foreign background includes immigrants and persons having at least one parent who was born abroad", - "note": "note: population with foreign background includes immigrants and persons having at least one parent who was born abroad" + "text": "Icelandic 81.7%, Polish 5.6%, Danish 1%, other 11.7% (2020 est.)

note: data represent population by country of birth", + "note": "note: data represent population by country of birth" }, "Languages": { "text": "Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German" }, "Religions": { - "text": "Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland (official) 67.2%, Roman Catholic 3.9%, Reykjavik Free Church 2.8%, Hafnarfjordur Free Church 2%, Asatru Association 1.2%, The Independent Congregation .9%, other religions 4% (includes Zuist and Pentecostal), none 6.7%, other or unspecified 11.3% (2018 est.)" + "text": "Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland (official) 62.3%, Roman Catholic 4%, Reykjavik Free Church 2.7%, Hafnarfjordur Free Church 2%, pagan worship 1.4%, Icelandic Ethical Humanist 1.1%, other religions 4% (includes Zuist and Pentecostal), none 7.6%, other or unspecified 15% (2020 est.)" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "27.8 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "4 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -939,23 +939,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "128,597" + "text": "125,567" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "37.04 (2019 est.)" + "text": "36.16 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "423,390" + "text": "413,446" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "121.95 (2019 est.)" + "text": "119.08 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "telecommunications infrastructure is modern and fully digitized, with satellite-earth stations, fiber-optic cables, and an extensive broadband network; LTE licenses providing 99% population coverage; small but most progressive telecom market in Europe; good competition among mobile and broadband markets (2020)" + "text": "

small but most progressive telecom market in Europe; telecom infrastructure is modern and fully digitized, with satellite-earth stations, fiber-optic cables, and an extensive broadband network; near universal fixed broadband service of at least 100Mb/s by the end of 2021; operator aims for national 5G coverage by end of 2022; good competition among mobile and broadband markets; investment by operators and government in support of NGN, particularly in rural areas; submarine cable to Ireland; importer of broadcasting equipment from Vietnam and China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "liberalization of the telecommunications sector beginning in the late 1990s has led to increased competition especially in the mobile services segment of the market; 37 per 100 for fixed line and 122 per 100 for mobile-cellular subscriptions (2019)" @@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 354; landing points for the CANTAT-3, FARICE-1, Greenland Connect and DANICE submarine cable system that provides connectivity to Canada, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, UK, Denmark, and Germany; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions); note - Iceland shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "

state-owned public TV broadcaster (RUV) operates 21 TV channels nationally (RUV and RUV 2, though RUV 2 is used less frequently);  RUV broadcasts nationally, every household in Iceland is required to have RUV as it doubles as the emergency broadcast network; RUV also operates stringer offices in the north (Akureyri) and the east (Egilsstadir) but operations are all run out of RUV headquarters in Reykjavik;  there are 3 privately owned TV stations;  Stod 2 (Channel 2) is owned by Syn, following 365 Media and Vodafone merger, and is headquartered in Reykjavik;  Syn also operates 4 sports channels under Stod 2;  N4 is the only television station headquartered outside of Reykjavik, in Akureyri, with local programming for the north, south, and east of Iceland;  Hringbraut is the newest station and is headquartered in Reykjavik;  all of these television stations have nationwide penetration as 100% of households have multi-channel services though digital and/or fiber-optic connections

RUV operates 3 radio stations (RAS 1, RAS2, and Rondo) as well as 4 regional stations (but they mostly act as range extenders for RUV radio broadcasts nationwide);  there is 1 privately owned radio conglomerate, Syn (4 stations), that broadcasts nationwide, and 3 other radio stations that broadcast to the most densely populated regions of the country.  In addition there are upwards of 20 radio stations that operate regionally

(2019)" @@ -981,10 +981,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "136,556" + "text": "139,241" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "40 (2018 est.)" + "text": "40.1 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ "text": "the Icelandic Coast Guard's inventory consists of equipment from European suppliers (2020)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "Iceland is the only NATO member that has no standing military force; defense of Iceland remains a NATO commitment and NATO maintains an air policing presence in Icelandic airspace; Iceland participates in international peacekeeping missions with the civilian-manned Icelandic Crisis Response Unit (ICRU)" + "text": "Iceland was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949; Iceland is the only NATO member that has no standing military force; defense of Iceland remains a NATO commitment and NATO maintains an air policing presence in Icelandic airspace; Iceland participates in international peacekeeping missions with the civilian-manned Icelandic Crisis Response Unit (ICRU)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/europe/im.json b/europe/im.json index 4483101d..99fe0c86 100644 --- a/europe/im.json +++ b/europe/im.json @@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "White 96.5%, Asian/Asian British 1.9%, other 1.5% (2011 est.)" + "text": "British 92.6%, European 5%, Asian 1%, African 1%, other 0.2% (2011 est.)

note: data represent population by nationality", + "note": "note: data represent population by nationality" }, "Languages": { "text": "English, Manx Gaelic (about 2% of the population has some knowledge)" @@ -636,7 +637,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 44; fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, satellite earth station, submarine cable" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "national public radio broadcasts over 3 FM stations and 1 AM station; 2 commercial broadcasters operating with 1 having multiple FM stations; receives radio and TV services via relays from British TV and radio broadcasters" diff --git a/europe/it.json b/europe/it.json index 6aa91588..1223e37d 100644 --- a/europe/it.json +++ b/europe/it.json @@ -117,10 +117,15 @@ "text": "Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
L'Almanacco dei fatti del mondo, l'indispensabile fonte per le informazioni di base. (Italian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Christian 83.3% (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic with very small groups of Jehovah's Witnesses and Protestants), Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated 12.4%, other 0.6% (2010 est.)" + "text": "Christian 80.8% (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic with very small groups of Jehovah's Witnesses and Protestants), Muslim 4.9%, unaffiliated 13.4%, other 0.9% (2020 est.)" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -216,7 +221,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "31.1 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "2 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -310,7 +315,7 @@ "respiratory diseases": { "text": "Covid-19 (see note) (2020)" }, - "note": "note: a new coronavirus is causing  respiratory illness (COVID-19) in Italy; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; as of 16 May 2021, Italy has reported a total of 4,153,374 cases of COVID-19 or 6,963.9 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 208.0 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 32.44% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; the US Department of Homeland Security has issued instructions requiring US passengers who have been in Italy to travel through select airports where the US Government has implemented enhanced screening procedures" + "note": "note: a new coronavirus is causing  respiratory illness (COVID-19) in Italy; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; as of 6 June 2021, Italy has reported a total of 4,230,153  cases of COVID-19 or 7,092.6 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 212.1 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 14 June 2021, 48.99% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; the US Department of Homeland Security has issued instructions requiring US passengers who have been in Italy to travel through select airports where the US Government has implemented enhanced screening procedures" }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "19.9% (2016)" @@ -434,7 +439,7 @@ "respiratory diseases": { "text": "Covid-19 (see note) (2020)" }, - "note": "note: a new coronavirus is causing  respiratory illness (COVID-19) in Italy; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; as of 16 May 2021, Italy has reported a total of 4,153,374 cases of COVID-19 or 6,963.9 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 208.0 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 32.44% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; the US Department of Homeland Security has issued instructions requiring US passengers who have been in Italy to travel through select airports where the US Government has implemented enhanced screening procedures" + "note": "note: a new coronavirus is causing  respiratory illness (COVID-19) in Italy; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; as of 6 June 2021, Italy has reported a total of 4,230,153  cases of COVID-19 or 7,092.6 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 212.1 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 14 June 2021, 48.99% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; the US Department of Homeland Security has issued instructions requiring US passengers who have been in Italy to travel through select airports where the US Government has implemented enhanced screening procedures" }, "Waste and recycling": { "municipal solid waste generated annually": { @@ -981,23 +986,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "20,196,475" + "text": "19,519,434" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "32.4 (2019 est.)" + "text": "31.35 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "82,955,151" + "text": "79,480,756" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "133.08 (2019 est.)" + "text": "127.64 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "well-developed, fully automated telephone, and data services; highest mobile penetration rates in Europe, benefitted from progressive govt. programs aimed at developing fiber in broadband sector; leading edge of development with 5G in 6 cities; regulator consults on extending 3.5 Gz licensing; fiber network reaches 60% of population (2020)" + "text": "

well-developed, fully automated telephone, and data services; among highest mobile penetration rates in Europe; benefitted from progressive government programs aimed at developing fiber in broadband sector; leading edge of development with 5G in six cities; fiber network reaches more than half of population; Milan developing smart city technology; importer of broadcasting equipment and computers from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "high-capacity cable and microwave radio relay trunks; 32 per 100 for fixed-line and 133 per 100 for mobile-cellular subscriptions (2019)" @@ -1005,7 +1010,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 39; landing points for Italy-Monaco, Italy-Libya, Italy-Malta, Italy-Greece-1, Italy-Croatia, BlueMed, Janna, FEA, SeaMeWe-3 & 4 & 5, Trapani-Kelibia, Columbus-III, Didon, GO-1, HANNIBAL System, MENA, Bridge International, Malta-Italy Interconnector, Melita1, IMEWE, VMSCS, AAE-1, and OTEGLOBE, submarine cables that provide links to Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North Africa, Southeast Asia, Australia and US; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (with a total of 5 antennas - 3 for Atlantic Ocean and 2 for Indian Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "two Italian media giants dominate - the publicly owned Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI) with 3 national terrestrial stations and privately owned Mediaset with 3 national terrestrial stations; a large number of private stations and Sky Italia - a satellite TV network; RAI operates 3 AM/FM nationwide radio stations; about 1,300 commercial radio stations" @@ -1023,10 +1028,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "17,060,505" + "text": "17,470,489" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "27 (2018 est.)" + "text": "28.06 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1141,8 +1146,8 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Italian Armed Forces: Army (Esercito Italiano, EI), Navy (Marina Militare Italiana, MMI; includes aviation, marines), Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana, AMI); Carabinieri Corps (Arma dei Carabinieri, CC) (2021)

note(s): the Carabinieri is the national gendarmerie; for its civil police functions, the Carabinieri falls under the control of the Ministry of the Interior; the Financial Guard (Guardia di Finanza) under the Ministry of Economy and Finance is a force with military status and nationwide remit for financial crime investigations, including narcotics trafficking, smuggling, and illegal immigration;", - "note": "note(s): the Carabinieri is the national gendarmerie; for its civil police functions, the Carabinieri falls under the control of the Ministry of the Interior; the Financial Guard (Guardia di Finanza) under the Ministry of Economy and Finance is a force with military status and nationwide remit for financial crime investigations, including narcotics trafficking, smuggling, and illegal immigration;" + "text": "Italian Armed Forces: Army (Esercito Italiano, EI), Navy (Marina Militare Italiana, MMI; includes aviation, marines), Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana, AMI); Carabinieri Corps (Arma dei Carabinieri, CC) (2021)

note(s): the Carabinieri is the national gendarmerie; for its civil police functions, the Carabinieri falls under the control of the Ministry of the Interior; the Financial Guard (Guardia di Finanza) under the Ministry of Economy and Finance is a force with military status and nationwide remit for financial crime investigations, including narcotics trafficking, smuggling, and illegal immigration", + "note": "note(s): the Carabinieri is the national gendarmerie; for its civil police functions, the Carabinieri falls under the control of the Ministry of the Interior; the Financial Guard (Guardia di Finanza) under the Ministry of Economy and Finance is a force with military status and nationwide remit for financial crime investigations, including narcotics trafficking, smuggling, and illegal immigration" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { @@ -1168,15 +1173,18 @@ "text": "the Italian Armed Forces' inventory includes a mix of domestically-produced, jointly-produced, and imported European and US weapons systems; the US is the leading supplier of weapons to Italy since 2010, followed by Germany; the Italian defense industry is capable of producing equipment across all the military domains with particular strengths in naval vessels and aircraft; it also participates in joint development and production of advanced weapons systems with other European countries and the US (2020)" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "860 Afghanistan (NATO); 120 Djibouti; 1,100 Middle East/Iraq/Kuwait (NATO, counter-ISIS campaign, European Assistance Mission Iraq); 630 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR); 200 Latvia (NATO); 1,200 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 400 Libya; 290 Niger; 150 Somalia (EUTM); 100 United Arab Emirates (2021)" + "text": "860 Afghanistan (NATO); 120 Djibouti; 1,100 Middle East/Iraq/Kuwait (NATO, counter-ISIS campaign, European Assistance Mission Iraq); 630 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR); 200 Latvia (NATO); 1,200 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 400 Libya; 290 Niger; 150 Somalia (EUTM) (2021)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; women may serve in any military branch; Italian citizenship required; 1-year service obligation; conscription abolished 2004 (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "Italy is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949" } }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (2020)" + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { @@ -1190,7 +1198,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "15,822 (2019)" }, - "note": "note: 538,607 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals by sea (January 2015-June 2021); hosts an estimated 96,862 migrants and asylum seekers as of the end of October 2019" + "note": "note: 543,002 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals by sea (January 2015-June 2021); hosts an estimated 96,862 migrants and asylum seekers as of the end of October 2019" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "important gateway for and consumer of Latin American cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin entering the European market; money laundering by organized crime and from smuggling" diff --git a/europe/je.json b/europe/je.json index 622e8e17..10acb204 100644 --- a/europe/je.json +++ b/europe/je.json @@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 44; landing points for the INGRID, UK-Channel Islands-8, and Guernsey-Jersey-4, submarine cable connectivity to Guernsey, the UK, and France (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "multiple UK terrestrial TV broadcasts are received via a transmitter in Jersey; satellite packages available; BBC Radio Jersey and 1 other radio station operating" diff --git a/europe/kv.json b/europe/kv.json index 522384a4..4f6a4592 100644 --- a/europe/kv.json +++ b/europe/kv.json @@ -110,8 +110,12 @@ "note": "note: these estimates may under-represent Serb, Romani, and some other ethnic minorities because they are based on the 2011 Kosovo national census, which excluded northern Kosovo (a largely Serb-inhabited region) and was partially boycotted by Serb and Romani communities in southern Kosovo" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Albanian (official) 94.5%, Bosnian 1.7%, Serbian (official) 1.6%, Turkish 1.1%, other 0.9% (includes Romani), unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)

note: in municipalities where a community's mother tongue is not one of Kosovo's official languages, the language of that community may be given official status according to the 2006 Law on the Use of Languages", - "note": "note: in municipalities where a community's mother tongue is not one of Kosovo's official languages, the language of that community may be given official status according to the 2006 Law on the Use of Languages" + "Languages": { + "text": "Albanian (official) 94.5%, Bosnian 1.7%, Serbian (official) 1.6%, Turkish 1.1%, other 0.9% (includes Romani), unspecified 0.1%; note - in municipalities where a community's mother tongue is not one of Kosovo's official languages, the language of that community may be given official status according to the 2006 Law on the Use of Languages (2011 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Libri i Fakteve Boterore, burimi vital per informacione elementare. (Albanian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim 95.6%, Roman Catholic 2.2%, Orthodox 1.5%, other 0.1%, none 0.1%, unspecified 0.6% (2011 est.)" @@ -809,7 +813,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "Kosovo being part of the EU pre-accession process has helped with their progress in the telecom industry, following a regulatory framework, European standards, and a market of new players encourages development in its telecommunications; 2 MNOs dominate the sector; poor telecom infrastructure means low fixed-line penetration; little expansion of fiber networks for broadband; expansion of LTE services (2020)" + "text": "

EU pre-accession process supported progress in the telecom industry with a regulatory framework, European standards, and a market of new players encouraging development; two operators dominate the sector; under-developed telecom infrastructure leads to low fixed-line penetration; little expansion of fiber networks for broadband; expansion of LTE services (2020)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line stands at 6 per 100 and mobile-cellular 32 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -817,7 +821,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 383" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Internet country code": { "text": ".xk

note: assigned as a temporary code under UN Security Council resolution 1244/99", @@ -930,7 +934,7 @@ "IDPs": { "text": "16,000 (primarily ethnic Serbs displaced during the 1998-1999 war fearing reprisals from the majority ethnic-Albanian population; a smaller number of ethnic Serbs, Roma, Ashkali, and Egyptians fled their homes in 2,004 as a result of violence) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: 6,343 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-April 2021)" + "note": "note: 6,385 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-May 2021)" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/lg.json b/europe/lg.json index 6096ec85..925db64c 100644 --- a/europe/lg.json +++ b/europe/lg.json @@ -117,11 +117,15 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Latvian 62.2%, Russian 25.2%, Belarusian 3.2%, Ukrainian 2.2%, Polish 2.1%, Lithuanian 1.2%, other 1.5%, unspecified 2.3% (2018 est.)" + "text": "Latvian 62.7%, Russian 24.5%, Belarusian 3.1%, Ukrainian 2.2%, Polish 2%, Lithuanian 1.1%, other 1.8%, unspecified 2.6% (2021 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Latvian (official) 56.3%, Russian 33.8%, other 0.6% (includes Polish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian), unspecified 9.4% (2011 est.)

note: data represent language usually spoken at home", - "note": "note: data represent language usually spoken at home" + "Languages": { + "text": "Latvian (official) 56.3%, Russian 33.8%, other 0.6% (includes Polish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian), unspecified 9.4%; note - data represent language usually spoken at home (2011 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
World Factbook, neaizstājams avots pamata informāciju. (Latvian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Lutheran 36.2%, Roman Catholic 19.5%, Orthodox 19.1%, other Christian 1.6%, other 0.1%, unspecified/none 23.5% (2017 est.)" @@ -220,7 +224,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "27.6 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "19 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -977,23 +981,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "227,149" + "text": "227,616" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "11.94 (2019 est.)" + "text": "11.96 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,067,174" + "text": "2,071,814" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "108.66 (2019 est.)" + "text": "108.83 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "recent efforts focused on bringing competition to the telecommunications sector; the number of fixed-line is decreasing as mobile-cellular telephone service expands; EU regulatory policies, and framework provide guidelines for growth; govt. adopted measures to build a national fiber broadband network, part-funded by European Commission; new competition in mobile markets with extensive LTE-A technologies and 5G service growth (2020)" + "text": "

recent efforts focused on bringing competition to the telecommunications sector; the number of fixed-line phones is decreasing as mobile-cellular telephone service expands; EU regulatory policies, and framework provide guidelines for growth; government adopted measures to build a national fiber broadband network, partially funded by European Commission; new competition in mobile markets with extensive LTE-A technologies and 5G service growth; developing sophisticated digital economy with e-commerce and e-government widely available; operator working on cable to Sakhalin in Russia’s Far East (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 12 per 100 and mobile-cellular 109 per 100 subscriptions (2019)" @@ -1001,7 +1005,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 371; the Latvian network is now connected via fiber-optic cable to Estonia, Finland, and Sweden" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "several national and regional commercial TV stations are foreign-owned, 2 national TV stations are publicly owned; system supplemented by privately owned regional and local TV stations; cable and satellite multi-channel TV services with domestic and foreign broadcasts available; publicly owned broadcaster operates 4 radio networks with dozens of stations throughout the country; dozens of private broadcasters also operate radio stations" @@ -1019,10 +1023,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "525,995" + "text": "508,894" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "27 (2018 est.)" + "text": "26.73 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1151,6 +1155,9 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18 years of age for voluntary male and female military service; no conscription (abolished 2007); under current law, every citizen is entitled to serve in the armed forces for life (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "Latvia officially became a member of NATO in 2004" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/europe/lh.json b/europe/lh.json index d92ab7a9..e90d0226 100644 --- a/europe/lh.json +++ b/europe/lh.json @@ -113,7 +113,12 @@ "text": "Lithuanian 84.1%, Polish 6.6%, Russian 5.8%, Belarusian 1.2%, other 1.1%, unspecified 1.2% (2011 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Lithuanian (official) 82%, Russian 8%, Polish 5.6%, other 0.9%, unspecified 3.5% (2011 est.)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Lithuanian (official) 82%, Russian 8%, Polish 5.6%, other 0.9%, unspecified 3.5% (2011 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Pasaulio enciklopedija – naudingas bendrosios informacijos šaltinis. (Lithuanian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 77.2%, Russian Orthodox 4.1%, Old Believer 0.8%, Evangelical Lutheran 0.6%, Evangelical Reformist 0.2%, other (including Sunni Muslim, Jewish, Greek Catholic, and Karaite) 0.8%, none 6.1%, unspecified 10.1% (2011 est.)" @@ -212,7 +217,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "27.5 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -972,23 +977,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "368,515" + "text": "368,213" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "13.34 (2019 est.)" + "text": "13.3 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,663,627" + "text": "4,658,823" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "168.82 (2019 est.)" + "text": "168.29 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "adequate; improved international capability and better residential access; SIM card penetration is high for the region; prepaid sector accounts for most subscribers; postpaid subscribers is increasing; LTE networks available to more than 99% of the population; Lithuanian FttP (fiber to the home cable connections for Internet) penetration ranked third highest in Europe; govt. and telecoms invest in fiber, fiber accounts for most new broadband connections; effective competition with 3 network operators in mobile sector and all investing in LTE and mobile data services (2020)" + "text": "

Lithuania’s small telecom market is among the most advanced in Europe, with universal access to LTE, extensive fiber footprint, and tests of 5G; operators focus on data speeds; improved international capability and better residential access; high SIM card penetration; increased demand for high-speed Internet for education, entertainment, and shopping during pandemic supporting growth in revenue through fiber lines; importer of broadcast equipment and video displays from neighboring EU countries (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "13 per 100 for fixed-line subscriptions; rapid expansion of mobile-cellular services has resulted in a steady decline in the number of fixed-line connections; mobile-cellular teledensity stands at about 169 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -996,7 +1001,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 370; landing points for the BCS East, BCS East-West Interlink and NordBalt connecting Lithuania to Sweden, and Latvia ; further transmission by satellite; landline connections to Latvia and Poland (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "public broadcaster operates 3 channels with the third channel - a satellite channel - introduced in 2007; various privately owned commercial TV broadcasters operate national and multiple regional channels; many privately owned local TV stations; multi-channel cable and satellite TV services available; publicly owned broadcaster operates 3 radio networks; many privately owned commercial broadcasters, with repeater stations in various regions throughout the country" @@ -1014,10 +1019,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "788,743" + "text": "791,826" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "28 (2018 est.)" + "text": "28.6 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1155,6 +1160,9 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "19-26 years of age for conscripted military service (males); 9-month service obligation; in 2015, Lithuania reinstated conscription after having converted to a professional military in 2008; 18-38 for voluntary service (male and female) (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "Lithuania officially became a member of NATO in 2004" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/europe/lo.json b/europe/lo.json index 979b1b80..f61f31b8 100644 --- a/europe/lo.json +++ b/europe/lo.json @@ -112,7 +112,12 @@ "note": "note: data represent population by nationality; Romani populations are usually underestimated in official statistics and may represent 7–11% of Slovakia's population" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Slovak (official) 78.6%, Hungarian 9.4%, Roma 2.3%, Ruthenian 1%, other or unspecified 8.8% (2011 est.)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Slovak (official) 78.6%, Hungarian 9.4%, Roma 2.3%, Ruthenian 1%, other or unspecified 8.8% (2011 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Svetova Kniha Faktov, nenahraditelny zdroj zakladnej informacie. (Slovak)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 8.2%, Greek Catholic 3.8%, other or unspecified 12.5%, none 13.4% (2011 est.)" @@ -211,7 +216,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "27.8 years (2014 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -939,18 +944,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "673,341" + "text": "675,297" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "12.37 (2019 est.)" + "text": "12.41 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,381,164" + "text": "7,399,534" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "135.6 (2019 est.)" + "text": "135.96 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -963,7 +968,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 421; 3 international exchanges (1 in Bratislava and 2 in Banska Bystrica) are available; Slovakia is participating in several international telecommunications projects that will increase the availability of external services; connects to DREAM cable (2017)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-owned public broadcaster, Radio and Television of Slovakia (RTVS), operates 2 national TV stations and multiple national and regional radio networks; roughly 50 privately owned TV stations operating nationally, regionally, and locally; about 40% of households are connected to multi-channel cable or satellite TV; 32 privately owned radio stations" @@ -981,10 +986,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,507,998" + "text": "1,585,092" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "28 (2018 est.)" + "text": "29.12 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1102,6 +1107,9 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-30 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription in peacetime suspended in 2004; women are eligible to serve (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "Slovakia officially became a member of NATO in 2004" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/europe/ls.json b/europe/ls.json index a06fddb4..18cc55b1 100644 --- a/europe/ls.json +++ b/europe/ls.json @@ -106,11 +106,16 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Liechtensteiner 66%, Swiss 9.6%, Austrian 5.8%, German 4.3%, Italian 3.1%, other 11.2% (2017 est.)

note: data represent population by nationality", + "text": "Liechtensteiner 65.8%, Swiss 9.6%, Austrian 5.9%, German 4.4%, Italian 3.1%, other 11.2% (2019 est.)

note: data represent population by nationality", "note": "note: data represent population by nationality" }, "Languages": { - "text": "German 91.5% (official) (Alemannic is the main dialect), Italian 1.5%, Turkish 1.3%, Portuguese 1.1%, other 4.6% (2015 est.)" + "Languages": { + "text": "German 91.5% (official) (Alemannic is the main dialect), Italian 1.5%, Turkish 1.3%, Portuguese 1.1%, other 4.6% (2015 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Das World Factbook, die unverzichtbare Quelle für grundlegende Informationen. (German)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic (official) 73.4%, Protestant Reformed 6.3%, Muslim 5.9%,  Christian Orthodox 1.3%, Lutheran 1.2%, other Protestant .7%, other Christian .3%, other .8%, none 7%, unspecified 3.3% (2015 est.)" @@ -697,18 +702,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "14,337" + "text": "13,727" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "36.91 (2019 est.)" + "text": "35.34 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "49,355" + "text": "47,748" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "127.06 (2019 est.)" + "text": "122.92 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -721,7 +726,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 423; linked to Swiss networks by cable and microwave radio relay" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "relies on foreign terrestrial and satellite broadcasters for most broadcast media services; first Liechtenstein-based TV station established August 2008; Radio Liechtenstein operates multiple radio stations; a Swiss-based broadcaster operates one radio station in Liechtenstein" @@ -739,10 +744,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "16,712" + "text": "17,173" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "43 (2018 est.)" + "text": "44.21 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/europe/lu.json b/europe/lu.json index ba92a3fd..a4057fcc 100644 --- a/europe/lu.json +++ b/europe/lu.json @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "30.7 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -936,23 +936,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "268,043" + "text": "267,400" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "43.43 (2019 est.)" + "text": "43.31 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "837,890" + "text": "835,900" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "135.76 (2019 est.)" + "text": "135.39 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "highly developed; by 2020 the government is to provide a 1Gb/s service to all citizens, and to make Luxembourg the first fully fibered country in Europe; new law requiring SIM cards be registered has slowed down growth for mobile subscribers; regulator planning a multi-spectrum auction for 5G use by mid-2020 (2020)" + "text": "

small but highly developed telecom system dominated by state-owned operator; gains in fixed-line and drop in mobile/roving sector during 2020 travel restrictions; government-state operator extended 1GB/s service with aims to make Luxembourg the first fully fiber country in Europe; regulator completed auction for 5G spectrum; importer of broadcast equipment from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line teledensity about 43 per 100 persons; nationwide mobile-cellular telephone system with market for mobile-cellular phones virtually saturated with 136 per 100 mobile-cellular (2019)" @@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 352" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "Luxembourg has a long tradition of operating radio and TV services for pan-European audiences and is home to Europe's largest privately owned broadcast media group, the RTL Group, which operates 46 TV stations and 29 radio stations in Europe; also home to Europe's largest satellite operator, Societe Europeenne des Satellites (SES); domestically, the RTL Group operates TV and radio networks; other domestic private radio and TV operators and French and German stations available; satellite and cable TV services available" @@ -978,10 +978,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "224,300" + "text": "230,100" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "37 (2018 est.)" + "text": "37.27 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1089,6 +1089,9 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-26 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; no conscription (abolished 1969); Luxembourg citizen or EU citizen with 3-year residence in Luxembourg (2021)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "Luxembourg is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/europe/md.json b/europe/md.json index 341f0c67..b21e3d01 100644 --- a/europe/md.json +++ b/europe/md.json @@ -111,8 +111,12 @@ "text": "Moldovan 75.1%, Romanian 7%, Ukrainian 6.6%, Gagauz 4.6%, Russian 4.1%, Bulgarian 1.9%, other 0.8% (2014 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Moldovan/Romanian 80.2% (official) (56.7% identify their mother tongue as Moldovan, which is virtually the same as Romanian; 23.5% identify Romanian as their mother tongue), Russian 9.7%, Gagauz 4.2% (a Turkish language), Ukrainian 3.9%, Bulgarian 1.5%, Romani 0.3%, other 0.2% (2014 est.)

note: data represent mother tongue", - "note": "note: data represent mother tongue" + "Languages": { + "text": "Moldovan/Romanian 80.2% (official) (56.7% identify their mother tongue as Moldovan, which is virtually the same as Romanian; 23.5% identify Romanian as their mother tongue), Russian 9.7%, Gagauz 4.2% (a Turkish language), Ukrainian 3.9%, Bulgarian 1.5%, Romani 0.3%, other 0.2% (2014 est.); note - data represent mother tongue" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Cartea informativa a lumii, sursa indispensabila pentru informatii de baza. (Moldovan/Romanian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Orthodox 90.1%, other Christian 2.6%, other 0.1%, agnostic <.1%, atheist 0.2%, unspecified 6.9% (2014 est.)" @@ -211,7 +215,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "24.8 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "19 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -956,23 +960,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "901,317" + "text": "1,071,514" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "26.5 (2019 est.)" + "text": "31.55 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,039,990" + "text": "3,613,846" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "89.38 (2019 est.)" + "text": "106.4 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "the mobile market has extended the reach of services to outside the cities and across most of the country; endeavors to join the EU have promoted regulatory issues to be in line with EU principles and standards; LTE services available; market is competitive with 94 ISPs active; by mid-2019 fiber accounted for about 62% of all fixed broadband connections; most telecom revenue is from the mobile market (2020)" + "text": "

high unemployment and economic pressures have reduced consumer spending in telecom market; endeavors to join the EU have promoted regulatory issues in line with EU standards; mobile market extended outside of cities and across most of the country; LTE services available; market is competitive, fiber accounts for 62% of all fixed broadband connections and most telecom revenue is from the mobile market; importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "competition among mobile telephone providers has spurred subscriptions; little interest in expanding fixed-line service 27 per 100; mobile-cellular teledensity sits at 89 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -980,7 +984,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 373; service through Romania and Russia via landline; satellite earth stations - at least 3 - Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Intersputnik" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-owned national radio-TV broadcaster operates 1 TV and 1 radio station; a total of nearly 70 terrestrial TV channels and some 50 radio stations are in operation; Russian and Romanian channels also are available (2019)" @@ -998,10 +1002,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "623,135" + "text": "670,530" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "18 (2018 est.)" + "text": "19.74 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/europe/mj.json b/europe/mj.json index 3742114f..228ea2fa 100644 --- a/europe/mj.json +++ b/europe/mj.json @@ -116,7 +116,12 @@ "text": "Montenegrin 45%, Serbian 28.7%, Bosniak 8.7%, Albanian 4.9%, Muslim 3.3%, Romani 1%, Croat 1%, other 2.6%, unspecified 4.9% (2011 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Serbian 42.9%, Montenegrin (official) 37%, Bosnian 5.3%, Albanian 5.3%, Serbo-Croat 2%, other 3.5%, unspecified 4% (2011 est.)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Serbian 42.9%, Montenegrin (official) 37%, Bosnian 5.3%, Albanian 5.3%, Serbo-Croat 2%, other 3.5%, unspecified 4% (2011 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Knjiga svetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Serbian) 

Knjiga svjetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Montenegrin/Bosnian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Orthodox 72.1%, Muslim 19.1%, Catholic 3.4%, atheist 1.2%, other 1.5%, unspecified 2.6% (2011 est.)" @@ -215,7 +220,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "26.3 years (2010 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "6 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -975,23 +980,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "183,387" + "text": "188,175" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "29.96 (2019 est.)" + "text": "30.74 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,121,870" + "text": "1,150,998" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "183.28 (2019 est.)" + "text": "188.05 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "modern telecommunications system with access to European satellites; telecom sector in-line with EU norms which means competition, access and tariff structures; DSL, cable, leased line, fiber and wireless available; seasonal tourist have boosted mobile penetration; wide availability of LTE technologies has made mobile broadband a viable alternative to fixed-line broadband in rural areas; 5G services anticipated in the future (2020)" + "text": "

a small population, with a compact but modern telecommunications system and access to European satellites; fiber network is dominant platform; mobile penetration is high due to tourism; mobile broadband based on LTE even in rural areas; operators testing 5G in 2021; telecom sector in-line with EU norms provides competition, access, and tariff structures (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "GSM mobile-cellular service, available through multiple providers with national coverage growing; fixed-line 30 per 100 and mobile-cellular 183 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -999,7 +1004,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 382; 2 international switches connect the national system" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-funded national radio-TV broadcaster operates 2 terrestrial TV networks, 1 satellite TV channel, and 2 radio networks; 4 local public TV stations and 14 private TV stations; 14 local public radio stations, 35 private radio stations, and several on-line media (2019)" @@ -1017,10 +1022,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "159,029" + "text": "178,781" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "26 (2018 est.)" + "text": "29.21 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1129,6 +1134,9 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 2006 (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "Montenegro officially became a member of NATO in 2017" } }, "Terrorism": { @@ -1141,7 +1149,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "142 (2019)" }, - "note": "note: 18,603 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-May 2021)" + "note": "note: 18,777 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-June 2021)" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/mk.json b/europe/mk.json index 6aaa9750..a8dff838 100644 --- a/europe/mk.json +++ b/europe/mk.json @@ -112,8 +112,12 @@ "note": "note: North Macedonia has not conducted a census since 2002; Romani populations are usually underestimated in official statistics and may represent 6.5–13% of North Macedonia’s population" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Macedonian (official) 66.5%, Albanian 25.1%, Turkish 3.5%, Romani 1.9%, Serbian 1.2%, other (includes Aromanian (Vlach) and Bosnian) 1.8% (2002 est.)

note: minority languages are co-official with Macedonian in municipalities where they are spoken by at least 20% of the population; Albanian is co-official in Tetovo, Brvenica, Vrapciste, and other municipalities; Turkish is co-official in Centar Zupa and Plasnica; Romani is co-official in Suto Orizari; Aromanian is co-official in Krusevo; Serbian is co-official in Cucer Sandevo", - "note": "note: minority languages are co-official with Macedonian in municipalities where they are spoken by at least 20% of the population; Albanian is co-official in Tetovo, Brvenica, Vrapciste, and other municipalities; Turkish is co-official in Centar Zupa and Plasnica; Romani is co-official in Suto Orizari; Aromanian is co-official in Krusevo; Serbian is co-official in Cucer Sandevo" + "Languages": { + "text": "Macedonian (official) 66.5%, Albanian (official) 25.1%, Turkish 3.5%, Romani 1.9%, Serbian 1.2%, other (includes Aromanian (Vlach) and Bosnian) 1.8% (2002 est.); note - minority languages are co-official with Macedonian in municipalities where they are spoken by at least 20% of the population; Albanian is co-official in Tetovo, Brvenica, Vrapciste, and other municipalities; Turkish is co-official in Centar Zupa and Plasnica; Romani is co-official in Suto Orizari; Aromanian is co-official in Krusevo; Serbian is co-official in Cucer Sandevo" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Книга на Светски Факти, неопходен извор на основни информации. (Macedonian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Macedonian Orthodox 64.8%, Muslim 33.3%, other Christian 0.4%, other and unspecified 1.5% (2002 est.)" @@ -212,7 +216,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "27.2 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "7 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -953,23 +957,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "402,250" + "text": "400,454" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "18.95 (2019 est.)" + "text": "18.87 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,094,037" + "text": "1,921,013" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "98.65 (2019 est.)" + "text": "90.51 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "being part of the EU pre-accession process has led to stronger teledensity with a closer regulatory framework and independent regulators; administrative ties with the European Union have led to progress; broadband services are widely available; more customers moving to fiber networks; 2 mobile network operators; end of roaming tariffs (2020)" + "text": "

EU pre-accession process has led to stronger tele-density with a closer regulatory framework and independent regulators; administrative ties with the EU have led to progress; broadband services are widely available; more customers moving to fiber networks; operators investing in LTE; importer of broadcasting equipment from Vietnam and China; MOU for 5G with US (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 19 per 100 and mobile-cellular 99 per 100 subscriptions (2019)" @@ -977,7 +981,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 389" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "public service TV broadcaster Macedonian Radio and Television operates 3 national terrestrial TV channels and 2 satellite TV channels; additionally, there are 10 regional TV stations that broadcast nationally using terrestrial transmitters, 54 TV channels with concession for cable TV, 9 regional TV stations with concessions for cable TV; 4 satellite TV channels broadcasting on a national level, 21 local commercial TV channels, and a large number of cable operators that offer domestic and international programming; the public radio broadcaster operates over 3 stations; there are 4 privately owned radio stations that broadcast nationally; 17 regional radio stations, and 49 local commercial radio stations (2019)" @@ -995,10 +999,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "427,964" + "text": "454,300" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "20 (2018 est.)" + "text": "21.41 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1086,11 +1090,14 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 2007 (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "North Macedonia officially became the 30th member of NATO in 2020" } }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) (2020)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, @@ -1102,7 +1109,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "567 (2019)" }, - "note": "note: 513,799 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-May 2021)" + "note": "note: 514,450 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-June 2021)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "major transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and hashish; minor transit point for South American cocaine destined for Europe; although not a financial center and most criminal activity is thought to be domestic, money laundering is a problem due to a mostly cash-based economy and weak enforcement" diff --git a/europe/mn.json b/europe/mn.json index ddc63d61..a2782799 100644 --- a/europe/mn.json +++ b/europe/mn.json @@ -115,7 +115,12 @@ "note": "note: data represent population by country of birth" }, "Languages": { - "text": "French (official), English, Italian, Monegasque" + "Languages": { + "text": "French (official), English, Italian, Monegasque" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 90% (official), other 10%" @@ -696,18 +701,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "34,903" + "text": "44,119" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "113.23 (2019 est.)" + "text": "142.65 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "26,725" + "text": "33,783" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "86.7 (2019 est.)" + "text": "109.23 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -720,7 +725,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 377; landing points for the EIG and Italy-Monaco submarine cables connecting Monaco to Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia; no satellite earth stations; connected by cable into the French communications system (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "TV Monte-Carlo operates a TV network; cable TV available; Radio Monte-Carlo has extensive radio networks in France and Italy with French-language broadcasts to France beginning in the 1960s and Italian-language broadcasts to Italy beginning in the 1970s; other radio stations include Riviera Radio and Radio Monaco" @@ -738,10 +743,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "19,822" + "text": "20,476" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "65 (2018 est.)" + "text": "66.2 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/europe/mt.json b/europe/mt.json index 05f2bef5..baf76edf 100644 --- a/europe/mt.json +++ b/europe/mt.json @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ "text": "28.9 years (2017 est.)

note: data refer to the average of the different childbearing ages of first-order births", "note": "note: data refer to the average of the different childbearing ages of first-order births" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "6 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -954,23 +954,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "264,557" + "text": "256,838" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "58.36 (2019 est.)" + "text": "56.66 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "653,414" + "text": "634,386" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "144.14 (2019 est.)" + "text": "139.94 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "one of the most advanced telecoms in Europe, high penetration of mobile and broadband, and a way forward to expand e-commerce opportunities; stimulated by regulator measures to reduce consumer prices; extensive FttP network and investment in LTE and fiber thru 2023; launches 5G ready network (2020)" + "text": "

blessed with advantageous topography and tech-savvy consumers, Malta has one of the most advanced telecom systems in Europe, with high penetration of mobile and broadband; expansion of e-commerce; government and regulator measures in 2020 reduced consumer prices and allowed extensive FttP network and investment in LTE and fiber thru 2023; operator delivered fiber network to public schools in 2020; launch of 5G network by 2020; submarine cable to France and Egypt in progress (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 58 per 100  persons and mobile-cellular subscribership 144 per 100 persons; automatic system featuring submarine cable and microwave radio relay between islands (2019)" @@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 356; landing points for the Malta-Gozo Cable, VMSCS, GO-1 Mediterranean Cable System, Malta Italy Interconnector, Melita-1, and the Italy-Malta submarine cable connections to Italy; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "2 publicly owned TV stations, Television Malta broadcasting nationally plus an educational channel; several privately owned national television stations, 2 of which are owned by political parties; Italian and British broadcast programs are available; multi-channel cable and satellite TV services are available; publicly owned radio broadcaster operates 3 stations; roughly 20 commercial radio stations (2019)" @@ -996,10 +996,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "191,833" + "text": "202,513" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "43 (2018 est.)" + "text": "44.67 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "11 (2018)" }, - "note": "note: 7,428 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals by sea (January 2015-May 2021)" + "note": "note: 7,531 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals by sea (January 2015-June 2021)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "minor transshipment point for hashish from North Africa to Western Europe" diff --git a/europe/nl.json b/europe/nl.json index fb9a1809..2630d792 100644 --- a/europe/nl.json +++ b/europe/nl.json @@ -120,8 +120,12 @@ "text": "Dutch 76.9%, EU 6.4%, Turkish 2.4%, Moroccan 2.3%, Indonesian 2.1%, German 2.1%, Surinamese 2%, Polish 1%, other 4.8% (2018 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Dutch (official)

note: Frisian is an official language in Fryslan province; Frisian, Low Saxon, Limburgish, Romani, and Yiddish have protected status under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages; Dutch is the official language of the three special municipalities of the Caribbean Netherlands; English is a recognized regional language on Sint Eustatius and Saba; Papiamento is a recognized regional language on Bonaire", - "note": "note: Frisian is an official language in Fryslan province; Frisian, Low Saxon, Limburgish, Romani, and Yiddish have protected status under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages; Dutch is the official language of the three special municipalities of the Caribbean Netherlands; English is a recognized regional language on Sint Eustatius and Saba; Papiamento is a recognized regional language on Bonaire" + "Languages": { + "text": "Dutch (official); note - Frisian is an official language in Fryslan province; Frisian, Low Saxon, Limburgish, Romani, and Yiddish have protected status under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages; Dutch is the official language of the three special municipalities of the Caribbean Netherlands; English is a recognized regional language on Sint Eustatius and Saba; Papiamento is a recognized regional language on Bonaire" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Het Wereld Feitenboek, een omnisbare bron van informatie. (Dutch)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 23.6%, Protestant 14.9% (includes Dutch Reformed 6.4%, Protestant Church of The Netherlands 5.6%, Calvinist 2.9%), Muslim 5.1%, other 5.6% (includes Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish), none 50.7% (2017 est.)" @@ -220,7 +224,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "29.8 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -959,23 +963,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "5,598,798" + "text": "5.56 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "32.52 (2019 est.)" + "text": "32.31 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "21,914,852" + "text": "21.762 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "127.29 (2019 est.)" + "text": "126.45 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "highly developed and well maintained; while fixed-line voice market is in decline the VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) and mobile platforms advance; one of the highest fixed broadband penetration rates in the world, due to government investments; plans for 3G network shutdown in 2022; operators are concentrating investment on LTE-A and 5G services; MNOs and banks launch m-payments system (2020)" + "text": "

highly developed and well maintained; Dutch telecom market is gradually migrating to upgraded platforms; operators repurposing their spectrum and physical assets for LTE and 5G; one of the highest fixed broadband penetration rates in the world, with competition between DSL and fiber networks; fixed-line voice market is in decline while VoIP and mobile platforms advance; plans for 3G network shutdown in 2023; operators are concentrating investment on LTE-A and 5G services; operators and banks launch m-payments system; adoption of smart city concepts and technology in major cities; major exporter of broadcasting equipment and computers to Europe, and importer of same from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "extensive fixed-line, fiber-optic network; large cellular telephone system with five major operators utilizing the third generation of the Global System for Mobile Communications technology; one in five households now use Voice over the Internet Protocol services; fixed-line 33 per 100 and mobile-cellular 127 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -983,7 +987,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 31; landing points for Farland North, TAT-14, Circe North, Concerto, Ulysses 2, AC-1, UK-Netherlands 14, and COBRAcable submarine cables which provide links to the US and Europe; satellite earth stations - 5 (3 Intelsat - 1 Indian Ocean and 2 Atlantic Ocean, 1 Eutelsat, and 1 Inmarsat) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "more than 90% of households are connected to cable or satellite TV systems that provide a wide range of domestic and foreign channels; public service broadcast system includes multiple broadcasters, 3 with a national reach and the remainder operating in regional and local markets; 2 major nationwide commercial television companies, each with 3 or more stations, and many commercial TV stations in regional and local markets; nearly 600 radio stations with a mix of public and private stations providing national or regional coverage" @@ -1001,10 +1005,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "7,406,700" + "text": "7.459 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "43 (2018 est.)" + "text": "43.34 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1142,12 +1146,12 @@ "text": "17 years of age for an all-volunteer force; conscription abolished in 1996 (2019)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "in 2018, the Defense Ministers of Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the creation of a Composite Special Operations Component Command (C-SOCC); the C-SOCC was declared operational in December 2020" + "text": "the Netherlands is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949

in 2018, the Defense Ministers of Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the creation of a Composite Special Operations Component Command (C-SOCC); the C-SOCC was declared operational in December 2020" } }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) (2020)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/europe/no.json b/europe/no.json index c3c118d2..4fbeeb56 100644 --- a/europe/no.json +++ b/europe/no.json @@ -122,8 +122,12 @@ "text": "Norwegian 83.2% (includes about 60,000 Sami), other European 8.3%, other 8.5% (2017 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities

note: Sami has three dialects: Lule, North Sami, and South Sami; Sami is an official language in nine municipalities in Norway's three northernmost counties: Finnmark, Nordland, and Troms", - "note": "note: Sami has three dialects: Lule, North Sami, and South Sami; Sami is an official language in nine municipalities in Norway's three northernmost counties: Finnmark, Nordland, and Troms" + "Languages": { + "text": "Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities; note - Sami has three dialects: Lule, North Sami, and South Sami; Sami is an official language in nine municipalities in Norway's three northernmost counties: Finnmark, Nordland, and Troms" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Verdens Faktabok, den essensielle kilden for grunnleggende informasjon. (Norwegian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Church of Norway (Evangelical Lutheran - official) 70.6%, Muslim 3.2%, Roman Catholic 3%, other Christian 3.7%, other 2.5%, unspecified 17% (2016 est.)" @@ -225,7 +229,7 @@ "text": "29.3 years (2017 est.)

note: data is calculated based on actual age at first births", "note": "note: data is calculated based on actual age at first births" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "2 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -954,23 +958,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "571,958" + "text": "444,600" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "10.55 (2019 est.)" + "text": "8.2 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "5,810,113" + "text": "5,775,830" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "107.17 (2019 est.)" + "text": "106.57 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "one of the most advanced telecommunications networks in Europe; high mobile and broadband penetration rates and highly developed digital media sector; forward leaning in LTE-A developments; migrate all DSL subscribers to fiber by 2023; looking to close 2G and 3G networks by 2025; regulator competes 700 MHz auction and assigns spectrum for 5G, partners with Chinese company Huawei (2020)" + "text": "

sophisticated telecom market with high broadband and mobile penetration rates and a highly developed digital media sector; synchronized with EC legislation; comprehensive LTE and focus on 5G;  broadband penetration among highest in Europe; operators will migrate all DSL subscribers to fiber by 2023 and close 2G and 3G networks by 2025; regulator assigned spectrum for 5G; operator partners with Huawei for smart agriculture project; Oslo utilizes smart city technology; municipalities access EU-funded public Wi-Fi; importer of broadcasting equipment and computers from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "Norway has a domestic satellite system; the prevalence of rural areas encourages the wide use of mobile-cellular systems; fixed-line 11 per 100 and mobile-cellular 107 per 100 (2019)" @@ -978,7 +982,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 47; landing points for the Svalbard Undersea Cable System, Polar Circle Cable, Bodo-Rost Cable, NOR5KE Viking, Celtic Norse, Tempnet Offshore FOC Network, England Cable, Denmark-Norwary6, Havfrue/AEC-2, Skagerrak 4, and the Skagenfiber West & East submarine cables providing links to other Nordic countries, Europe and the US; satellite earth stations - Eutelsat, Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), and 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions); note - Norway shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Sweden) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-owned public radio-TV broadcaster operates 3 nationwide TV stations, 3 nationwide radio stations, and 16 regional radio stations; roughly a dozen privately owned TV stations broadcast nationally and roughly another 25 local TV stations broadcasting; nearly 75% of households have access to multi-channel cable or satellite TV; 2 privately owned radio stations broadcast nationwide and another 240 stations operate locally; Norway is the first country in the world to phase out FM radio in favor of Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB), a process scheduled for completion in late 2017 (2019)" @@ -996,10 +1000,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "2,206,519" + "text": "2,260,605" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "41 (2018 est.)" + "text": "41.71 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1119,11 +1123,14 @@ "text": "the Norwegian Armed Forces inventory includes mostly imported European and US weapons systems, as well as a limited mix of domestically-produced equipment, particularly small naval craft; since 2010, the US is the leading supplier of weapons systems to Norway, followed by a variety of other countries, including France, Italy, South Korea, and Spain (2020)" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "100 Afghanistan (NATO); 120 Lithuania (NATO) (2021)" + "text": "120 Lithuania (NATO) (2021)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "19-35 years of age for male and female selective compulsory military service; 17 years of age for male volunteers (16 in wartime); 18 years of age for women; 19-month service obligation; conscripts first serve 12 months from 19-28, and then up to 4-5 refresher training periods until age 35, 44, 55, or 60 depending on rank and function (2019)

note - Norway was the first NATO country to allow females to serve in all combat arms branches of the military (1988); it also has an all-female commando unit known as Jegertroppen (The Hunter Troop), which was established in 2014", "note": "note - Norway was the first NATO country to allow females to serve in all combat arms branches of the military (1988); it also has an all-female commando unit known as Jegertroppen (The Hunter Troop), which was established in 2014" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "Norway is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/europe/pl.json b/europe/pl.json index 5d2fe9fe..ff79901b 100644 --- a/europe/pl.json +++ b/europe/pl.json @@ -117,8 +117,12 @@ "note": "note: represents ethnicity declared first" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Polish (official) 98.2%, Silesian 1.4%, other 1.1%, unspecified 1.3% (2011 est.)

note: data represent the language spoken at home; shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census; Poland ratified the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages in 2009 recognizing Kashub as a regional language, Czech, Hebrew, Yiddish, Belarusian, Lithuanian, German, Armenian, Russian, Slovak, and Ukrainian as national minority languages, and Karaim, Lemko, Romani (Polska Roma and Bergitka Roma), and Tatar as ethnic minority languages", - "note": "note: data represent the language spoken at home; shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census; Poland ratified the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages in 2009 recognizing Kashub as a regional language, Czech, Hebrew, Yiddish, Belarusian, Lithuanian, German, Armenian, Russian, Slovak, and Ukrainian as national minority languages, and Karaim, Lemko, Romani (Polska Roma and Bergitka Roma), and Tatar as ethnic minority languages" + "Languages": { + "text": "Polish (official) 98.2%, Silesian 1.4%, other 1.1%, unspecified 1.3%; note - data represent the language spoken at home; shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census; Poland ratified the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages in 2009 recognizing Kashub as a regional language, Czech, Hebrew, Yiddish, Belarusian, Lithuanian, German, Armenian, Russian, Slovak, and Ukrainian as national minority languages, and Karaim, Lemko, Romani (Polska Roma and Bergitka Roma), and Tatar as ethnic minority languages (2011 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Księga Faktów Świata, niezbędne źródło podstawowych informacji. (Polish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Catholic 85.9% (includes Roman Catholic 85.6% and Greek Catholic, Armenian Catholic, and Byzantine-Slavic Catholic .3%), Orthodox 1.3% (almost all are Polish Autocephalous Orthodox), Protestant 0.4% (mainly Augsburg Evangelical and Pentacostal), other 0.4% (includes Jehovah's Witness, Buddhist, Hare Krishna, Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Muslim, Jewish, Mormon), unspecified 12.1% (2017 est.)" @@ -217,7 +221,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "27.8 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "2 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -988,23 +992,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,907,937" + "text": "6,824,896" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "18.01 (2019 est.)" + "text": "17.8 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "52,916,105" + "text": "48,392,944" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "137.96 (2019 est.)" + "text": "126.2 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "fixed-line service is dominated by the former state-owned company, yet it is dwarfed by the growth in mobile-cellular services; regulatory is framed by EU principles of competition; regulator measures have improved wholesale market access; rapid extension of LTE networks and development of mobile data service; mobile penetration is above European average; regulator to auction 700MHz spectrum of 5G services; good market competition (2020)" + "text": "

liberalized telecom market supported by market competition in broadband and mobile sectors ensuring access to cable and fiber infrastructure; rapid extension of LTE networks and development of mobile data service; mobile penetration is above European average; fixed broadband benefits from DSL infrastructure and investment in fiber through EU support; major importer of broadcasting equipment and accessories from Germany (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "several nation-wide networks provide mobile-cellular service; coverage is generally good; fixed-line 18 per 100 service lags in rural areas, mobile-cellular 138 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -1012,7 +1016,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 48; landing points for the Baltica and the Denmark-Poland2 submarine cables connecting Poland, Denmark and Sweden; international direct dialing with automated exchanges; satellite earth station - 1 with access to Intelsat, Eutelsat, Inmarsat, and Intersputnik (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-run public TV operates 2 national channels supplemented by 16 regional channels and several niche channels; privately owned entities operate several national TV networks and a number of special interest channels; many privately owned channels broadcasting locally; roughly half of all households are linked to either satellite or cable TV systems providing access to foreign television networks; state-run public radio operates 5 national networks and 17 regional radio stations; 2 privately owned national radio networks, several commercial stations broadcasting to multiple cities, and many privately owned local radio stations (2019)" @@ -1030,10 +1034,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "6,114,926" + "text": "7,783,887" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "16 (2018 est.)" + "text": "20.3 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1178,11 +1182,14 @@ "text": "the inventory of the Polish Armed Forces consists of a mix of Soviet-era and more modern Western weapons systems; since 2010, the leading suppliers of armaments to Poland are Finland, Germany, Italy, and the US (2020)" }, "Military deployments": { - "text": "290 Afghanistan (NATO); 240 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR); up to 175 Latvia (NATO); 250 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (Jan 2021)

note: Poland contributes troops to the Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine joint military brigade (LITPOLUKRBRIG), which was established in 2014; the brigade is headquartered in Warsaw and is comprised of an international staff, three battalions, and specialized units", + "text": "240 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR); up to 175 Latvia (NATO); 250 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (June 2021)

note: Poland contributes troops to the Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine joint military brigade (LITPOLUKRBRIG), which was established in 2014; the brigade is headquartered in Warsaw and is comprised of an international staff, three battalions, and specialized units", "note": "note: Poland contributes troops to the Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine joint military brigade (LITPOLUKRBRIG), which was established in 2014; the brigade is headquartered in Warsaw and is comprised of an international staff, three battalions, and specialized units" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-28 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; conscription phased out in 2009-12; professional soldiers serve on a permanent basis (for an unspecified period of time) or on a contract basis (for a specified period of time); initial contract period is 24 months; women serve in the military on the same terms as men (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "Poland joined NATO in 1999; Czechia, Hungary, and Poland were invited to begin accession talks at NATO's Madrid Summit in 1997 and in March 1999 they became the first former members of the Warsaw Pact to join the Alliance" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/europe/po.json b/europe/po.json index 19ec3cbc..710f0f44 100644 --- a/europe/po.json +++ b/europe/po.json @@ -123,7 +123,12 @@ "text": "white homogeneous Mediterranean population; citizens of African descent who immigrated to mainland during decolonization number less than 100,000; since 1990, Eastern Europeans have migrated to Portugal" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official, but locally used)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official, but locally used)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
O World Factbook, a melhor fonte de informações básicas sobre países e os usos e costumes dos seus habitantes, relacionados às Secretas, que pode encontrar na Internet! Boa leitura! (Portuguese)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 81%, other Christian 3.3%, other (includes Jewish, Muslim) 0.6%, none 6.8%, unspecified 8.3% (2011 est.)

note: data represent population 15 years of age and older", @@ -223,7 +228,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "29.6 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "8 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -977,23 +982,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "5,179,685" + "text": "5,087,977" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "50.15 (2019 est.)" + "text": "49.33 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "12,028,436" + "text": "11,909,751" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "116.46 (2019 est.)" + "text": "115.46 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "telephone system has a state-of-the-art network with broadband, high-speed capabilities; FttP in 2020; 3G universal and 4G upgrades; regulator release 700MHz spectrum for 5G use; DSL moves to fiber services; FttP for over 5 million customers in 2020 providing national coverage; fiber subscriber base grows 24% in 2018; development in M-payment solutions (2020)" + "text": "

Portugal has a medium-sized telecom market with a strong mobile sector and a growing broadband customer base; mobile market dominated by one operator with room for competition; 3G infrastructure is universal, with investment directed towards provision of 90% LTE coverage in rural areas and 5G technologies; cable sector shifting to fiber, with access to 66% of population; developments in M-commerce; operator assessing installation of submarine cable between islands and mainland; importer of broadcasting equipment from EU (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "integrated network of coaxial cables, open-wire, microwave radio relay, and domestic satellite earth stations; fixed-line 50 per 100 persons and mobile-cellular 116 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -1001,7 +1006,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 351; landing points for the Ella Link, BUGIO, EIG, SAT-3/WASC, SeaMeWe-3, Equino, MainOne, Tat TGN-Western Europe, WACS, ACE, Atlantis2 and Columbus-III submarine cables provide connectivity to Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, South America and the US; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), NA Eutelsat; tropospheric scatter to Azores (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "Radio e Televisao de Portugal (RTP), the publicly owned TV broadcaster, operates 4 domestic channels and external service channels to Africa; overall, roughly 40 domestic TV stations; viewers have widespread access to international broadcasters with more than half of all households connected to multi-channel cable or satellite TV systems; publicly owned radio operates 3 national networks and provides regional and external services; several privately owned national radio stations and some 300 regional and local commercial radio stations" @@ -1019,10 +1024,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "3,784,684" + "text": "3,967,699" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "37 (2018 est.)" + "text": "38.47 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1164,11 +1169,14 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-30 years of age for voluntary or contract military service; no compulsory military service (abolished 2004), but conscription possible if insufficient volunteers available; women serve in the armed forces, on naval ships since 1992, but are prohibited from serving in some combatant specialties; contract service lasts for an initial period from two to six years, and can be extended to a maximum of 20 years of service. Voluntary military service lasts 12 months; reserve obligation to age 35 (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "Portugal is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949" } }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) (2019)" + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/europe/ri.json b/europe/ri.json index 190d592e..79c74466 100644 --- a/europe/ri.json +++ b/europe/ri.json @@ -113,8 +113,12 @@ "note": "note: most ethnic Albanians boycotted the 2011 census; Romani populations are usually underestimated in official statistics and may represent 5–11% of Serbia's population" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Serbian (official) 88.1%, Hungarian 3.4%, Bosnian 1.9%, Romani 1.4%, other 3.4%, undeclared or unknown 1.8% (2011 est.)

note: Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian, and Ruthenian (Rusyn) are official in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina; most ethnic Albanians boycotted the 2011 census", - "note": "note: Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian, and Ruthenian (Rusyn) are official in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina; most ethnic Albanians boycotted the 2011 census" + "Languages": { + "text": "Serbian (official) 88.1%, Hungarian 3.4%, Bosnian 1.9%, Romani 1.4%, other 3.4%, undeclared or unknown 1.8%; note - Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian, and Ruthenian (Rusyn) are official in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina; most ethnic Albanians boycotted the 2011 census (2011 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Knjiga svetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Serbian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Orthodox 84.6%, Catholic 5%, Muslim 3.1%, Protestant 1%, atheist 1.1%, other 0.8% (includes agnostics, other Christians, Eastern, Jewish), undeclared or unknown 4.5% (2011 est.)

note: most ethnic Albanians boycotted the 2011 census", @@ -217,7 +221,7 @@ "text": "28.4 years (2017 est.)

note: data do not cover Kosovo or Metohija", "note": "note: data do not cover Kosovo or Metohija" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "12 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -979,23 +983,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,060,005" + "text": "2,565,392" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "29.24 (2019 est.)" + "text": "36.43 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,789,423" + "text": "8,453,887" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "96.37 (2019 est.)" + "text": "120.06 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "Serbia's integration with the EU has helped regulator reforms and promotion of telecoms; wireless service is available through multiple providers; national coverage is growing very rapidly; best telecommunications services are centered in urban centers; 4G/LTE mobile network launched; 5G trials; high mobile penetration the result of multiple SIM cards (2020)" + "text": "

Serbia's integration with the EU helped regulator reforms and promotion of telecom; EU development loans for broadband to rural areas; pandemic spurred use of mobile data and other services; wireless service is available through multiple providers; national coverage is growing rapidly; best telecom services are centered in urban centers; 4G/LTE mobile network launched; 5G tests ongoing with Ericsson and Huawei (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 29 per 100 and mobile-cellular 96 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -1003,7 +1007,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 381" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Internet country code": { "text": ".rs" @@ -1018,10 +1022,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,552,160" + "text": "1,623,790" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "22 (2018 est.)" + "text": "23.06 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1162,7 +1166,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "1,951 (includes stateless persons in Kosovo) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: 767,786 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-May 2021); Serbia is predominantly a transit country and hosts an estimated 5,450 migrants and asylum seekers as of March 2021" + "note": "note: 770,623 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-June 2021); Serbia is predominantly a transit country and hosts an estimated 5,450 migrants and asylum seekers as of March 2021" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin moving to Western Europe on the Balkan route; economy vulnerable to money laundering" diff --git a/europe/ro.json b/europe/ro.json index 16cfb818..a34fe0fb 100644 --- a/europe/ro.json +++ b/europe/ro.json @@ -123,7 +123,12 @@ "note": "note: Romani populations are usually underestimated in official statistics and may represent 5–11% of Romania's population" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Romanian (official) 85.4%, Hungarian 6.3%, Romani 1.2%, other 1%, unspecified 6.1% (2011 est.)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Romanian (official) 85.4%, Hungarian 6.3%, Romani 1.2%, other 1%, unspecified 6.1% (2011 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Cartea informativa a lumii, sursa indispensabila pentru informatii de baza. (Romanian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 81.9%, Protestant (various denominations including Reformed and Pentecostal) 6.4%, Roman Catholic 4.3%, other (includes Muslim) 0.9%, none or atheist 0.2%, unspecified 6.3% (2011 est.)" @@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "27.1 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "19 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -967,23 +972,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,731,047" + "text": "3.38 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "17.45 (2019 est.)" + "text": "15.8 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "25,033,292" + "text": "22.671 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "117.08 (2019 est.)" + "text": "106 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "the telecommunications sector is being expanded; domestic and international service improving rapidly, especially mobile-cellular services; competition among a number of telecoms; LTE and 5G services; 1Gb/FttP offering; govt. secures EU funding to extend broadband to areas of the country not yet connected and does away with SIM card registration; operators invest in networks capacity upgrades (2020)" + "text": "

Romania’s telecom sector benefits from infrastructure-based competition; domestic and international service improving rapidly, especially mobile-cellular services; fiber sector is one of strongest in Europe; government secured EU funding to extend broadband to rural areas; operators invest in networks’ capacity upgrades; operator testing IoT; importer of broadcasting equipment from EU neighbors (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line teledensity is about 17 telephones per 100 persons; mobile market served by four mobile network operators; mobile-cellular teledensity over 117 telephones per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -991,7 +996,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 40; landing point for the Diamond Link Global submarine cable linking Romania with Georgia; satellite earth stations - 10; digital, international, direct-dial exchanges operate in Bucharest (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "a mixture of public and private TV stations; there are 7 public TV stations (2 national, 5 regional) using terrestrial broadcasting and 187 private TV stations (out of which 171 offer local coverage) using terrestrial broadcasting, plus 11 public TV stations using satellite broadcasting and 86 private TV stations using satellite broadcasting; state-owned public radio broadcaster operates 4 national networks and regional and local stations, having in total 20 public radio stations by terrestrial broadcasting plus 4 public radio stations by satellite broadcasting; there are 502 operational private radio stations using terrestrial broadcasting and 26 private radio stations using satellite broadcasting" @@ -1009,10 +1014,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "5.083 million" + "text": "5,277,700" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "24 (2018 est.)" + "text": "24.68 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1150,6 +1155,9 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "conscription ended 2006; 18 years of age for male and female voluntary service; all military inductees (including women) contract for an initial 5-year term of service, with subsequent successive 3-year terms until age 36 (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "Romania officially became a member of NATO in 2004" } }, "Transnational Issues": { @@ -1160,7 +1168,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "192 (2019)" }, - "note": "note: 7,659 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-May 2021)" + "note": "note: 7,671 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-June 2021)" }, "Trafficking in persons": { "current situation": { diff --git a/europe/si.json b/europe/si.json index e5a48842..2f8da5eb 100644 --- a/europe/si.json +++ b/europe/si.json @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "29.4 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "7 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -956,18 +956,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "715,283" + "text": "707,059" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "34.02 (2019 est.)" + "text": "33.63 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,540,917" + "text": "2,511,979" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "120.85 (2019 est.)" + "text": "119.48 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 386 (2016)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "public TV broadcaster, Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV), operates a system of national and regional TV stations; 35 domestic commercial TV stations operating nationally, regionally, and locally; about 60% of households are connected to multi-channel cable TV; public radio broadcaster operates 3 national and 4 regional stations; more than 75 regional and local commercial and non-commercial radio stations" @@ -998,10 +998,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "612,737" + "text": "627,939" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "29 (2018 est.)" + "text": "29.87 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1124,6 +1124,9 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 2003 (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "Slovenia officially became a member of NATO in 2004" } }, "Transnational Issues": { @@ -1134,7 +1137,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "5 (2019)" }, - "note": "note:  520,055 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-April 2021)" + "note": "note:  520,826 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-May 2021)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "minor transit point for cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin bound for Western Europe, and for precursor chemicals" diff --git a/europe/sm.json b/europe/sm.json index fcae15b2..0348be42 100644 --- a/europe/sm.json +++ b/europe/sm.json @@ -105,7 +105,12 @@ "text": "Sammarinese, Italian" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Italian" + "Languages": { + "text": "Italian" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
L'Almanacco dei fatti del mondo, l'indispensabile fonte per le informazioni di base. (Italian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic" @@ -747,18 +752,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "16,070" + "text": "16,000" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "47.25 (2019 est.)" + "text": "47.03 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "38,921" + "text": "38,750" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "114.44 (2019 est.)" + "text": "113.91 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -771,7 +776,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 378; connected to Italian international network" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-owned public broadcaster operates 1 TV station and 3 radio stations; receives radio and TV broadcasts from Italy (2019)" @@ -789,10 +794,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "12,500" + "text": "11,081" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "37 (2017 est.)" + "text": "32.57 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/europe/sp.json b/europe/sp.json index 266eda77..3f3f5d49 100644 --- a/europe/sp.json +++ b/europe/sp.json @@ -122,8 +122,12 @@ "note": "note: data represent population by country of birth" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Castilian Spanish (official nationwide) 74%, Catalan (official in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and the Valencian Community (where it is known as Valencian)) 17%, Galician (official in Galicia) 7%, Basque (official in the Basque Country and in the Basque-speaking area of Navarre) 2%, Aranese (official in the northwest corner of Catalonia (Vall d'Aran) along with Catalan, <5,000 speakers)

note: Aragonese, Aranese Asturian, Basque, Calo, Catalan, Galician, and Valencian are recognized as regional languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages", - "note": "note: Aragonese, Aranese Asturian, Basque, Calo, Catalan, Galician, and Valencian are recognized as regional languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages" + "Languages": { + "text": "Castilian Spanish (official nationwide) 74%, Catalan (official in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and the Valencian Community (where it is known as Valencian)) 17%, Galician (official in Galicia) 7%, Basque (official in the Basque Country and in the Basque-speaking area of Navarre) 2%, Aranese (official in the northwest corner of Catalonia (Vall d'Aran) along with Catalan, <5,000 speakers); note - Aragonese, Aranese Asturian, Basque, Calo, Catalan, Galician, and Valencian are recognized as regional languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 68.9%, atheist 11.3%, agnostic 7.6%, other 2.8%, non-believer 8.2%, unspecified 1.1% (2019 est.)" @@ -223,7 +227,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "30.9 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "4 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -317,7 +321,7 @@ "respiratory diseases": { "text": "Covid-19 (see note) (2020)" }, - "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Spain; as of 16 May 2021, Spain has reported a total of 3,598,452 cases of COVID-19 or 7,602.5 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 167.5 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 33.14% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; the Department of Homeland Security has issued instructions requiring US passengers who have been in Spain to travel through select airports where the US Government has implemented enhanced screening procedures" + "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Spain; as of 6 June 2021, Spain has reported a total of 3,693,012 cases of COVID-19 or 7,802.3 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 169.2 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 13 June 2021, 45.93% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; the Department of Homeland Security has issued instructions requiring US passengers who have been in Spain to travel through select airports where the US Government has implemented enhanced screening procedures" }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "23.8% (2016)" @@ -445,7 +449,7 @@ "respiratory diseases": { "text": "Covid-19 (see note) (2020)" }, - "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Spain; as of 16 May 2021, Spain has reported a total of 3,598,452 cases of COVID-19 or 7,602.5 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 167.5 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 33.14% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; the Department of Homeland Security has issued instructions requiring US passengers who have been in Spain to travel through select airports where the US Government has implemented enhanced screening procedures" + "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Spain; as of 6 June 2021, Spain has reported a total of 3,693,012 cases of COVID-19 or 7,802.3 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 169.2 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 13 June 2021, 45.93% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; the Department of Homeland Security has issued instructions requiring US passengers who have been in Spain to travel through select airports where the US Government has implemented enhanced screening procedures" }, "Waste and recycling": { "municipal solid waste generated annually": { @@ -989,18 +993,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "21,065,700" + "text": "19,639,778" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "42.4 (2019 est.)" + "text": "41.54 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "58,750,448" + "text": "55,354,944" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "118.25 (2019 est.)" + "text": "117.09 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1013,7 +1017,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 34; landing points for the MAREA, Tata TGN-Western Europe, Pencan-9, SAT-3/WASC, Canalink, Atlantis-2, Columbus -111, Estepona-Tetouan, FEA, Balalink, ORVAL and PENBAL-5 submarine cables providing connectivity to Europe, the Middle East, Africa, South America, Asia, Southeast Asia and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), NA Eutelsat; tropospheric scatter to adjacent countries (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "

a mixture of both publicly operated and privately owned TV and radio stations; overall, hundreds of TV channels are available including national, regional, local, public, and international channels; satellite and cable TV systems available; multiple national radio networks, a large number of regional radio networks, and a larger number of local radio stations; overall, hundreds of radio stations 

(2019)" @@ -1031,10 +1035,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "15,176,954" + "text": "15,616,585" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "31 (2018 est.)" + "text": "33.03 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1177,11 +1181,14 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-26 years of age for voluntary military service by a Spanish citizen or legal immigrant, 2-3 year obligation; women allowed to serve in all SAF branches, including combat units; no conscription (abolished 2001), but Spanish Government retains right to mobilize citizens 19-25 years of age in a national emergency (2019)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "Spain joined NATO in 1982, but refrained from participating in the integrated military structure until 1996" } }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Basque Fatherland and Liberty (disbanded 2018); Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); al-Qa’ida (2020)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Basque Fatherland and Liberty (disbanded 2018); Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); al-Qa’ida

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, @@ -1196,7 +1203,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "4,246 (2019)" }, - "note": "note: 218,798 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-June 2021)" + "note": "note: 220,458 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-June 2021)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "despite rigorous law enforcement efforts, North African, Latin American, Galician, and other European traffickers take advantage of Spain's long coastline to land large shipments of cocaine and hashish for distribution to the European market; consumer for Latin American cocaine and North African hashish; destination and minor transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin; money-laundering site for Colombian narcotics trafficking organizations and organized crime" diff --git a/europe/sv.json b/europe/sv.json index 01c7a480..dcc74d98 100644 --- a/europe/sv.json +++ b/europe/sv.json @@ -95,7 +95,12 @@ "note": "note: foreigners account for almost one third of the population of the Norwegian settlements, Longyearbyen and Ny-Alesund (where the majority of Svalbard's resident population lives), as of mid-2019" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Norwegian, Russian" + "Languages": { + "text": "Norwegian, Russian" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Verdens Faktabok, den essensielle kilden for grunnleggende informasjon. (Norwegian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Population growth rate": { "text": "-0.03% (2019 est.)" @@ -333,7 +338,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 47-790; the Svalbard Undersea Cable System is a twin communications cable that connects Svalbard to mainland Norway; the system is the sole telecommunications link to the archipelago (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) began direct TV transmission to Svalbard via satellite in 1984; Longyearbyen households have access to 3 NRK radio and 2 TV stations" diff --git a/europe/sw.json b/europe/sw.json index eaf56c55..e72f76a3 100644 --- a/europe/sw.json +++ b/europe/sw.json @@ -120,7 +120,12 @@ "note": "note: data represent the population by country of birth; the indigenous Sami people are estimated to number between 20,000 and 40,000" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Swedish (official)

note: Finnish, Sami, Romani, Yiddish, and Meankieli are official minority languages", + "Languages": { + "text": "Swedish (official)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "The World Factbook, den oumbärliga källan till grundläggande information. (Swedish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + }, "note": "note: Finnish, Sami, Romani, Yiddish, and Meankieli are official minority languages" }, "Religions": { @@ -221,7 +226,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "29.3 years (2015 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "4 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -563,7 +568,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Kenneth A. HOWERY (since 10 October 2019) " + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d’Affaires Pamela M. TREMONT (since 20 January 2021)" }, "telephone": { "text": "[46] (08) 783 53 00" @@ -945,18 +950,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,941,360" + "text": "1,750,989" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "19.18 (2019 est.)" + "text": "17.32 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "12,785,850" + "text": "12,895,854" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "126.32 (2019 est.)" + "text": "127.57 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -969,7 +974,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 46; landing points for Botina, SFL, SFS-4, Baltic Sea Submarine Cable, Eastern Light, Sweden-Latvia, BCS North-Phase1, EE-S1, LV-SE1, BCS East-West Interlink, NordBalt, Baltica, Denmark-Sweden-15,-17,-18, Scandinavian Ring -North,-South, IP-Only Denmark-Sweden, Donica North, Kattegate-1,-2, Energinet Laeso-Varberg and GC2 submarine cables providing links to other Nordic countries and Europe; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Eutelsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions); note - Sweden shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "publicly owned TV broadcaster operates 2 terrestrial networks plus regional stations; multiple privately owned TV broadcasters operating nationally, regionally, and locally; about 50 local TV stations; widespread access to pan-Nordic and international broadcasters through multi-channel cable and satellite TV; publicly owned radio broadcaster operates 3 national stations and a network of 25 regional channels; roughly 100 privately owned local radio stations with some consolidating into near national networks; an estimated 900 community and neighborhood radio stations broadcast intermittently" @@ -987,10 +992,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "3,973,622" + "text": "4,038,725" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "40 (2018 est.)" + "text": "39.95 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1127,7 +1132,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) (2019)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/europe/sz.json b/europe/sz.json index e3e3c48d..c04f715d 100644 --- a/europe/sz.json +++ b/europe/sz.json @@ -112,8 +112,12 @@ "note": "note: data represent permanent and non-permanent resident population by country of birth" }, "Languages": { - "text": "German (or Swiss German) (official) 62.6%, French (official) 22.9%, Italian (official) 8.2%, English 5.4%, Portuguese 3.7%, Albanian 3.2%, Serbo-Croatian 2.5%, Spanish 2.4%, Romansh (official) 0.5%, other 7.7% (2017 est.)

note: German, French, Italian, and Romansh are all national and official languages; shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer", - "note": "note: German, French, Italian, and Romansh are all national and official languages; shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer" + "Languages": { + "text": "German (or Swiss German) (official) 62.6%, French (official) 22.9%, Italian (official) 8.2%, English 5.4%, Portuguese 3.7%, Albanian 3.2%, Serbo-Croatian 2.5%, Spanish 2.4%, Romansh (official) 0.5%, other 7.7%; note - German, French, Italian, and Romansh are all national and official languages; shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer (2017 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Das World Factbook, die unverzichtbare Quelle für grundlegende Informationen. (German)

The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

L'Almanacco dei fatti del mondo, l'indispensabile fonte per le informazioni di base. (Italian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 35.9%, Protestant 23.8%, other Christian 5.9%, Muslim 5.4%, Jewish 0.3%, other 1.4%, none 26%, unspecified 1.4% (2017 est.)" @@ -212,7 +216,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "30.7 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -947,18 +951,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,012,224" + "text": "3,102,504" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "36.08 (2019 est.)" + "text": "37.19 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "10,618,759" + "text": "10,829,031" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "127.19 (2019 est.)" + "text": "129.79 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -971,7 +975,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 41; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "

the publicly owned radio and TV broadcaster, Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG/SSR), operates 8 national TV networks, 3 broadcasting in German, 3 in French, and 2 in Italian; private commercial TV stations broadcast regionally and locally; TV broadcasts from stations in Germany, Italy, and France are widely available via multi-channel cable and satellite TV services; SRG/SSR operates 17 radio stations that, along with private broadcasters, provide national to local coverage )

(2019)" @@ -989,10 +993,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "3,957,669" + "text": "4,029,445" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "48 (2018 est.)" + "text": "48.3 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1126,7 +1130,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) (2020)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/europe/uk.json b/europe/uk.json index 7289babc..3c974e60 100644 --- a/europe/uk.json +++ b/europe/uk.json @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ "text": "28.8 years (2017 est.)

note: data represent England and Wales only", "note": "note: data represent England and Wales only" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "7 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ "respiratory diseases": { "text": "Covid-19 (see note) (2020)" }, - "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout the UK; as of 16 May 2021, the UK has reported a total of 4,448,855 cases of COVID-19 or 6,553.4 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with  188.1 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 54.23% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; the US Department of Homeland Security has issued instructions requiring US passengers who have been in the UK to travel through select airports where the US Government has implemented enhanced screening procedures" + "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout the UK; as of 6 June 2021, the UK has reported a total of 4,511,673 cases of COVID-19 or 6,646.0 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 188.3 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 13 June 2021, 61.42% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; the US Department of Homeland Security has issued instructions requiring US passengers who have been in the UK to travel through select airports where the US Government has implemented enhanced screening procedures" }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "27.8% (2016)" @@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ "respiratory diseases": { "text": "Covid-19 (see note) (2020)" }, - "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout the UK; as of 16 May 2021, the UK has reported a total of 4,448,855 cases of COVID-19 or 6,553.4 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with  188.1 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 54.23% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; the US Department of Homeland Security has issued instructions requiring US passengers who have been in the UK to travel through select airports where the US Government has implemented enhanced screening procedures" + "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout the UK; as of 6 June 2021, the UK has reported a total of 4,511,673 cases of COVID-19 or 6,646.0 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 188.3 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 13 June 2021, 61.42% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; the US Department of Homeland Security has issued instructions requiring US passengers who have been in the UK to travel through select airports where the US Government has implemented enhanced screening procedures" }, "Waste and recycling": { "municipal solid waste generated annually": { @@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Alliance Party (Northern Ireland) [Naomi LONG] 
Brexit Party [Nigel FARAGE]
Conservative and Unionist Party [Boris JOHNSON]
Democratic Unionist Party or DUP (Northern Ireland) [Arlene FOSTER]
Green Party of England and Wales or Greens [Sian BERRY and Jonathan BARTLEY]
Labor (Labour) Party [Sir Keir STARMER]
Liberal Democrats (Lib Dems) [Ed Davey]
Party of Wales (Plaid Cymru) [Adam PRICE]
Scottish National Party or SNP [Nicola STURGEON]
Sinn Fein (Northern Ireland) [Mary Lou MCDONALD]
Social Democratic and Labor Party or SDLP (Northern Ireland) [Colum EASTWOOD]
Ulster Unionist Party or UUP (Northern Ireland) [Robin SWANN]
UK Independence Party or UKIP [Pat MOUNTAIN, interim leader]" + "text": "Alliance Party (Northern Ireland) [Naomi LONG] 
Brexit Party [Nigel FARAGE]
Conservative and Unionist Party [Boris JOHNSON]
Democratic Unionist Party or DUP (Northern Ireland) (vacant)
Green Party of England and Wales or Greens [Sian BERRY and Jonathan BARTLEY]
Labor (Labour) Party [Sir Keir STARMER]
Liberal Democrats (Lib Dems) [Ed Davey]
Party of Wales (Plaid Cymru) [Adam PRICE]
Scottish National Party or SNP [Nicola STURGEON]
Sinn Fein (Northern Ireland) [Mary Lou MCDONALD]
Social Democratic and Labor Party or SDLP (Northern Ireland) [Colum EASTWOOD]
Ulster Unionist Party or UUP (Northern Ireland) [Robin SWANN]
UK Independence Party or UKIP [Pat MOUNTAIN, interim leader]" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council (observer), Australia Group, BIS, C, CBSS (observer), CD, CDB, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (implementing country), ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, G-20, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), SELEC (observer), SICA (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNMISS, UNRWA, UN Security Council (permanent), UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC" @@ -965,18 +965,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "31,160,866" + "text": "32.288 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "47.62 (2019 est.)" + "text": "49.37 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "76,920,618" + "text": "80.967 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "117.55 (2019 est.)" + "text": "123.79 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 44; Landing points for the GTT Atlantic, Scotland-Northern Ireland -1, & -2, Lanis 1,-2, &-3, Sirius North, BT-MT-1, SHEFA-2, BT Highlands and Islands Submarine Cable System, Northern Lights, FARICE-1, Celtic Norse, Tampnet Offshore FOC Network, England Cable, CC-2, E-LLan, Sirius South, ESAT -1 & -2, Rockabill, Geo-Eirgrid, UK-Netherlands-14, Circle North & South, Ulysses2, Conceto, Farland North, Pan European Crossing, Solas, Swansea-Bream, GTT Express, Tata TGN-Atlantic & -Western Europe, Apollo, EIG, Glo-1, TAT-14, Yellow, Celtic, FLAG Atlantic-1, FEA, Isle of Scilly Cable, UK-Channel Islands-8 and SeaMeWe-3 submarine cables providing links throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australia, and US; satellite earth stations - 10 Intelsat (7 Atlantic Ocean and 3 Indian Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region), and 1 Eutelsat; at least 8 large international switching centers (2018)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "public service broadcaster, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world; BBC operates multiple TV networks with regional and local TV service; a mixed system of public and commercial TV broadcasters along with satellite and cable systems provide access to hundreds of TV stations throughout the world; BBC operates multiple national, regional, and local radio networks with multiple transmission sites; a large number of commercial radio stations, as well as satellite radio services are available (2018)" @@ -1007,10 +1007,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "26,586,110" + "text": "26,786,963" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "41 (2018 est.)" + "text": "40.96 (2019 est.)" } }, "Communications - note": { @@ -1161,11 +1161,14 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "slight 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 military services including ground combat roles; conscription abolished in 1963 (2021)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "the UK is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949" } }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Continuity Irish Republican Army; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham; New Irish Republican Army (2020)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Continuity Irish Republican Army; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); New Irish Republican Army

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/europe/up.json b/europe/up.json index 5f8e7fb5..d9849b26 100644 --- a/europe/up.json +++ b/europe/up.json @@ -120,11 +120,15 @@ "text": "Ukrainian 77.8%, Russian 17.3%, Belarusian 0.6%, Moldovan 0.5%, Crimean Tatar 0.5%, Bulgarian 0.4%, Hungarian 0.3%, Romanian 0.3%, Polish 0.3%, Jewish 0.2%, other 1.8% (2001 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Ukrainian (official) 67.5%, Russian (regional language) 29.6%, other (includes small Crimean Tatar-, Moldovan/Romanian-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities) 2.9% (2001 est.)

note: in February 2018, the Constitutional Court ruled that 2012 language legislation entitling a language spoken by at least 10% of an oblast's population to be given the status of \"regional language\" - allowing for its use in courts, schools, and other government institutions - was unconstitutional, thus making the law invalid; Ukrainian remains the country's only official nationwide language", - "note": "note: in February 2018, the Constitutional Court ruled that 2012 language legislation entitling a language spoken by at least 10% of an oblast's population to be given the status of \"regional language\" - allowing for its use in courts, schools, and other government institutions - was unconstitutional, thus making the law invalid; Ukrainian remains the country's only official nationwide language" + "Languages": { + "text": "Ukrainian (official) 67.5%, Russian (regional language) 29.6%, other (includes small Crimean Tatar-, Moldovan/Romanian-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities) 2.9% (2001 est.); note - in February 2018, the Constitutional Court ruled that 2012 language legislation entitling a language spoken by at least 10% of an oblast's population to be given the status of \"regional language\" - allowing for its use in courts, schools, and other government institutions - was unconstitutional, thus making the law invalid; Ukrainian remains the country's only official nationwide language" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Свiтова Книга Фактiв – найкраще джерело базової інформації. (Ukrainian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Orthodox (includes the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) and the Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP)), Ukrainian Greek Catholic, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Jewish (2013 est.)

note: Ukraine's population is overwhelmingly Christian; the vast majority - up to two thirds - identify themselves as Orthodox, but many do not specify a particular branch; the OCU and the UOC-MP each represent less than a quarter of the country's population, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church accounts for 8-10%, and the UAOC accounts for 1-2%; Muslim and Jewish adherents each compose less than 1% of the total population", + "text": "Orthodox (includes the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC), and the Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP)), Ukrainian Greek Catholic, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Jewish (2013 est.)

note: Ukraine's population is overwhelmingly Christian; the vast majority - up to two thirds - identify themselves as Orthodox, but many do not specify a particular branch; the OCU and the UOC-MP each represent less than a quarter of the country's population, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church accounts for 8-10%, and the UAOC accounts for 1-2%; Muslim and Jewish adherents each compose less than 1% of the total population", "note": "note: Ukraine's population is overwhelmingly Christian; the vast majority - up to two thirds - identify themselves as Orthodox, but many do not specify a particular branch; the OCU and the UOC-MP each represent less than a quarter of the country's population, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church accounts for 8-10%, and the UAOC accounts for 1-2%; Muslim and Jewish adherents each compose less than 1% of the total population" }, "Age structure": { @@ -222,7 +226,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "25.6 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "19 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -975,23 +979,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,378,911" + "text": "4,182,994" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "9.96 (2019 est.)" + "text": "9.52 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "57,431,439" + "text": "54,842,940" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "130.63 (2019 est.)" + "text": "124.78 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "telecommunication development plan emphasizes improving domestic trunk lines, international connections, and the mobile-cellular system; Turkey and Russia have made investments to Ukraine's telecom market; competition available between 3 alternative operators moving from 3G services, but some areas still use 2G; LTE services available in some areas; FttP networks taking over DSL platforms; political tensions have not added to growth and telecom regulators must not count Crimea numbers (Annexed by Russia in 2014); mobile broadband services present a growth opportunity (2020)" + "text": "telecommunication development plan emphasizes improving domestic trunk lines, international connections, and the mobile-cellular system; Turkey and Russia have made investments to Ukraine's telecom market; competition available between 3 alternative operators moving from 3G services, but some areas still use 2G; LTE services available in some areas; FttP networks taking over DSL platforms; political tensions have not added to growth and telecom regulators must not count Crimea numbers (annexed by Russia in 2014); mobile broadband services present a growth opportunity (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line teledensity is 10 per 100; the mobile-cellular telephone system's expansion has slowed, largely due to saturation of the market that is now 131 mobile phones per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -999,7 +1003,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 380; landing point for the Kerch Strait Cable connecting Ukraine to Russia; 2 new domestic trunk lines are a part of the fiber-optic TAE system and 3 Ukrainian links have been installed in the fiber-optic TEL project that connects 18 countries; additional international service is provided by the Italy-Turkey-Ukraine-Russia (ITUR) fiber-optic submarine cable and by an unknown number of earth stations in the Intelsat, Inmarsat, and Intersputnik satellite systems" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "

Ukraine’s media landscape is dominated by oligarch-owned news outlets, which are often politically motivated and at odds with one another and/or the government; while polls suggest most Ukrainians still receive news from traditional media sources, social media is a crucial component of information dissemination in Ukraine; almost all Ukrainian politicians and opinion leaders communicate with the public via social media and maintain at least one social media page, if not more; this allows them direct communication with audiences, and news often breaks on Facebook or Twitter before being picked up by traditional news outlets

Ukraine television serves as the principal source of news; the largest national networks are controlled by oligarchs: TRK Ukraina is owned by Rinat Akhmetov; Studio 1+1 is owned by Ihor Kolomoyskyy; Inter is owned by Dmytro Firtash and Serhiy Lyovochkin; and StarlightMedia channels (ICTV, STB, and Novyi Kanal) are owned by Victor Pinchuk;  a set of 24-hour news channels also have clear political affiliations: 112-Ukraine and NewsOne tacitly support pro-Russian opposition and are believed to be controlled by political and business tycoon Viktor Medvedchuk; pro-Ukrainian government Channel 5 and Pryamyi are linked to President Petro Poroshenko; 24 and ZIK are owned by opposition, but not pro-Russian, politicians; UA: Suspilne is a public television station under the umbrella of the National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine; while it is often praised by media experts for balanced coverage, it lags in popularity; Ukrainian Radio, institutionally linked to UA: Suspilne, is one of only two national talk radio networks, with the other being the privately owned Radio NV

(2019)" @@ -1017,10 +1021,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "5,405,125" + "text": "6,784,185" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "12 (2018 est.)" + "text": "15.44 (2019 est.)" } }, "Communications - note": { @@ -1131,7 +1135,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "Armed Forces of Ukraine (Zbroyni Syly Ukrayiny, ZSU): Ground Forces (Sukhoputni Viys’ka), Naval Forces (Viys’kovo-Mors’ki Syly, VMS), Air Forces (Povitryani Syly, PS), Air Assault Forces (Desantno-shturmovi Viyska, DShV), Territorial Defense Forces (Reserves);  Ministry of Internal Affairs: National Guard of Ukraine, State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (includes Maritime Border Guard) (2021)" + "text": "Armed Forces of Ukraine (Zbroyni Syly Ukrayiny, ZSU): Ground Forces (Sukhoputni Viys’ka), Naval Forces (Viys’kovo-Mors’ki Syly, VMS), Air Forces (Povitryani Syly, PS), Air Assault Forces (Desantno-shturmovi Viyska, DShV), Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (UASOF), Territorial Defense Forces (Reserves);  Ministry of Internal Affairs: National Guard of Ukraine, State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (includes Maritime Border Guard) (2021)" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { diff --git a/europe/vt.json b/europe/vt.json index 4cb7c0fd..645f5652 100644 --- a/europe/vt.json +++ b/europe/vt.json @@ -90,7 +90,12 @@ "text": "Italian, Swiss, Argentinian, and other nationalities from around the world (2017)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Italian, Latin, French, various other languages" + "Languages": { + "text": "Italian, Latin, French, various other languages" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
L'Almanacco dei fatti del mondo, l'indispensabile fonte per le informazioni di base. (Italian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic" diff --git a/middle-east/ae.json b/middle-east/ae.json index c11081bf..003fc214 100644 --- a/middle-east/ae.json +++ b/middle-east/ae.json @@ -123,7 +123,12 @@ "text": "Emirati 11.6%, South Asian 59.4% (includes Indian 38.2%, Bangladeshi 9.5%, Pakistani 9.4%, other 2.3%), Egyptian 10.2%, Filipino 6.1%, other 12.8% (2015 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Arabic (official), English, Hindi, Malayam, Urdu, Pashto, Tagalog, Persian" + "Languages": { + "text": "Arabic (official), English, Hindi, Malayam, Urdu, Pashto, Tagalog, Persian" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim (official) 76%, Christian 9%, other (primarily Hindu and Buddhist, less than 5% of the population consists of Parsi, Baha'i, Druze, Sikh, Ahmadi, Ismaili, Dawoodi Bohra Muslim, and Jewish) 15% (2005 est.)

note: data represent the total population; as of 2019, immigrants make up about 87.9% of the total population, according to UN data", @@ -220,7 +225,7 @@ "text": "2.56 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "3 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -565,7 +570,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador John RAKOLTA Jr. (since 27 October 2019)" + "text": "ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Sean MURPHY (since August 2020)" }, "telephone": { "text": "[971] (2) 414-2200" @@ -942,18 +947,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,380,238" + "text": "2,362,602" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "24.18 (2019 est.)" + "text": "24.31 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "19,749,674" + "text": "19,602,815" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "200.63 (2019 est.)" + "text": "201.67 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -966,7 +971,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 971; landing points for the FLAG, SEA-ME-WE-3 ,-4 & -5, Qater UAE Submarine Cable System, FALCON, FOG, Tat TGN-Gulf, OMRAN/EPEG Cable System, AAE-1, BBG, EIG, FEA, GBICS/MENA, IMEWE, Orient Express, TEAMS, TW1 and the UAE-Iran submarine cables, linking to Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Southeast Asia and Australia; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian) (2020)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "except for the many organizations now operating in media free zones in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, most TV and radio stations remain government-owned; widespread use of satellite dishes provides access to pan-Arab and other international broadcasts; restrictions since June 2017 on some satellite channels and websites originating from or otherwise linked to Qatar (2018)" @@ -984,10 +989,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "3,024,565" + "text": "3,045,957" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "31 (2018 est.)" + "text": "31.34 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/middle-east/aj.json b/middle-east/aj.json index e6877830..18e7e2dc 100644 --- a/middle-east/aj.json +++ b/middle-east/aj.json @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "23.8 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "26 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -954,23 +954,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,686,316" + "text": "1,673,211" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "16.65 (2019 est.)" + "text": "16.52 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "10,835,974" + "text": "10,750,300" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "106.99 (2019 est.)" + "text": "106.13 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "after the oil sector, the telecommunications sector contributes the most to the GDP; more competition will allow for falling prices and the strengthening of the 4G TD-LTE standard and the migration to 5G; Azerbaijan has moderate mobile, mobile broadband and fixed broadband penetration compared to other Asian nations (2020)" + "text": "a landlocked country with historically poor infrastructure; state control of telecom systems; progress with Digital Hub project despite economic contraction in 2020; government launched e-school and e-service programs; risk of delays in infrastructure and launch of new technologies, including 5G due to slow market demand; LTE supports most data traffic while mobile broadband subscribership grows rapidly; fixed-line broadband market has slight upward trend; Internet access is expensive and suffers from outages and intentional government disruption; importer of broadcasting equipment from Russia (2021) (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "teledensity of some 17 fixed-lines per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity has increased to 107 telephones per 100 persons; satellite service connects Baku to a modern switch in its exclave of Naxcivan (Nakhchivan) (2019)" @@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 994; the TAE fiber-optic link transits Azerbaijan providing international connectivity to neighboring countries; the old Soviet system of cable and microwave is still serviceable; satellite earth stations - 2 (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "3 state-run and 1 public TV channels; 4 domestic commercial TV stations and about 15 regional TV stations; cable TV services are available in Baku; 1 state-run and 1 public radio network operating; a small number of private commercial radio stations broadcasting; local FM relays of Baku commercial stations are available in many localities; note - all broadcast media is pro-government, and most private broadcast media outlets are owned by entities directly linked to the government" @@ -996,10 +996,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,890,913" + "text": "1,943,013" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "19 (2018 est.)" + "text": "19.18 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (2020)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/middle-east/am.json b/middle-east/am.json index d66e2b24..82580e8d 100644 --- a/middle-east/am.json +++ b/middle-east/am.json @@ -111,8 +111,12 @@ "text": "Armenian 98.1%, Yezidi (Kurd) 1.2%, other 0.7% (2011 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Armenian (official) 97.9%, Kurdish (spoken by Yezidi minority) 1%, other 1% (2011 est.)

note: Russian is widely spoken", - "note": "note: Russian is widely spoken" + "Languages": { + "text": "Armenian (official) 97.9%, Kurdish (spoken by Yezidi minority) 1%, other 1%; note - Russian is widely spoken (2011 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Աշխարհի Փաստագիրք, Անփոխարինելի Աղբյւր Հիմնական Տեղեկատվւթյան. (Armenian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Armenian Apostolic 92.6%, Evangelical 1%, other 2.4%, none 1.1%, unspecified 2.9% (2011 est.)" @@ -211,7 +215,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "24.8 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "26 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -526,13 +530,13 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly (Parliament) or Azgayin Zhoghov (minimum 101 seats, currently 132; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" + "text": "unicameral National Assembly (Parliament) or Azgayin Zhoghov (minimum 101 seats, currently 105; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "last held on 9 December 2018 (next election, originally scheduled to be held in December 2023, will be held early on 20 June 2021)" + "text": "last held on 20 June 2021" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - My Step Alliance 70.4%, BHK 8.3%, Bright Armenia 6.4%, RPA 4.7%, ARF 3.9%, other 6.3%; seats by party - My Step Alliance 88, BHK 26, Bright Armenia 18; composition - men 112, women 20, percent of women 15.2%" + "text": "percent of vote by party - Civil Contract 53.9%, Armenia Alliance 21.0%, I Have Honour Alliance 5.2%; seats by party - Civil Contract 72 of 105 seats, Armenia Alliance 27, I Have Honour Alliance 6; turnout was 49.4%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -943,23 +947,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "462,725" + "text": "451,571" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "15.27 (2019 est.)" + "text": "14.9 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,707,557" + "text": "3,618,747" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "122.35 (2019 est.)" + "text": "119.42 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "telecommunications investments have made major inroads in modernizing and upgrading the outdated telecommunications network inherited from the Soviet era; now 100% privately owned and undergoing continued modernization and expansion; strong growth in mobile broadband sector and mobile services dominate over fixed-line; rollout of 4G networks and falling prices due to growing competition (2020)" + "text": "

telecom market struggles to provide an effective national telecom service; country remains dependent on the economic health of  Russian and EU economies; fixed-line penetration falling, driven by growth in mobile and fixed-line broadband; growth of 4G networks and falling prices due to growing competition; fixed broadband is growing but remains low by international comparisons; flat mobile market; strong growth predicted for mobile broadband market; government participating in a project to ensure eventual nationwide 5G network; government approved plans for a new data center built via public-private partnership; communication technologies sectors have attracted foreign investment; top importer of broadcast equipment from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "15 per 100 fixed-line, 122 per 100 mobile-cellular; reliable fixed-line and mobile-cellular services are available across Yerevan and in major cities and towns; mobile-cellular coverage available in most rural areas (2019)" @@ -967,7 +971,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 374; Yerevan is connected to the Caucasus Cable System fiber-optic cable through Georgia and Iran to Europe; additional international service is available by microwave radio relay and landline connections to the other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, through the Moscow international switch, and by satellite to the rest of the world; satellite earth stations - 3 (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "

Armenia’s government-run Public Television network operates alongside 100 privately owned TV stations that provide local to near nationwide coverage; three Russian TV companies are broadcast in Armenia under interstate agreements; subscription cable TV services are available in most regions; several major international broadcasters are available, including CNN; Armenian TV completed conversion from analog to digital broadcasting in late 2016; Public Radio of Armenia is a national, state-run broadcast network that operates alongside 18 privately owned radio stations

(2019)" @@ -985,10 +989,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "347,448" + "text": "385,704" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "11 (2018 est.)" + "text": "12.73 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/middle-east/ba.json b/middle-east/ba.json index 00333c1a..1583d141 100644 --- a/middle-east/ba.json +++ b/middle-east/ba.json @@ -114,7 +114,12 @@ "text": "Bahraini 46%, Asian 45.5%, other Arab 4.7%, African 1.6%, European 1%, other 1.2% (includes Gulf Co-operative country nationals, North and South Americans, and Oceanians) (2010 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Arabic (official), English, Farsi, Urdu" + "Languages": { + "text": "Arabic (official), English, Farsi, Urdu" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim 73.7%, Christian 9.3%, Jewish 0.1%, other 16.9% (2017 est.)" @@ -210,7 +215,7 @@ "text": "1.53 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "14 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -544,7 +549,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Justin H. SIBERELL (since November 2017)" + "text": "ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Maggie NARDI (since August 2019)" }, "telephone": { "text": "[973] 1724-2700" @@ -911,23 +916,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "246,603" + "text": "272,614" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "16.73 (2019 est.)" + "text": "18.5 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,706,763" + "text": "1,900,361" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "115.79 (2019 est.)" + "text": "128.95 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "well-developed LTE networks, 5G trials tested and deployment in the near future; mobile penetration is high compared to the region; development of its own national broadband network; competition is good and telecoms are regulated; telecom contributes 4% to the GDP (2020)" + "text": "

Bahrain is one of the most technically advanced and connected countries in the world; NGN for increased mobile and Wi-Fi traffic; mobile infrastructure and fiber-optic Internet allows greater Internet penetration and competitive prices; government provides free Internet in schools and public areas, and national broadband with sole control over network; regulator controlled by monarchy; Internet freedom restricted through blocks; well served by satellite and submarine cable access; importer of broadcasting equipment from UAE (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "17 per 100 fixed-line, 116 per 100 mobile-cellular; modern fiber-optic integrated services; digital network with rapidly expanding mobile-cellular telephones (2019)" @@ -935,7 +940,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 973; landing points for the FALCON, Tata TGN-Gulf, GBICS/MENA, and FOG submarine cable network that provides links to Asia, the Middle East, and Africa; tropospheric scatter to Qatar and UAE; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia; satellite earth station - 1 (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-run Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation (BRTC) operates 5 terrestrial TV networks and several radio stations; satellite TV systems provide access to international broadcasts; 1 private FM station directs broadcasts to Indian listeners; radio and TV broadcasts from countries in the region are available (2019)" @@ -953,10 +958,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "184,603" + "text": "140,992" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "13 (2018 est.)" + "text": "9.57 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1059,7 +1064,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "al-Ashtar Brigades; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force (2020)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "al-Ashtar Brigades; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/middle-east/gg.json b/middle-east/gg.json index 6bca48c7..8d8665b9 100644 --- a/middle-east/gg.json +++ b/middle-east/gg.json @@ -117,8 +117,12 @@ "text": "Georgian 86.8%, Azeri 6.3%, Armenian 4.5%, other 2.3% (includes Russian, Ossetian, Yazidi, Ukrainian, Kist, Greek) (2014 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Georgian (official) 87.6%, Azeri 6.2%, Armenian 3.9%, Russian 1.2%, other 1% (2014 est.)

note: Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia", - "note": "note: Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia" + "Languages": { + "text": "Georgian (official) 87.6%, Azeri 6.2%, Armenian 3.9%, Russian 1.2%, other 1%; note - Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia (2014 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
მსოფლიო ფაქტების წიგნი, ძირითადი ინფორმაციის აუცილებელი წყარო. (Georgian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Orthodox (official) 83.4%, Muslim 10.7%, Armenian Apostolic 2.9%, other 1.2% (includes Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Yazidi, Protestant, Jewish), none 0.5%, unspecified/no answer 1.2% (2014 est.)" @@ -219,7 +223,7 @@ "text": "25.4 years (2017 est.)

note: data do not cover Abkhazia and South Ossetia", "note": "note: data do not cover Abkhazia and South Ossetia" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "25 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -953,23 +957,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "638,092" + "text": "518,624" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "12.95 (2019 est.)" + "text": "10.52 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,638,125" + "text": "5,384,462" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "134.72 (2019 est.)" + "text": "109.27 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "telecommunications fastest growing area of Georgia's economy; LTE services now cover the vast majority of the population; fixed-line telecommunications network has limited coverage outside Tbilisi; multiple mobile-cellular providers provide services to an increasing subscribership throughout the country; broadband subscribers steadily increasing; with the recent investment in infrastructure customers are moving from copper to fiber networks (2020)" + "text": "

despite economic challenges, the telecom market is one of Georgia's fastest growth sectors; LTE services cover the majority of citizens; regulators have strategy to introduce 5G; fixed-line telecommunications network has limited coverage outside Tbilisi; multiple mobile-cellular providers provide services to an increasing subscribership throughout the country; broadband subscribers steadily increasing; with investment in infrastructure, customers are moving from copper to fiber networks (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 13 per 100, cellular telephone networks cover the entire country; mobile-cellular teledensity roughly 135 per 100 persons; intercity facilities include a fiber-optic line between T'bilisi and K'ut'aisi (2019)" @@ -977,7 +981,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 995; landing points for the Georgia-Russia, Diamond Link Global, and Caucasus Cable System fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Russia, Romania and Bulgaria; international service is available by microwave, landline, and satellite through the Moscow switch; international electronic mail and telex service are available (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "

The Tbilisi-based Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) includes Channel 1, Channel 2 as well as the Batumi-based Adjara TV, and the State Budget funds all three; there are also a number of independent commercial television broadcasters, such as Imedi, Rustavi 2, Pirveli TV, Maestro, Kavkasia, Georgian Dream Studios (GDS), Obiektivi, Mtavari Arkhi, and a small Russian language operator TOK TV; Tabula and Post TV are web-based television outlets; all of these broadcasters and web-based television outlets, except GDS, carry the news; the Georgian Orthodox Church also operates a satellite-based television station called Unanimity; there are 26 regional television broadcasters across Georgia that are members of the Georgian Association of Regional Broadcasters and/or the Alliance of Georgian Broadcasters; the broadcaster organizations seek to strengthen the regional media's capacities and distribution of regional products: a nationwide digital switchover occurred in 2015; there are several dozen private radio stations; GPB operates 2 radio stations

(2019)" @@ -995,10 +999,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "840,603" + "text": "941,509" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "17 (2018 est.)" + "text": "19.11 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/middle-east/gz.json b/middle-east/gz.json index 21c65bfa..2b309b8e 100644 --- a/middle-east/gz.json +++ b/middle-east/gz.json @@ -88,7 +88,12 @@ "text": "Palestinian Arab" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim 98.0 - 99.0% (predominantly Sunni), Christian <1.0%, other, unaffiliated, unspecified <1.0% (2012 est.)

note: dismantlement of Israeli settlements was completed in September 2005; Gaza has had no Jewish population since then", @@ -184,7 +189,7 @@ "text": "1.02 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "27 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank", "note": "note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank" }, @@ -629,7 +634,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code 970 or 972 (2018)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "1 TV station and about 10 radio stations; satellite TV accessible" @@ -695,7 +700,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Army of Islam; Abdallah Azzam Brigades; al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade; HAMAS; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)-Sinai Province; Mujahidin Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem; Palestine Islamic Jihad; Palestine Liberation Front; PFLP-General Command; Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (2019)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Army of Islam; Abdallah Azzam Brigades; al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade; HAMAS; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)-Sinai Province; Mujahidin Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem; Palestine Islamic Jihad; Palestine Liberation Front; PFLP-General Command; Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/middle-east/ir.json b/middle-east/ir.json index 106210e4..e866c6eb 100644 --- a/middle-east/ir.json +++ b/middle-east/ir.json @@ -122,7 +122,12 @@ "text": "Persian, Azeri, Kurd, Lur, Baloch, Arab, Turkmen and Turkic tribes" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Persian Farsi (official), Azeri and other Turkic dialects, Kurdish, Gilaki and Mazandarani, Luri, Balochi, Arabic" + "Languages": { + "text": "Persian Farsi (official), Azeri and other Turkic dialects, Kurdish, Gilaki and Mazandarani, Luri, Balochi, Arabic" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
چکیده نامه جهان، منبعی ضروری برای کسب اطلاعات کلی جهان (Persian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim (official) 99.4% (Shia 90-95%, Sunni 5-10%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, and Christian) 0.3%, unspecified 0.4% (2011 est.)" @@ -218,7 +223,7 @@ "text": "1.03 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "16 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -317,7 +322,7 @@ "vectorborne diseases": { "text": "Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever" }, - "note": "note: a new coronavirus is causing sustained community spread of respiratory illness (COVID-19) in Iran; sustained community spread means that people have been infected with the virus, but how or where they became infected is not known, and the spread is ongoing; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; as of 16 May 2021, Iran has reported a total of 2,739,875 cases of COVID-19 or 3,262.0 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 91.2 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 2.36% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: a new coronavirus is causing sustained community spread of respiratory illness (COVID-19) in Iran; sustained community spread means that people have been infected with the virus, but how or where they became infected is not known, and the spread is ongoing; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; as of 6 June 2021, Iran has reported a total of 2,960,751 cases of COVID-19 or 3,525.0 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 96.4 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 8 June 2021, 4.66% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "25.8% (2016)" @@ -453,7 +458,7 @@ "vectorborne diseases": { "text": "Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever" }, - "note": "note: a new coronavirus is causing sustained community spread of respiratory illness (COVID-19) in Iran; sustained community spread means that people have been infected with the virus, but how or where they became infected is not known, and the spread is ongoing; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; as of 16 May 2021, Iran has reported a total of 2,739,875 cases of COVID-19 or 3,262.0 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 91.2 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 2.36% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: a new coronavirus is causing sustained community spread of respiratory illness (COVID-19) in Iran; sustained community spread means that people have been infected with the virus, but how or where they became infected is not known, and the spread is ongoing; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; as of 6 June 2021, Iran has reported a total of 2,960,751 cases of COVID-19 or 3,525.0 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 96.4 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 8 June 2021, 4.66% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Waste and recycling": { "municipal solid waste generated annually": { @@ -551,16 +556,16 @@ "text": "Supreme Leader Ali Hoseini-KHAMENEI (since 4 June 1989)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "President Hasan Fereidun ROHANI (since 3 August 2013); First Vice President Eshagh JAHANGIRI (since 5 August 2013)" + "text": "President Ebrahim RAISI (since 18 June 2021); First Vice President Eshagh JAHANGIRI (since 5 August 2013)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Council of Ministers selected by the president with legislative approval; the supreme leader has some control over appointments to several ministries" }, "elections/appointments": { - "text": "supreme leader appointed for life by Assembly of Experts; president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 4-year term (eligible for a second term and an additional nonconsecutive term); election last held on 19 May 2017 (next to be held on 18 June 2021)" + "text": "supreme leader appointed for life by Assembly of Experts; president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 4-year term (eligible for a second term and an additional nonconsecutive term); election last held on 18 June 2012 (next to be held in June 2025)" }, "election results": { - "text": "Hasan Fereidun ROHANI reelected president; percent of vote - Hasan Fereidun ROHANI (Moderation and Development Party) 58.8%, Ebrahim RAI'SI (Combat Clergy Association) 39.4% , Mostafa MIR-SALIM Islamic Coalition Party) 1.2%, Mostafa HASHEMITABA(Executives of Construction Party) 0.5%" + "text": "Ebrahim RAISI elected president; percent of vote - Ebrahim RAISI (CCA) 62%, Mohsen Rezaee MIRGHA'ED (RFII) 11.8%, Abbdolnaser HEMMATI (ECP) 8.4%, Amir Hossein Hossein Ghazizadegh HASHEMI (Islamic Law Party) 3.5%, other 14.3%" }, "note": "note: 3 oversight bodies are also considered part of the executive branch of government" }, @@ -587,7 +592,7 @@ } }, "Political parties and leaders": { - "text": "Combatant Clergy Association
Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front
Executives of Construction Party
Followers of the Guardianship of the Jurisprudent [Ali LARIJANI]
Front of Islamic Revolutionary Stability [Morteza AGHA-TEHRANI, general secretary]
Islamic Coalition Party
Islamic Iran Participation Front [associated with former President Mohammed KHATAMI]
Militant Clerics Society
Moderation and Development Party
National Trust Party
National Unity Party
Pervasive Coalition of Reformists [Ali SUFI, chairman] (includes Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front, National Trust Party, Union of Islamic Iran People Party, Moderation and Development Party)
Principlists Grand Coalition [Ali Reza ZAKANI] (includes Combatant Clergy Association and Islamic Coalition Party, Society of Devotees and Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution, Front of Islamic Revolution Stability)
Progress, Welfare, and Justice Front
Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran or PJP [Hosein GHORBANZADEH, general secretary]
Resistance Front of Islamic Iran [Yadollah HABIBI, general secretary]
Steadfastness Front
Union of Islamic Iran People's Party
Wayfarers of the Islamic Revolution" + "text": "Combatant Clergy Association (an active political group)
Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front
Executives of Construction Party
Followers of the Guardianship of the Jurisprudent [Ali LARIJANI]
Front of Islamic Revolutionary Stability [Morteza AGHA-TEHRANI, general secretary]
Islamic Coalition Party
Islamic Iran Participation Front [associated with former President Mohammed KHATAMI]
Islamic Law Party
Militant Clerics Society
Moderation and Development Party
National Trust Party
National Unity Party
Pervasive Coalition of Reformists [Ali SUFI, chairman] (includes Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front, National Trust Party, Union of Islamic Iran People Party, Moderation and Development Party)
Principlists Grand Coalition [Ali Reza ZAKANI] (includes Combatant Clergy Association and Islamic Coalition Party, Society of Devotees and Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution, Front of Islamic Revolution Stability)
Progress, Welfare, and Justice Front
Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran or PJP [Hosein GHORBANZADEH, general secretary]
Resistance Front of Islamic Iran [Yadollah HABIBI, general secretary]
Steadfastness Front
Union of Islamic Iran People's Party
Wayfarers of the Islamic Revolution" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "CICA, CP, D-8, ECO, FAO, G-15, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, OPEC, PCA, SAARC (observer), SCO (observer), UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)" @@ -949,23 +954,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "29,330,454" + "text": "28,954,855" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "34.92 (2019 est.)" + "text": "34.45 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "119,598,034" + "text": "118,061,419" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "142.39 (2019 est.)" + "text": "140.48 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "opportunities for telecoms growth, but disadvantaged by the lack of significant investment; one of the largest populations in the Middle East with a huge demand for services; mobile penetration is high with over 90% accessing 4G LTE coverage; Iranian-net, is currently expanding a fiber network to reach 8 million customers; govt. is proactively preparing regulations for 5G development (2020)" + "text": "challenged by censorship and international sanctions; large, youthful, tech-savvy demographic with unmet demand; state-owned operators provided special offerings for services during pandemic, driving mobile broadband and deployment of 4G to nearly all of the population; government expanding fiber network and preparing for 5G to grow digital economy and smart city infrastructure; importer of broadcasting and computer equipment from UAE and China (2021) (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "35 per 100 for fixed-line and 142 per 100 for mobile-cellular subscriptions; investment by Iran's state-owned telecom company has greatly improved and expanded both the fixed-line and mobile cellular networks; a huge percentage of the cell phones in the market have been smuggled into the country (2019)" @@ -973,7 +978,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 98; landing points for Kuwait-Iran, GBICS & MENA, FALCON, OMRAN/3PEG Cable System, POI and UAE-Iran submarine fiber-optic cable to the Middle East, Africa and India; (TAE) fiber-optic line runs from Azerbaijan through the northern portion of Iran to Turkmenistan with expansion to Georgia and Azerbaijan; HF radio and microwave radio relay to Turkey, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Syria, Kuwait, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan; satellite earth stations - 13 (9 Intelsat and 4 Inmarsat) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-run broadcast media with no private, independent broadcasters; Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the state-run TV broadcaster, operates 19 nationwide channels including a news channel, about 34 provincial channels, and several international channels; about 20 foreign Persian-language TV stations broadcasting on satellite TV are capable of being seen in Iran; satellite dishes are illegal and, while their use is subjectively tolerated, authorities confiscate satellite dishes from time to time; IRIB operates 16 nationwide radio networks, a number of provincial stations, and an external service; most major international broadcasters transmit to Iran (2019)" @@ -991,10 +996,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "9,806,123" + "text": "8,771,251" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "12 (2018 est.)" + "text": "10.44 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1151,7 +1156,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Jaysh al Adl (Jundallah); Kurdistan Workers' Party; al-Qa’ida (2019)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Jaysh al Adl (Jundallah); Kurdistan Workers' Party; al-Qa’ida

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/middle-east/is.json b/middle-east/is.json index b081cfa2..e32622c5 100644 --- a/middle-east/is.json +++ b/middle-east/is.json @@ -114,13 +114,18 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Jewish 74.4% (of which Israel-born 76.9%, Europe/America/Oceania-born 15.9%, Africa-born 4.6%, Asia-born 2.6%), Arab 20.9%, other 4.7% (2018 est.)" + "text": "Jewish 74.1% (of which Israel-born 78.1%, Europe/America/Oceania-born 15.2%, Africa-born 4.3%, Asia-born 2.4%), Arab 21%, other 4.9% (2019 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Hebrew (official), Arabic (special status under Israeli law), English (most commonly used foreign language)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Hebrew (official), Arabic (special status under Israeli law), English (most commonly used foreign language)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
ספר עובדות העולם, המקור החיוני למידע בסיסי (Hebrew)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Jewish 74.3%, Muslim 17.8%, Christian 1.9%, Druze 1.6%, other 4.4% (2018 est.)" + "text": "Jewish 74.1%, Muslim 17.9%, Christian 1.9%, Druze 1.6%, other 4.5% (2019 est.)" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -216,7 +221,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "27.6 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "3 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -517,7 +522,7 @@ "text": "President Issac HERZOG (assumes office on 9 July 2021)" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Binyamin NETANYAHU (since 31 March 2009); note - on 2 June 2021, Knesset opposition leader Yair LAPID announced the formation of a new coalition government, selecting Naftali BENNET as prime minister, followed by Yair LAPID" + "text": "Prime Minister Naftali BENNETT (since 13 June 2021)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet selected by prime minister and approved by the Knesset" @@ -576,7 +581,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador David M. FRIEDMAN (since 23 May 2017)" + "text": "ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Michael RATNEY (since 1 June 2021)" }, "telephone": { "text": "[972] (2) 630-4000" @@ -957,23 +962,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,050,693" + "text": "3.14 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "35.68 (2019 est.)" + "text": "36.8 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "10,839,024" + "text": "11.7 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "126.77 (2019 est.)" + "text": "137.11 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "one of the most highly developed system in the Middle East; mobile broadband 100% population penetration; consumers enjoy inexpensive 3G and 4G cellular service; fixed broadband available to 99% of all households; 6 mobile operators in fierce competition; in 2019 govt. began process of 5G licensing (2020)" + "text": "

Israel has a highly developed economy with focus on technology products; investment in cyber-security industry and hub for start-ups; near universal broadband delivery to households and mobile penetration; LTE coverage, expanded fiber network with plans for 5G; emergency law allows mobile tracking; importer of broadcast equipment, integrated circuits, and computers from China; submarine cable connectivity to Europe (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "good system of coaxial cable and microwave radio relay; all systems are digital; competition among both fixed-line and mobile cellular providers results in good coverage countrywide; fixed-line 36 per 100 and 127 per 100 for mobile-cellular subscriptions (2019)" @@ -981,7 +986,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 972; landing points for the MedNautilus Submarine System, Tameres North, Jonah and Lev Submarine System, submarine cables that provide links to Europe, Cyprus, and parts of the Middle East; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "the Israel Broadcasting Corporation (est 2015) broadcasts on 3 channels, two in Hebrew and the other in Arabic; multi-channel satellite and cable TV packages provide access to foreign channels; the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation broadcasts on 8 radio networks with multiple repeaters and Israel Defense Forces Radio broadcasts over multiple stations; about 15 privately owned radio stations; overall more than 100 stations and repeater stations (2019)" @@ -999,10 +1004,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "2.41 million" + "text": "2.481 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "29 (2018 est.)" + "text": "29.08 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1136,7 +1141,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Kahane Chai; Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; Palestinian Islamic Jihad (2019)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Kahane Chai; Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; Palestinian Islamic Jihad

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/middle-east/iz.json b/middle-east/iz.json index b2600de9..f804587e 100644 --- a/middle-east/iz.json +++ b/middle-east/iz.json @@ -117,7 +117,12 @@ "note": "note: data is a 1987 government estimate; no more recent reliable numbers are available" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Arabic (official), Kurdish (official), Turkmen (a Turkish dialect), Syriac (Neo-Aramaic), and Armenian are official in areas where native speakers of these languages constitute a majority of the population" + "Languages": { + "text": "Arabic (official), Kurdish (official), Turkmen (a Turkish dialect), Syriac (Neo-Aramaic), and Armenian are official in areas where native speakers of these languages constitute a majority of the population" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، أحسن مصدر للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim (official) 95-98% (Shia 64-69%, Sunni 29-34%), Christian 1% (includes Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Assyrian Church of the East), other 1-4% (2015 est.)

note: while there has been voluntary relocation of many Christian families to northern Iraq, the overall Christian population has decreased at least 50% and perhaps as high as 90% since the fall of the SADDAM Husayn regime in 2003, according to US Embassy estimates, with many fleeing to Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon", @@ -214,7 +219,7 @@ "text": "1.01 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "79 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -310,7 +315,7 @@ "food or waterborne diseases": { "text": "bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever" }, - "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Iraq; as of 16 May 2021, Iraq has reported a total of 1,136,917 cases of COVID-19 or 2,826.6 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 39.6 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 1.13% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Iraq; as of 6 June 2021, Iraq has reported a total of 1,221,678 cases of COVID-19 or 3,037.3 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 41.1 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 8 June 2021, 1.11% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "30.4% (2016)" @@ -432,7 +437,7 @@ "food or waterborne diseases": { "text": "bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever" }, - "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Iraq; as of 16 May 2021, Iraq has reported a total of 1,136,917 cases of COVID-19 or 2,826.6 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 39.6 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 1.13% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Iraq; as of 6 June 2021, Iraq has reported a total of 1,221,678 cases of COVID-19 or 3,037.3 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 41.1 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 8 June 2021, 1.11% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Food insecurity": { "severe localized food insecurity": { @@ -958,23 +963,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,678,046" + "text": "2,859,094" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "7.04 (2019 est.)" + "text": "7.52 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "36,092,758" + "text": "37,224,759" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "94.88 (2019 est.)" + "text": "97.96 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "the 2003 liberation of Iraq severely disrupted telecommunications throughout Iraq; widespread government efforts to rebuild domestic and international communications have slowed due to political unrest; 2018 showed signs of stability and installations of new fiber-optic cables and growth in mobile broadband subscribers; the most popular plans are pre-paid; 3 major operators in mobile sector preparing 4G and even 5G technologies; operators focused on fixing and replacing networks damaged during civil war (2020)" + "text": "

the 2003 liberation of Iraq severely disrupted telecommunications throughout the country; widespread government efforts to rebuild domestic and international communications have slowed due to political unrest; recent efforts create stability and developments in 4G and 5G technologies; operators focus on installations of new fiber-optic cables and growth in mobile broadband subscribers; the most popular plans are pre-paid; operators focused on fixing and replacing networks (2020)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "the mobile cellular market continues to expand; 3G services offered by three major mobile operators; 4G offered by one operator in Iraqi; conflict has destroyed infrastructure in areas; 7 per 100 for fixed-line and 95 per 100 for mobile-cellular subscriptions (2019)" @@ -982,7 +987,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 964; landing points for FALCON, and GBICS/MENA submarine cables providing connections to the Middle East, Africa and India; satellite earth stations - 4 (2 Intelsat - 1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean, 1 Intersputnik - Atlantic Ocean region, and 1 Arabsat (inoperative)); local microwave radio relay connects border regions to Jordan, Kuwait, Syria, and Turkey (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "the number of private radio and TV stations has increased rapidly since 2003; government-owned TV and radio stations are operated by the publicly funded Iraqi Media Network; private broadcast media are mostly linked to political, ethnic, or religious groups; satellite TV is available to an estimated 70% of viewers and many of the broadcasters are based abroad; transmissions of multiple international radio broadcasters are accessible (2019)" @@ -1000,10 +1005,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "4,492,328" + "text": "4,559,053" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "12 (2018 est.)" + "text": "12 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1146,7 +1151,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Ansar al-Islam; Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham; Jaysh Rijal al-Tariq al-Naqshabandi; Kata'ib Hizballah; Kurdistan Workers' Party (2019)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Ansar al-Islam; Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); Jaysh Rijal al-Tariq al-Naqshabandi; Kata'ib Hizballah; Kurdistan Workers' Party

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, @@ -1156,7 +1161,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "15,167 (Turkey), 7,858 (West Bank and Gaza Strip), 5,041 (Iran) (2018); 244,760 (Syria) (2021)" + "text": "15,167 (Turkey), 7,858 (West Bank and Gaza Strip), 5,041 (Iran) (2018); 247,305 (Syria) (2021)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "1,389,540 (displacement in central and northern Iraq since January 2014) (2020)" diff --git a/middle-east/jo.json b/middle-east/jo.json index 42947b40..c8a3d33d 100644 --- a/middle-east/jo.json +++ b/middle-east/jo.json @@ -115,10 +115,15 @@ "note": "note: data represent population by self-identified nationality" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Arabic (official), English (widely understood among upper and middle classes)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Arabic (official), English (widely understood among upper and middle classes)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Muslim 97.2% (official; predominantly Sunni), Christian 2.2% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), Buddhist 0.4%, Hindu 0.1%, Jewish <0.1, folk <0.1, unaffiliated <0.1, other <0.1 (2010 est.)" + "text": "Muslim 97.1% (official; predominantly Sunni), Christian 2.1% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), Buddhist 0.4%, Hindu 0.1%, Jewish <0.1, folk <0.1, unaffiliated <0.1, other <0.1 (2020 est.)" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -215,7 +220,7 @@ "text": "24.8 years (2017/18 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 30-34", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 30-34" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "46 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -960,23 +965,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "375,576" + "text": "355,537" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3.52 (2019 est.)" + "text": "3.33 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "8,215,735" + "text": "7,778,770" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "77 (2019 est.)" + "text": "72.91 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "microwave radio relay transmission and coaxial and fiber-optic cable are employed on trunk lines; growing mobile-cellular usage in both urban and rural areas is reducing use of fixed-line services; recent influx of refugees putting burden on country's economy, infrastructure and society; mobile broadband is area of growth with 4G services; govt. recently launched Ministry of Digital Economy & Entrepreneurship; preparing for next wave of development with 5G and IoT/MsM services (2020)" + "text": "

Jordan is host to a growing number of ICT companies and has emerged as a technology start-up hub for the Middle East; recently focused on telecom solutions to pandemic issues such as e-health and education; progress in the digital financial services; economic goals rely on digital economy, developed mobile sector, and extensive LTE infrastructure; preparation for 5G and e-commerce; importer of broadcasting equipment from Vietnam and China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "1995 a telecommunications law opened all non-fixed-line services to private competition; in 2005, the monopoly over fixed-line services terminated and the entire telecommunications sector was opened to competition; currently fixed-line 4 per 100 persons and multiple mobile-cellular providers with subscribership up to 77 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -984,7 +989,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 962; landing point for the FEA and Taba-Aqaba submarine cable networks providing connectivity to Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Asia; satellite earth stations - 33 (3 Intelsat, 1 Arabsat, and 29 land and maritime Inmarsat terminals (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "radio and TV dominated by the government-owned Jordan Radio and Television Corporation (JRTV) that operates a main network, a sports network, a film network, and a satellite channel; first independent TV broadcaster aired in 2007; international satellite TV and Israeli and Syrian TV broadcasts are available; roughly 30 radio stations with JRTV operating the main government-owned station; transmissions of multiple international radio broadcasters are available" @@ -1002,10 +1007,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "399,596" + "text": "457,496" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "4 (2018 est.)" + "text": "4.29 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/middle-east/ku.json b/middle-east/ku.json index fd7db6f3..5715ef46 100644 --- a/middle-east/ku.json +++ b/middle-east/ku.json @@ -114,7 +114,12 @@ "text": "Kuwaiti 30.4%, other Arab 27.4%, Asian 40.3%, African 1%, other .9% (includes European, North American, South American, and Australian) (2018 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Arabic (official), English widely spoken" + "Languages": { + "text": "Arabic (official), English widely spoken" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim (official) 74.6%, Christian 18.2%, other and unspecified 7.2% (2013 est.)

note: data represent the total population; about 69% of the population consists of immigrants", @@ -211,7 +216,7 @@ "text": "1.38 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "12 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -906,23 +911,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "368,305" + "text": "583,463" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "12.46 (2019 est.)" + "text": "19.73 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "5,147,990" + "text": "7,327,028" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "174.16 (2019 est.)" + "text": "247.76 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "the quality of service is excellent; new telephone exchanges provide a large capacity for new subscribers; trunk traffic is carried by microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and open-wire and fiber-optic cable; a 4G LTE mobile-cellular telephone system operates throughout Kuwait; Internet access is available via 4G LTE connections for fixed and mobile users; high ownership of smart phone in Kuwait; one of the highest mobile penetration rates in the world; exploring 5G opportunities; improvements to fiber-broadband underway (2020)" + "text": "

the quality of service is excellent; new telephone exchanges provide a large capacity for new subscribers; trunk traffic is carried by microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, open-wire, and fiber-optic cable; a 4G LTE mobile-cellular telephone system operates throughout Kuwait; Internet access is available via 4G LTE connections for fixed and mobile users; high ownership levels of smart phones in Kuwait; one of the highest mobile penetration rates in the world; exploring 5G opportunities; improvements to fiber-broadband underway (2020)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line subscriptions are 12 per 100 and mobile-cellular stands at 174 per 100 subscriptions (2019)" @@ -930,7 +935,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 965; landing points for the FOG, GBICS, MENA, Kuwait-Iran, and FALCON submarine cables linking Africa, the Middle East, and Asia; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia; satellite earth stations - 6 (3 Intelsat - 1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean, 1 Inmarsat - Atlantic Ocean, and 2 Arabsat) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-owned TV broadcaster operates 4 networks and a satellite channel; several private TV broadcasters have emerged; satellite TV available and pan-Arab TV stations are especially popular; state-owned Radio Kuwait broadcasts on a number of channels in Arabic and English; first private radio station emerged in 2005; transmissions of at least 2 international radio broadcasters are available (2019)" @@ -948,10 +953,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "103,821" + "text": "84,595" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "4 (2018 est.)" + "text": "2.86 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/middle-east/le.json b/middle-east/le.json index fedb3f04..02844f30 100644 --- a/middle-east/le.json +++ b/middle-east/le.json @@ -114,7 +114,12 @@ "note": "note: many Christian Lebanese do not identify themselves as Arab but rather as descendants of the ancient Canaanites and prefer to be called Phoenicians" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian" + "Languages": { + "text": "Arabic (official), French, English, Armenian" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim 61.1% (30.6% Sunni, 30.5% Shia, smaller percentages of Alawites and Ismailis), Christian 33.7% (Maronite Catholics are the largest Christian group), Druze 5.2%, very small numbers of Jews, Baha'is, Buddhists, and Hindus (2018 est.)

note: data represent the religious affiliation of the citizen population (data do not include Lebanon's sizable Syrian and Palestinian refugee populations); 18 religious sects recognized", @@ -211,7 +216,7 @@ "text": "1 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "29 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -932,23 +937,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "752,547" + "text": "882,175" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "12.87 (2019 est.)" + "text": "15.1 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,614,797" + "text": "4,237,962" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "61.82 (2019 est.)" + "text": "72.55 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "two mobile-cellular networks provide good service, with 4G LTE services; future improvements to fiber-optic infrastructure for total nation coverage proposed by 2020; in 2018 first successful 5G trial conducted and in 2019 first live mobile 5G site launched, unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted telecoms industry and pricing has been raised (2020)" + "text": "

struggling with effects of economic malaise during pandemic and following explosion in Beirut port; Lebanon’s telecom infrastructure is relatively weak, and services are expensive; rural areas are less connected and have power cuts; state retains a monopoly over the Internet backbone and dominant ownership of the telecom industry; government backed improvements to fixed infrastructure; new landlines and fiber-optic networks provide faster DSL; limited 5G services; three international gateways through submarine cables; importer of broadcasting equipment from UAE; UAE investment in tech solutions (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 13 per 100 and 62 per 100 for mobile-cellular subscriptions (2019)" @@ -956,7 +961,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 961; landing points for the IMEWE, BERYTAR AND CADMOS submarine cable links to Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "7 TV stations, 1 of which is state owned; more than 30 radio stations, 1 of which is state owned; satellite and cable TV services available; transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are accessible through partner stations (2019)" @@ -974,10 +979,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "9,395" + "text": "420,000" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" + "text": "7.19 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1095,7 +1100,7 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) have approximately 58,000 active troops (55,000 Army; 1,500 Navy; 1,500 AF) (2020)" + "text": "the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) have approximately 60,000 active troops (57,000 Army; 1,500 Navy; 1,500 AF) (2020)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the LAF inventory includes a wide mix of mostly older equipment, largely from the US and European countries, particularly France and Germany; since 2010, the US is the leading supplier of armaments (mostly second hand equipment) to Lebanon (2019 est.)" @@ -1109,7 +1114,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Abdallah Azzam Brigades; al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade; Asbat al-Ansar; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Hizballah; al-Nusrah Front (Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham); Palestine Liberation Front; PFLP-General Command; Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (2019)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Abdallah Azzam Brigades; al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade; Asbat al-Ansar; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Hizballah; al-Nusrah Front (Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham); Palestine Liberation Front; PFLP-General Command; Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/middle-east/mu.json b/middle-east/mu.json index 43af1a9e..7129d8ee 100644 --- a/middle-east/mu.json +++ b/middle-east/mu.json @@ -120,7 +120,12 @@ "text": "Arab, Baluchi, South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi), African" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Arabic (official), English, Baluchi, Swahili, Urdu, Indian dialects" + "Languages": { + "text": "Arabic (official), English, Baluchi, Swahili, Urdu, Indian dialects" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim 85.9%, Christian 6.5%, Hindu 5.5%, Buddhist 0.8%, Jewish <0.1%, other 1%, unaffiliated 0.2% (2010 est.)

note: Omani citizens represent approximately 56.4% of the population and are overwhelming Muslim (Ibadhi and Sunni sects each constitute about 45% and Shia about 5%); Christians, Hindus, and Buddhists account for roughly 5% of Omani citizens", @@ -217,7 +222,7 @@ "text": "1.18 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "19 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -940,23 +945,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "456,940" + "text": "592,196" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "12.82 (2019 est.)" + "text": "16.66 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,926,899" + "text": "6,383,458" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "138.23 (2019 est.)" + "text": "179.57 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "modern system consisting of open-wire, microwave, and radiotelephone communication stations; coaxial cable; domestic satellite system with 8 earth stations; progressive mobile sector with both 3G and 4G LTE networks and reediness for 5G launch; competition among 3 (mobile network operators) MNO (2020)" + "text": "

modern system consisting of open-wire, microwave, and radiotelephone communication stations; domestic satellite system; progressive mobile sector with both 3G and 4G LTE networks and readiness for 5G launch; competition among mobile operators; government program to improve fiber network; important communications hub in the Middle East, with access to numerous submarine cables enabling increased bandwidth; major importer of broadcasting equipment and computers from UAE (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 13 per 100 and mobile-cellular 138 per 100, subscribership both increasing with fixed-line phone service gradually being introduced to remote villages using wireless local loop systems (2019)" @@ -964,7 +969,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 968; landing points for GSA, AAE-1, SeaMeWe-5, Tata TGN-Gulf, FALCON, GBICS/MENA, MENA/Guld Bridge International, TW1, BBG, EIG, OMRAN/EPEG, and POI submarine cables providing connectivity to Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Europe; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "1 state-run TV broadcaster; TV stations transmitting from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iran, and Yemen available via satellite TV; state-run radio operates multiple stations; first private radio station began operating in 2007 and several additional stations now operating (2019)" @@ -982,10 +987,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "422,035" + "text": "473,070" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "12 (2018 est.)" + "text": "13.31 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/middle-east/qa.json b/middle-east/qa.json index d6743775..f09f0db5 100644 --- a/middle-east/qa.json +++ b/middle-east/qa.json @@ -119,7 +119,12 @@ "text": "non-Qatari 88.4%, Qatari 11.6% (2015 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Arabic (official), English commonly used as a second language" + "Languages": { + "text": "Arabic (official), English commonly used as a second language" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim 67.7%, Christian 13.8%, Hindu 13.8%, Buddhist 3.1%, folk religion <.1%, Jewish <.1%, other 0.7%, unaffiliated 0.9% (2010 est.)" @@ -215,7 +220,7 @@ "text": "3.39 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "9 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -548,7 +553,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Ambassador Greta C. HOLTZ (since 14 June 2020)" + "text": "ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Ambassador John DESROCHER (since 1 June 2021)" }, "telephone": { "text": "[974] 4496-6000" @@ -910,23 +915,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "392,048" + "text": "461,289" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "16.29 (2019 est.)" + "text": "19.15 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,329,155" + "text": "3,917,571" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "138.33 (2019 est.)" + "text": "162.6 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "regional leaders in telecom; highest fixed-line and mobile penetrations in Middle East; deployed over 90 5G base stations for 5G launch, claiming 1st commercial launch of 5G in the world May 2018; telecom system centered in Doha; steady LTE networks; good broadband penetration, ADSL, (Fiber-to-the-Home/Premises) FttP, wireless and mobile services; largest users of the Internet and use of OTT services and bundled services (2020)" + "text": "

telecom infrastructure in Qatar demonstrated resilience during the pandemic, following surge in Internet usage; highest fixed-line and mobile penetrations in Middle East with almost 100% LTE coverage; operator deployed 5G across the country with positive subscribership, primarily around Doha; largest user of the Internet in the Middle East; importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 16 per 100 and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership 138 telephones per 100 persons (209)" @@ -934,7 +939,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 974; landing points for the Qatar-UAE Submarine Cable System, AAE-1, FOG, GBICS/East North Africa MENA and the FALCON submarine cable network that provides links to Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Southeast Asia; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and the UAE; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; retains full ownership of two commercial satellites, Es'hailSat 1 and 2 (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "TV and radio broadcast licensing and access to local media markets are state controlled; home of the satellite TV channel Al-Jazeera, which was originally owned and financed by the Qatari government but has evolved to independent corporate status; Al-Jazeera claims editorial independence in broadcasting; local radio transmissions include state, private, and international broadcasters on FM frequencies in Doha; in August 2013, Qatar's satellite company Es'hailSat launched its first communications satellite Es'hail 1 (manufactured in the US), which entered commercial service in December 2013 to provide improved television broadcasting capability and expand availability of voice and Internet; Es'hailSat launched its second commercial satellite in 2018 with aid of SpaceX (2019)" @@ -952,10 +957,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "267,906" + "text": "284,679" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "11 (2018 est.)" + "text": "11.82 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/middle-east/sa.json b/middle-east/sa.json index 339e79dd..3e314cf0 100644 --- a/middle-east/sa.json +++ b/middle-east/sa.json @@ -120,7 +120,12 @@ "text": "Arab 90%, Afro-Asian 10%" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Arabic (official)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Arabic (official)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim (official; citizens are 85-90% Sunni and 10-15% Shia), other (includes Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Sikh) (2012 est.)

note: despite having a large expatriate community of various faiths (more than 30% of the population), most forms of public religious expression inconsistent with the government-sanctioned interpretation of Sunni Islam are restricted; non-Muslims are not allowed to have Saudi citizenship and non-Muslim places of worship are not permitted (2013)", @@ -217,7 +222,7 @@ "text": "1.3 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "17 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -544,7 +549,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador John P. ABIZAID (since 8 May 2019)" + "text": "ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Martina STRONG (since February 2021)" }, "telephone": { "text": "[966] (11) 488-3800" @@ -922,23 +927,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "5,276,773" + "text": "5,377,978" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "15.69 (2019 est.)" + "text": "15.97 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "40,532,610" + "text": "41,298,629" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "120.52 (2019 est.)" + "text": "122.66 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "one of the most progressive telecom markets in the Middle East; mobile penetration high, with a saturated market; mobile operators competitive and meeting the demand for workers, students and citizens working from home; 5G launched, partners include Chinese company Huawei; broadband is available with DSL, fiber, and wireless; mobile penetration is steep in Saudi Arabia (2020)" + "text": "

one of the most progressive telecom markets in the Middle East; mobile penetration high, with a saturated market; mobile operators competitive and meeting the demand for workers, students and citizens working from home; Huawei partners with operator to provide 5G to dozens of cities; broadband is available with DSL, fiber, and wireless; mobile penetration is high; restrictive monarchy places limits on information and services available online; authorities operate extensive censorship and surveillance systems; major importer of broadcasting equipment from UAE and China (2020)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line 16 per 100 and mobile-cellular subscribership has been increasing rapidly to 121 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -946,7 +951,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 966; landing points for the SeaMeWe-3, -4, -5, AAE-1, EIG, FALCON, FEA, IMEWE, MENA/Gulf Bridge International, SEACOM, SAS-1, -2, GBICS/MENA, and the Tata TGN-Gulf submarine cables providing connectivity to Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Southeast Asia and Australia; microwave radio relay to Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Yemen, and Sudan; coaxial cable to Kuwait and Jordan; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (3 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean), 1 Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "broadcast media are state-controlled; state-run TV operates 4 networks; Saudi Arabia is a major market for pan-Arab satellite TV broadcasters; state-run radio operates several networks; multiple international broadcasters are available" @@ -964,10 +969,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "6,821,873" + "text": "6,801,949" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "21 (2018 est.)" + "text": "20.2 (2019 est.)" } }, "Communications - note": { @@ -1114,7 +1119,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham; al-Qa’ida; al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula (2019)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); al-Qa’ida; al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/middle-east/sy.json b/middle-east/sy.json index 7312c134..b2601200 100644 --- a/middle-east/sy.json +++ b/middle-east/sy.json @@ -119,7 +119,12 @@ "text": "Arab ~50%, Alawite ~15%, Kurd ~10%, Levantine ~10%, other ~15% (includes Druze, Ismaili, Imami, Nusairi, Assyrian, Turkoman, Armenian)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Arabic (official), Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian, French, English" + "Languages": { + "text": "Arabic (official), Kurdish, Armenian, Aramaic, Circassian, French, English" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim 87% (official; includes Sunni 74% and Alawi, Ismaili, and Shia 13%), Christian 10% (includes Orthodox, Uniate, and Nestorian), Druze 3%, Jewish (few remaining in Damascus and Aleppo)

note:  the Christian population may be considerably smaller as a result of Christians fleeing the country during the ongoing civil war", @@ -217,7 +222,7 @@ "text": "1 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "31 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -928,10 +933,10 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "3,097,164" + "text": "2,843,103" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "16.66 (2019 est.)" + "text": "15.3 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { @@ -952,7 +957,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 963; landing points for the Aletar, BERYTAR and UGART submarine cable connections to Egypt, Lebanon, and Cyprus; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region); coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey; participant in Medarabtel (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-run TV and radio broadcast networks; state operates 2 TV networks and 5 satellite channels; roughly two-thirds of Syrian homes have a satellite dish providing access to foreign TV broadcasts; 3 state-run radio channels; first private radio station launched in 2005; private radio broadcasters prohibited from transmitting news or political content (2018)" @@ -970,10 +975,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,328,688" + "text": "1,490,344" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "7 (2018 est.)" + "text": "8.02 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1096,7 +1101,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Abdallah Azzam Brigades; Ansar al-Islam; Asa’ib Ahl Al-Haq; Hizballah; Hurras al-Din; Islamic Jihad Union; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps -- Qods Force; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham; Kata'ib Hizballah; Kurdistan Workers' Party; Mujahidin Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem; al-Nusrah Front (Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham); al-Qa'ida; Palestine Liberation Front; PFLP-General Command; Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (2020)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Abdallah Azzam Brigades; Ansar al-Islam; Asa’ib Ahl Al-Haq; Hizballah; Hurras al-Din; Islamic Jihad Union; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps -- Qods Force; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham; Kata'ib Hizballah; Kurdistan Workers' Party; Mujahidin Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem; al-Nusrah Front (Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham); al-Qa'ida; Palestine Liberation Front; PFLP-General Command; Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, @@ -1114,7 +1119,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "160,000 (2019); note - Syria's stateless population consists of Kurds and Palestinians; stateless persons are prevented from voting, owning land, holding certain jobs, receiving food subsidies or public healthcare, enrolling in public schools, or being legally married to Syrian citizens; in 1962, some 120,000 Syrian Kurds were stripped of their Syrian citizenship, rendering them and their descendants stateless; in 2011, the Syrian Government granted citizenship to thousands of Syrian Kurds as a means of appeasement; however, resolving the question of statelessness is not a priority given Syria's ongoing civil war" }, - "note": "note: the ongoing civil war has resulted in nearly 5.6 million registered Syrian refugees - dispersed in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey - as of February 2021" + "note": "note: the ongoing civil war has resulted in more than 5.6 million registered Syrian refugees - dispersed in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey - as of June 2021" }, "Trafficking in persons": { "current situation": { diff --git a/middle-east/tu.json b/middle-east/tu.json index f9822113..e7033968 100644 --- a/middle-east/tu.json +++ b/middle-east/tu.json @@ -117,7 +117,12 @@ "text": "Turkish 70-75%, Kurdish 19%, other minorities 7-12% (2016 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Turkish (official), Kurdish, other minority languages" + "Languages": { + "text": "Turkish (official), Kurdish, other minority languages" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
The World Factbook, temel bilgi edinmek için vazgeçilmez bir kaynak. (Turkish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)" @@ -216,7 +221,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "22.3 years (2010 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "17 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -309,7 +314,7 @@ "respiratory diseases": { "text": "Covid-19 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Turkey; as of 16 May 2021, Turkey has reported a total of 5,106,862 cases of COVID-19 or 6,055.2 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 52.8 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 18.03% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Turkey; as of 6 June 2021, Turkey has reported a total of 5,282,594 cases of COVID-19 or 6,263.5 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 57 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 14 June 2021, 24.86% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "32.1% (2016)" @@ -439,7 +444,7 @@ "respiratory diseases": { "text": "Covid-19 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Turkey; as of 16 May 2021, Turkey has reported a total of 5,106,862 cases of COVID-19 or 6,055.2 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 52.8 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 18.03% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Turkey; as of 6 June 2021, Turkey has reported a total of 5,282,594 cases of COVID-19 or 6,263.5 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 57 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 14 June 2021, 24.86% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Waste and recycling": { "municipal solid waste generated annually": { @@ -973,18 +978,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "11,283,768" + "text": "11,532,903" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "13.82 (2019 est.)" + "text": "14.13 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "79,068,023" + "text": "80,790,877" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "96.84 (2019 est.)" + "text": "98.97 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -997,7 +1002,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 90; landing points for the SeaMeWe-3 & -5, MedNautilus Submarine System, Turcyos-1 & -2 submarine cables providing connectivity to Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Southeast Asia and Australia ; satellite earth stations - 12 Intelsat; mobile satellite terminals - 328 in the Inmarsat and Eutelsat systems (2020)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "

Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) operates multiple TV and radio networks and stations; multiple privately owned national television stations and 567 private regional and local television stations; multi-channel cable TV subscriptions available; 1,007 private radio broadcast stations

(2019)" @@ -1015,10 +1020,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "13,407,226" + "text": "14,231,978" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "16 (2018 est.)" + "text": "17.44 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1163,12 +1168,12 @@ "text": "President Erdoğan on 25 June 2019 signed a new law cutting the men’s mandatory military service period in half, as well as making paid military service permanent; with the new system, the period of conscription was reduced from 12 months to six months for privates and non-commissioned soldiers (the service term for reserve officers chosen among university or college graduates will remain 12 months); 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; under the new law, all male Turkish citizens over the age of 20 will be required to undergo a one month military training period, but they can obtain an exemption from the remaining five months of their mandatory service by paying 31,000 Turkish Liras (2019)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has actively pursued the goal of asserting civilian control over the military since first taking power in 2002; the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) role in internal security has been significantly reduced; the TSK leadership continues to be an influential institution within Turkey, but plays a much smaller role in politics; the Turkish military remains focused on the threats emanating from the Syrian civil war, Russia's actions in Ukraine, and the PKK insurgency; primary domestic threats are listed as fundamentalism (with the definition in some dispute with the civilian government), separatism (Kurdish discontent), and the extreme left wing; Ankara strongly opposed establishment of an autonomous Kurdish region in Iraq; an overhaul of the Turkish Land Forces Command (TLFC) taking place under the \"Force 2014\" program is to produce 20-30% smaller, more highly trained forces characterized by greater mobility and firepower and capable of joint and combined operations; the TLFC has taken on increasing international peacekeeping responsibilities including in Afghanistan; the Turkish Navy is a regional naval power that wants to develop the capability to project power beyond Turkey's coastal waters; the Navy is heavily involved in NATO, multinational, and UN operations; its roles include control of territorial waters and security for sea lines of communications; the Turkish Air Force adopted an \"Aerospace and Missile Defense Concept\" in 2002 and has initiated project work on an integrated missile defense system; in a controversial move, it purchased the Russian S-400 air defense system for an estimated $2.5 billion in July 2019; Air Force priorities include attaining a modern deployable, survivable, and sustainable force structure, and establishing a sustainable command and control system; Turkey is a NATO ally and hosts NATO's Land Forces Command in Izmir, as well as the AN/TPY-2 radar as part of NATO Missile Defense" + "text": "the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has actively pursued the goal of asserting civilian control over the military since first taking power in 2002; the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) role in internal security has been significantly reduced; the TSK leadership continues to be an influential institution within Turkey, but plays a much smaller role in politics; the Turkish military remains focused on the threats emanating from the Syrian civil war, Russia's actions in Ukraine, and the PKK insurgency; primary domestic threats are listed as fundamentalism (with the definition in some dispute with the civilian government), separatism (Kurdish discontent), and the extreme left wing; Ankara strongly opposed establishment of an autonomous Kurdish region in Iraq; an overhaul of the Turkish Land Forces Command (TLFC) taking place under the \"Force 2014\" program is to produce 20-30% smaller, more highly trained forces characterized by greater mobility and firepower and capable of joint and combined operations; the TLFC has taken on increasing international peacekeeping responsibilities including in Afghanistan; the Turkish Navy is a regional naval power that wants to develop the capability to project power beyond Turkey's coastal waters; the Navy is heavily involved in NATO, multinational, and UN operations; its roles include control of territorial waters and security for sea lines of communications; the Turkish Air Force adopted an \"Aerospace and Missile Defense Concept\" in 2002 and has initiated project work on an integrated missile defense system; in a controversial move, it purchased the Russian S-400 air defense system for an estimated $2.5 billion in July 2019; Air Force priorities include attaining a modern deployable, survivable, and sustainable force structure, and establishing a sustainable command and control system; Turkey is a NATO ally (joined 1952) and hosts NATO's Land Forces Command in Izmir, as well as the AN/TPY-2 radar as part of NATO Missile Defense" } }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – Turkey; Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Kurdistan Workers' Party; al-Qa'ida; Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (2021)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Kurdistan Workers' Party; al-Qa'ida; Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, @@ -1178,7 +1183,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "3,672,646 (Syria) (2021); 173,250 (Iraq) (asylum seekers), 116,400 (Afghanistan) (asylum seekers), 27,000 (Iran) (asylum seekers) (2020)" + "text": "3,681,531 (Syria) (2021); 173,250 (Iraq) (asylum seekers), 116,400 (Afghanistan) (asylum seekers), 27,000 (Iran) (asylum seekers) (2020)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "1.099 million (displaced from 1984-2005 because of fighting between the Kurdish PKK and Turkish military; most IDPs are Kurds from eastern and southeastern provinces; no information available on persons displaced by development projects) (2019)" diff --git a/middle-east/we.json b/middle-east/we.json index d305a795..fc3ec966 100644 --- a/middle-east/we.json +++ b/middle-east/we.json @@ -111,7 +111,12 @@ "text": "Palestinian Arab, Jewish, other" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians), English (widely understood)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians), English (widely understood)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim 80-85% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 12-14%, Christian 1-2.5% (mainly Greek Orthodox), other, unaffiliated, unspecified <1% (2012 est.)" @@ -206,7 +211,7 @@ "text": "1.04 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "27 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank", "note": "note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank" }, @@ -786,7 +791,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code 970 or 972; 1 international switch in Ramallah" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "the Palestinian Authority operates 1 TV and 1 radio station; about 20 private TV and 40 radio stations; both Jordanian TV and satellite TV are accessible" @@ -855,7 +860,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade; HAMAS; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Kahane Chai; Palestine Islamic Jihad; Palestine Liberation Front; Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (2019)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade; HAMAS; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Kahane Chai; Palestine Islamic Jihad; Palestine Liberation Front; Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/middle-east/ym.json b/middle-east/ym.json index 67545cb3..92d5be1d 100644 --- a/middle-east/ym.json +++ b/middle-east/ym.json @@ -123,8 +123,12 @@ "text": "predominantly Arab; but also Afro-Arab, South Asian, European" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Arabic (official)

note: a distinct Socotri language is widely used on Socotra Island and Archipelago; Mahri is still fairly widely spoken in eastern Yemen", - "note": "note: a distinct Socotri language is widely used on Socotra Island and Archipelago; Mahri is still fairly widely spoken in eastern Yemen" + "Languages": { + "text": "Arabic (official); note - a distinct Socotri language is widely used on Socotra Island and Archipelago; Mahri is still fairly widely spoken in eastern Yemen" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim 99.1% (official; virtually all are citizens, an estimated 65% are Sunni and 35% are Shia), other 0.9% (includes Jewish, Baha'i, Hindu, and Christian; many are refugees or temporary foreign residents) (2010 est.)" @@ -224,7 +228,7 @@ "text": "21.4 years (2013 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "164 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -620,7 +624,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Christopher HENZEL (since 20 May 2019); note - the embassy closed in March 2015; Yemen Affairs Unit currently operates out of US Embassy Riyadh" + "text": "ambassador (vacant); Chargé d’Affaires Cathy WESTLEY; note - the embassy closed in March 2015; Yemen Affairs Unit currently operates out of US Embassy Riyadh" }, "telephone": { "text": "US Embassy Riyadh [966] 11-488-3800
previously - [967] 1 755-2000" @@ -1004,7 +1008,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 967; landing points for the FALCON, SeaMeWe-5, Aden-Djibouti, and the AAE-1 international submarine cable connecting Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Southeast Asia; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 2 Arabsat; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and Djibouti (2020)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-run TV with 2 stations; state-run radio with 2 national radio stations and 5 local stations; stations from Oman and Saudi Arabia can be accessed" @@ -1155,7 +1159,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham - Yemen; al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (2020)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham - Yemen; al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, @@ -1165,7 +1169,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "111,970 (Somalia), 16,051 (Ethiopia) (2021)" + "text": "112,865 (Somalia), 16,051 (Ethiopia) (2021)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "4,002,012 (conflict in Sa'ada Governorate; clashes between al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula and government forces) (2020)" diff --git a/north-america/bd.json b/north-america/bd.json index 7a3f2655..0da19ce3 100644 --- a/north-america/bd.json +++ b/north-america/bd.json @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "African descent 53.8%, White 31%, mixed 7.5%, other 7.1%, unspecified 0.6% (2010 est.)" + "text": "African descent 52%, White 31%, mixed 9%, Asian 4, other 4% (2010 est.)" }, "Languages": { "text": "English (official), Portuguese" @@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 1-441; landing points for the GlobeNet, Gemini Bermuda, CBUS, and the CB-1 submarine cables to the Caribbean, South America and the US; satellite earth stations - 3 (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "3 TV stations; cable and satellite TV subscription services are available; roughly 13 radio stations operating" diff --git a/north-america/ca.json b/north-america/ca.json index 4c7e47b8..b7f893c5 100644 --- a/north-america/ca.json +++ b/north-america/ca.json @@ -125,7 +125,12 @@ "note": "note: percentages add up to more than 100% because respondents were able to identify more than one ethnic origin" }, "Languages": { - "text": "English (official) 58.7%, French (official) 22%, Punjabi 1.4%, Italian 1.3%, Spanish 1.3%, German 1.3%, Cantonese 1.2%, Tagalog 1.2%, Arabic 1.1%, other 10.5% (2011 est.)" + "Languages": { + "text": "English (official) 58.7%, French (official) 22%, Punjabi 1.4%, Italian 1.3%, Spanish 1.3%, German 1.3%, Cantonese 1.2%, Tagalog 1.2%, Arabic 1.1%, other 10.5% (2011 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. (English)

The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)" + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Catholic 39% (includes Roman Catholic 38.8%, other Catholic .2%), Protestant 20.3% (includes United Church 6.1%, Anglican 5%, Baptist 1.9%, Lutheran 1.5%, Pentecostal 1.5%, Presbyterian 1.4%, other Protestant 2.9%), Orthodox 1.6%, other Christian 6.3%, Muslim 3.2%, Hindu 1.5%, Sikh 1.4%, Buddhist 1.1%, Jewish 1%, other 0.6%, none 23.9% (2011 est.)" @@ -224,7 +229,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "29 years (2017 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "10 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -959,23 +964,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "13,258,721" + "text": "13.267 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "35.46 (2019 est.)" + "text": "35.52 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "34,597,559" + "text": "34,366,950" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "92.53 (2019 est.)" + "text": "92.01 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "excellent service provided by first-rate technology; offers 99% coverage with LTE; consumer demand for mobile data services have prompted telecom companies to invest and advance LTE infrastructure, and further investment in 5G; govt. policy has aided the extension of broadband to rural and regional areas, with the result that services are almost universally accessible; govt. sets up $400 million public-private partnership to exploit benefits of 5G (2020)" + "text": "

Canada has highly developed, technologically advanced telecom services; LTE and broadband are nearly universal; competition between the DSL and cable platforms with investment in fiber networks; regulatory efforts ensure operators have spectrum available to develop 5G services; policy to improve service speeds and enable digital economy and e-services; operator’s 5G network facilitates smart-city vehicle and pedestrian traffic; high value in e-commerce transactions; international connections through submarine, terrestrial, and satellite systems; importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "35 per 100 fixed-line; 93 per 100 mobile-cellular; comparatively low mobile penetration provides further room for growth; domestic satellite system with about 300 earth stations (2019)" @@ -983,7 +988,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 1; landing points for the Nunavut Undersea Fiber Optic Network System, Greenland Connect, Persona, GTT Atlantic, and Express, KetchCan 1 Submarine Fiber Cable system, St Pierre and Miquelon Cable submarine cables providing links to the US and Europe; satellite earth stations - 7 (5 Intelsat - 4 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean, and 2 Intersputnik - Atlantic Ocean region) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "2 public TV broadcasting networks, 1 in English and 1 in French, each with a large number of network affiliates; several private-commercial networks also with multiple network affiliates; overall, about 150 TV stations; multi-channel satellite and cable systems provide access to a wide range of stations including US stations; mix of public and commercial radio broadcasters with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the public radio broadcaster, operating 4 radio networks, Radio Canada International, and radio services to indigenous populations in the north; roughly 1,119 licensed radio stations (2016)" @@ -1001,10 +1006,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "14,445,606" + "text": "15,273,496" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "39 (2018 est.)" + "text": "40.89 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1156,11 +1161,14 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "17 years of age for voluntary male and female military service (with parental consent); 16 years of age for Reserve and Military College applicants; Canadian citizenship or permanent residence status required; maximum 34 years of age; service obligation 3-9 years (2021)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "Canada is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949" } }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) (2019)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/north-america/gl.json b/north-america/gl.json index 1f5b330a..a55c4146 100644 --- a/north-america/gl.json +++ b/north-america/gl.json @@ -767,18 +767,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,259" + "text": "7,133" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "12.59 (2019 est.)" + "text": "12.34 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "66,009" + "text": "61,656" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "114.48 (2019 est.)" + "text": "106.7 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 299; landing points for Greenland Connect, Greenland Connect North, Nunavut Undersea Fiber System submarine cables to Greenland, Iceland, and Canada; satellite earth stations - 15 (12 Intelsat, 1 Eutelsat, 2 Americom GE-2 (all Atlantic Ocean)) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "the Greenland Broadcasting Company provides public radio and TV services throughout the island with a broadcast station and a series of repeaters; a few private local TV and radio stations; Danish public radio rebroadcasts are available (2019)" @@ -809,10 +809,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "13,192" + "text": "14,404" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "23 (2018 est.)" + "text": "24.93 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/north-america/mx.json b/north-america/mx.json index 4d730a4b..a01ab40d 100644 --- a/north-america/mx.json +++ b/north-america/mx.json @@ -123,8 +123,12 @@ "note": "note: Mexico does not collect census data on ethnicity" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Spanish only 92.7%, Spanish and indigenous languages 5.7%, indigenous only 0.8%, unspecified 0.8% (2005)

note: indigenous languages include various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional languages", - "note": "note: indigenous languages include various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional languages" + "Languages": { + "text": "Spanish only 92.7%, Spanish and indigenous languages 5.7%, indigenous only 0.8%, unspecified 0.8%; note -indigenous languages include various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional languages (2005)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 82.7%, Pentecostal 1.6%, Jehovah's Witness 1.4%, other Evangelical Churches 5%, other 1.9%, none 4.7%, unspecified 2.7% (2010 est.)" @@ -223,7 +227,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "21.3 years (2008 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "33 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -322,7 +326,7 @@ "vectorborne diseases": { "text": "dengue fever" }, - "note": "note: a new coronavirus is causing sustained community spread of respiratory illness (COVID-19) in Mexico; sustained community spread means that people have been infected with the virus, but how or where they became infected is not known, and the spread is ongoing; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; as of 16 May 2021, Mexico has reported a total of 2,377,995 cases of COVID-19 or 1,844.4 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 170.8 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 12.06% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: a new coronavirus is causing sustained community spread of respiratory illness (COVID-19) in Mexico; sustained community spread means that people have been infected with the virus, but how or where they became infected is not known, and the spread is ongoing; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; as of 6 June 2021, Mexico has reported a total of 2,429,631 cases of COVID-19 or 1,884.4 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 177.3 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 13 June 2021, 20.36% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "28.9% (2016)" @@ -459,7 +463,7 @@ "vectorborne diseases": { "text": "dengue fever" }, - "note": "note: a new coronavirus is causing sustained community spread of respiratory illness (COVID-19) in Mexico; sustained community spread means that people have been infected with the virus, but how or where they became infected is not known, and the spread is ongoing; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; as of 16 May 2021, Mexico has reported a total of 2,377,995 cases of COVID-19 or 1,844.4 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 170.8 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 12.06% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: a new coronavirus is causing sustained community spread of respiratory illness (COVID-19) in Mexico; sustained community spread means that people have been infected with the virus, but how or where they became infected is not known, and the spread is ongoing; illness with this virus has ranged from mild to severe with fatalities reported; as of 6 June 2021, Mexico has reported a total of 2,429,631 cases of COVID-19 or 1,884.4 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 177.3 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 13 June 2021, 20.36% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Waste and recycling": { "municipal solid waste generated annually": { @@ -563,7 +567,7 @@ "text": "president directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a single 6-year term; election last held on 1 July 2018 (next to be held in July 2024)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2018: Andres Manuel LOPEZ OBRADOR elected president; percent of vote - Andres Manuel LOPEZ OBRADOR (MORENA) 53.2%, Ricardo ANAYA (PAN) 22.3%, Jose Antonio MEADE Kuribrena (PRI) 16.4%, Jaime RODRIGUEZ Calderon 5.2% (independent), other 2.9%

2012: Enrique PENA NIETO elected president; percent of vote - Enrique PENA NIETO (PRI) 38.2%, Andres Manuel LOPEZ OBRADOR (PRD) 31.6%, Josefina Eugenia VAZQUEZ Mota (PAN) 25.4%, other 4.8%" + "text": "
2018: Andres Manuel LOPEZ OBRADOR elected president; percent of vote - Andres Manuel LOPEZ OBRADOR (MORENA) 53.2%, Ricardo ANAYA (PAN) 22.3%, Jose Antonio MEADE Kuribrena (PRI) 16.4%, Jaime RODRIGUEZ Calderon 5.2% (independent), other 2.9%

2012: Enrique PENA NIETO elected president; percent of vote - Enrique PENA NIETO (PRI) 38.2%, Andres Manuel LOPEZ OBRADOR (PRD) 31.6%, Josefina Eugenia VAZQUEZ Mota (PAN) 25.4%, other 4.8%" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -574,9 +578,9 @@ "text": "
Senate - last held on 1 July 2018 (next to be held on 1 July 2024)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 1 July 2018 (next to be held on 6 June 2021)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MORENA 58, PAN 22, PRI 14, PRD 9, MC 7, PT 7, PES 5, PVEM 5, PNA/PANAL 1; composition - men 65, women 63, percent of women 49.3%
Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MORENA 193, PAN 79, PT 61, PES 58, PRI 42, MC 26, PRD 23, PVEM 17, PNA/PANAL 1; composition - men 259, women 241, percent of women 48.2%; note - total National Congress percent of women 48.4%" + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MORENA 58, PAN 22, PRI 14, PRD 9, MC 7, PT 7, PES 5, PVEM 5, PNA/PANAL 1; composition - men 65, women 63, percent of women 49.3%
Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MORENA 193, PAN 79, PT 61, PES 58, PRI 42, MC 26, PRD 23, PVEM 17, PNA/PANAL 1; composition - men 259, women 241, percent of women 48.2%; note - total National Congress percent of women 48.4%; note - 6 June 2021 election results pending" }, - "note": "note: for the 2018 election, senators will be eligible for a second term and deputies up to 4 consecutive terms" + "note": "note: as of the 2018 election, senators will be eligible for a second term and deputies up to 4 consecutive terms" }, "Judicial branch": { "highest courts": { @@ -1006,23 +1010,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "22,471,647" + "text": "22,717,180" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "17.65 (2019 est.)" + "text": "17.82 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "121,117,720" + "text": "122,040,789" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "95.13 (2019 est.)" + "text": "95.75 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "adequate telephone service for business and government; improving quality and increasing mobile cellular availability, with mobile subscribers far outnumbering fixed-line subscribers; relatively low broadband and mobile penetration, potential for growth; extensive microwave radio relay network; considerable use of fiber-optic cable and coaxial cable; two main MNOs despite efforts for competition; 5G development slow given the existing capabilities of LTE; Mexico’s first local Internet Exchange Point opens in Mexico City; regulator strives to bring competition and foreign investment to Mexico; regulator brings back SIM card registration program (2020)" + "text": "

with a large population and relatively low broadband and mobile penetration, Mexico’s telecom sector has potential for growth; adequate telephone service for business and government; improving quality and increasing mobile cellular availability, with mobile subscribers far outnumbering fixed-line subscribers; relatively low broadband and mobile penetration, potential for growth and international investment; extensive microwave radio relay network; considerable use of fiber-optic cable and coaxial cable; 5G development slow given the existing capabilities of LTE; IXP in Mexico City; exporter of computers and broadcasting equipment to USA, and importer of same from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "competition has spurred the mobile-cellular market; fixed-line teledensity exceeds 18 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity is about 95 per 100 persons; domestic satellite system with 120 earth stations (2019)" @@ -1030,7 +1034,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 52; Columbus-2 fiber-optic submarine cable with access to the US, Virgin Islands, Canary Islands, Spain, and Italy; the ARCOS-1 and the MAYA-1 submarine cable system together provide access to Central America, parts of South America and the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 120 (32 Intelsat, 2 Solidaridad (giving Mexico improved access to South America, Central America, and much of the US as well as enhancing domestic communications), 1 Panamsat, numerous Inmarsat mobile earth stations); linked to Central American Microwave System of trunk connections (2016)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable, and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "telecom reform in 2013 enabled the creation of new broadcast television channels after decades of a quasi-monopoly; Mexico has 821 TV stations and 1,745 radio stations and most are privately owned; the Televisa group once had a virtual monopoly in TV broadcasting, but new broadcasting groups and foreign satellite and cable operators are now available; in 2016, Mexico became the first country in Latin America to complete the transition from analog to digital transmissions, allowing for better image and audio quality and a wider selection of programming from networks" @@ -1048,10 +1052,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "18,359,028" + "text": "19,354,980" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "15 (2018 est.)" + "text": "15.19 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/north-america/sb.json b/north-america/sb.json index d93e807c..9cdaec8f 100644 --- a/north-america/sb.json +++ b/north-america/sb.json @@ -111,7 +111,12 @@ "text": "Basques and Bretons (French fishermen)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "French (official)" + "Languages": { + "text": "French (official)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 99%, other 1%" @@ -645,7 +650,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 508; landing point for the St Pierre and Miquelon Cable connecting Saint Pierre & Miquelon and Canada; radiotelephone communication with most countries in the world; satellite earth station - 1 in French domestic satellite system (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "2 TV stations with a third repeater station, all part of the French Overseas Network; radio stations on St. Pierre and on Miquelon are part of the French Overseas Network" diff --git a/north-america/us.json b/north-america/us.json index feda3d78..02c5fd21 100644 --- a/north-america/us.json +++ b/north-america/us.json @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "26.4 years (2015 est.)" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "19 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -939,18 +939,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "107,667,642" + "text": "107.568 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "32.6 (2019 est.)" + "text": "32.77 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "408,509,528" + "text": "442.457 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "123.69 (2019 est.)" + "text": "134.8 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 1; landing points for the Quintillion Subsea Cable Network, TERRA SW, AU-Aleutian, KKFL, AKORN, Alaska United -West, & -East & -Southeast, North Star, Lynn Canal Fiber, KetchCar 1, PC-1, SCCN, Tat TGN-Pacific & -Atlantic, Jupiter, Hawaiki, NCP, FASTER, HKA, JUS, AAG, BtoBE, Currie, Southern Cross NEXT, SxS, PLCN, Utility EAC-Pacific, SEA-US, Paniolo Cable Network, HICS, HIFN, ASH, Telstra Endeavor, Honotua, AURORA, ARCOS, AMX-1, Americas -I & -II, Columbus IIb & -III, Maya-1, MAC, GTMO-1, BICS, CFX-1, GlobeNet, Monet, SAm-1, Bahamas 2, PCCS, BRUSA, Dunant, MAREA, SAE x1, TAT 14, Apollo, Gemini Bermuda, Havfrue/AEC-2, Seabras-1, WALL-LI, NYNJ-1, FLAG Atalantic-1, Yellow, Atlantic Crossing-1, AE Connect -1, sea2shore, Challenger Bermuda-1, and GTT Atlantic submarine cable systems providing international connectivity to Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific, & Atlantic, and Indian Ocean Islands, Central and South America, Caribbean, Canada and US; satellite earth stations - 61 Intelsat (45 Atlantic Ocean and 16 Pacific Ocean), 5 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 4 Inmarsat (Pacific and Atlantic Ocean regions) (2020)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "4 major terrestrial TV networks with affiliate stations throughout the country, plus cable and satellite networks, independent stations, and a limited public broadcasting sector that is largely supported by private grants; overall, thousands of TV stations broadcasting; multiple national radio networks with many affiliate stations; while most stations are commercial, National Public Radio (NPR) has a network of some 900 member stations; satellite radio available; in total, over 15,000 radio stations operating (2018)" @@ -981,10 +981,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "110.568 million" + "text": "114.259 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "34 (2018 est.)" + "text": "34.81 (2019 est.)" } }, "Communications - note": { @@ -1145,11 +1145,14 @@ }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18 years of age (17 years of age with parental consent) for male and female voluntary service; no conscription; maximum enlistment age 34 (Army), 39 (Air Force), 39 (Navy), 28 (Marines), 31 (Coast Guard); 8-year service obligation, including 2-5 years active duty (Army), 2 years active (Navy), 4 years active (Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard); all military occupations and positions open to women (2020)" + }, + "Military - note": { + "text": "the US is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty (also known as the Washington Treaty) in 1949" } }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham; al-Qa'ida (2020)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); al-Qa'ida

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/oceans/zh.json b/oceans/zh.json index 8ff3dddc..51f33150 100644 --- a/oceans/zh.json +++ b/oceans/zh.json @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ "text": "sea level" }, "lowest point": { - "text": "Milwaukee Deep in the Puerto Rico Trench -8,605 m" + "text": "Puerto Rico Trench -8,605 m" }, "mean depth": { "text": "-3,646 m" diff --git a/south-america/ar.json b/south-america/ar.json index 136974ac..282ffcc1 100644 --- a/south-america/ar.json +++ b/south-america/ar.json @@ -122,7 +122,12 @@ "text": "European (mostly Spanish and Italian descent) and Mestizo (mixed European and Amerindian ancestry) 97.2%, Amerindian 2.4%, African 0.4% (2010 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French, indigenous (Mapudungun, Quechua)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French, indigenous (Mapudungun, Quechua)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%" @@ -221,7 +226,7 @@ "text": "0.98 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "39 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -299,7 +304,7 @@ "text": "1,400 (2019 est.)" }, "Major infectious diseases": { - "text": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Argentina; as of 16 May 2021, Argentina has reported a total of 3,269,466 cases of COVID-19 or 7,234.0  cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 154.6 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 18.01% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "text": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Argentina; as of 6 June 2021, Argentina has reported a total of 3,915,397 cases of COVID-19 or 8,663.2 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 177.9 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 14 June 2021, 28.86% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "28.3% (2016)" @@ -426,7 +431,7 @@ } }, "Major infectious diseases": { - "text": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Argentina; as of 16 May 2021, Argentina has reported a total of 3,269,466 cases of COVID-19 or 7,234.0  cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 154.6 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 18.01% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "text": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Argentina; as of 6 June 2021, Argentina has reported a total of 3,915,397 cases of COVID-19 or 8,663.2 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 177.9 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 14 June 2021, 28.86% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Waste and recycling": { "municipal solid waste generated annually": { @@ -528,7 +533,7 @@ "text": "president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by qualified majority vote (to win, a candidate must receive at least 45% of votes or 40% of votes and a 10-point lead over the second place candidate; if neither occurs, a second round is held ); the president serves a 4-year term (eligible for a second consecutive term); election last held on 27 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2023)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2019: Alberto Angel FERNANDEZ elected president; percent of vote - Alberto Angel FERNANDEZ (TODOS) 48.1%, Mauricio MACRI (PRO) 40.4%, Roberto LAVAGNA (independent) 6.2%, other 5.3%

2015: Mauricio MACRI elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Daniel SCIOLI (PJ) 37.1%, Mauricio MACRI (PRO) 34.2%, Sergio MASSA (FR/PJ) 21.4%, other 7.3%; percent of vote in second round - Mauricio MACRI (PRO) 51.4%, Daniel SCIOLI (PJ) 48.6%" + "text": "
2019: Alberto Angel FERNANDEZ elected president; percent of vote - Alberto Angel FERNANDEZ (TODOS) 48.1%, Mauricio MACRI (PRO) 40.4%, Roberto LAVAGNA (independent) 6.2%, other 5.3%

2015: Mauricio MACRI elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Daniel SCIOLI (PJ) 37.1%, Mauricio MACRI (PRO) 34.2%, Sergio MASSA (FR/PJ) 21.4%, other 7.3%; percent of vote in second round - Mauricio MACRI (PRO) 51.4%, Daniel SCIOLI (PJ) 48.6%" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -965,23 +970,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,791,464" + "text": "7,757,243" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "17.28 (2019 est.)" + "text": "17.2 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "59,008,618" + "text": "56,352,947" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "130.87 (2019 est.)" + "text": "124.98 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "one of the highest broadband penetrations in Latin America, supported by operator investment and govt. programs aimed at expansion; govt. provides 20 million euros for two 5G trials, Chinese company Huawei conducts 5G trials; major networks are entirely digital and the availability of telephone service continues to improve to rural areas; Argentinians' own multiple SIM cards for work and personal use; even with numerous providers there is a lack of competition for broadband and mobile services; still Argentina is the 3rd largest in the region after Brazil and Mexico (2020)" + "text": "Argentina has one of the most vigorous mobile markets in Latin America; with additional operators in the market, mobile penetration fell in 2020 as incentives for multiple-SIM card ownership eased; LTE with tests of 5G; government plan to boost fixed broadband coverage nationally and declared TV, cable, and mobile services were essential public services; submarine system linking Sao Paolo and Rio De Janeiro with Buenos Aires is operational; national operator increased investment in Uruguay; importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2021) (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "17 per 100 fixed-line, 131 per 100 mobile-cellular; microwave radio relay, fiber-optic cable, and a domestic satellite system with 40 earth stations serve the trunk network (2019)" @@ -989,7 +994,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 54; landing points for the UNISUR, Bicentenario, Atlantis-2, SAm-1, and SAC, Tannat, Malbec and ARBR submarine cable systems that provide links to Europe, Africa, South and Central America, and US; satellite earth stations - 112 (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "government owns a TV station and radio network; more than 2 dozen TV stations and hundreds of privately owned radio stations; high rate of cable TV subscription usage" @@ -1007,10 +1012,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "8,473,655" + "text": "8,793,181" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "19 (2018 est.)" + "text": "19.5 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/south-america/bl.json b/south-america/bl.json index f19008e7..a17c3234 100644 --- a/south-america/bl.json +++ b/south-america/bl.json @@ -108,12 +108,16 @@ } }, "Ethnic groups": { - "text": "Mestizo (mixed White and Amerindian ancestry) 68%, Indigenous 20%, White 5%, Cholo/Chola 2%, Black 1%, other 1%, unspecified 3%; 44% of respondents indicated feeling part of some indigenous group, predominantly Quechua or Aymara (2009 est.)

note: results among surveys vary based on the wording of the ethnicity question and the available response choices; the 2001 national census did not provide \"Mestizo\" as a response choice, resulting in a much higher proportion of respondents identifying themselves as belonging to one of the available indigenous ethnicity choices; the use of \"Mestizo\" and \"Cholo\" varies among response choices in surveys, with surveys using the terms interchangeably, providing one or the other as a response choice, or providing the two as separate response choices", + "text": "Mestizo (mixed White and Amerindian ancestry) 68%, Indigenous 20%, White 5%, Cholo/Chola 2%, African descent 1%, other 1%, unspecified 3%; 44% of respondents indicated feeling part of some indigenous group, predominantly Quechua or Aymara (2009 est.)

note: results among surveys vary based on the wording of the ethnicity question and the available response choices; the 2001 national census did not provide \"Mestizo\" as a response choice, resulting in a much higher proportion of respondents identifying themselves as belonging to one of the available indigenous ethnicity choices; the use of \"Mestizo\" and \"Cholo\" varies among response choices in surveys, with surveys using the terms interchangeably, providing one or the other as a response choice, or providing the two as separate response choices", "note": "note: results among surveys vary based on the wording of the ethnicity question and the available response choices; the 2001 national census did not provide \"Mestizo\" as a response choice, resulting in a much higher proportion of respondents identifying themselves as belonging to one of the available indigenous ethnicity choices; the use of \"Mestizo\" and \"Cholo\" varies among response choices in surveys, with surveys using the terms interchangeably, providing one or the other as a response choice, or providing the two as separate response choices" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Spanish (official) 60.7%, Quechua (official) 21.2%, Aymara (official) 14.6%, Guarani (official) 0.6%, other native languages 0.4%, foreign languages 2.4%, none 0.1% (2001 est.)

note: Bolivia's 2009 constitution designates Spanish and all indigenous languages as official; 36 indigenous languages are specified, including a few that are extinct", - "note": "note: Bolivia's 2009 constitution designates Spanish and all indigenous languages as official; 36 indigenous languages are specified, including a few that are extinct" + "Languages": { + "text": "Spanish (official) 60.7%, Quechua (official) 21.2%, Aymara (official) 14.6%, Guarani (official) 0.6%, other native languages 0.4%, foreign languages 2.4%, none 0.1%; note - Bolivia's 2009 constitution designates Spanish and all indigenous languages as official; 36 indigenous languages are specified, including a few that are extinct (2001 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 76.8%, Evangelical and Pentecostal 8.1%, Protestant 7.9%, other 1.7%, none 5.5% (2012 est.)" @@ -216,7 +220,7 @@ "text": "21.2 years (2008 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "155 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -539,7 +543,7 @@ "text": "president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot one of 3 ways: candidate wins at least 50% of the vote, or at least 40% of the vote and 10% more than the next highest candidate; otherwise a second round is held and the winner determined by simple majority vote; president and vice president are elected by majority vote to serve a 5-year term; no term limits (changed from two consecutive term limit by Constitutional Court in late 2017); election last held on 18 October 2020 (next to be held in October 2025)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2020: Luis Alberto ARCE Catacora elected president; percent of vote - Luis Alberto ARCE Catacora (MAS) 55.1%; Carlos Diego MESA Gisbert (CC) 28.8%; Luis Fernando CAMACHO Vaca (Creemos) 14%; other 2.1%

2018:  Juan Evo MORALES Ayma reelected president; percent of vote - Juan Evo MORALES Ayma (MAS) 61%; Samuel DORIA MEDINA Arana (UN) 24.5%; Jorge QUIROGA Ramirez (POC) 9.1%; other 5.4%; note - MORALES resigned from office on 10 November 2019 over alleged election rigging; resignations of all his constitutionally designated successors followed, including the Vice President, President of the Senate, President of the Chamber of Deputies, and First Vice President of the Senate, leaving the Second Vice President of the Senate, Jeanine ANEZ Chavez, the highest-ranking official still in office; her appointment to the presidency was endorsed by Bolivia's Constitutional Court, and she served as interim president until the inauguration of Luis Alberto ARCE Catacora, winner of the 18 October 2020 presidential election" + "text": "
2020: Luis Alberto ARCE Catacora elected president; percent of vote - Luis Alberto ARCE Catacora (MAS) 55.1%; Carlos Diego MESA Gisbert (CC) 28.8%; Luis Fernando CAMACHO Vaca (Creemos) 14%; other 2.1%

2018:  Juan Evo MORALES Ayma reelected president; percent of vote - Juan Evo MORALES Ayma (MAS) 61%; Samuel DORIA MEDINA Arana (UN) 24.5%; Jorge QUIROGA Ramirez (POC) 9.1%; other 5.4%; note - MORALES resigned from office on 10 November 2019 over alleged election rigging; resignations of all his constitutionally designated successors followed, including the Vice President, President of the Senate, President of the Chamber of Deputies, and First Vice President of the Senate, leaving the Second Vice President of the Senate, Jeanine ANEZ Chavez, the highest-ranking official still in office; her appointment to the presidency was endorsed by Bolivia's Constitutional Court, and she served as interim president until the inauguration of Luis Alberto ARCE Catacora, winner of the 18 October 2020 presidential election" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -982,23 +986,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "719,399" + "text": "652,272" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "6.27 (2019 est.)" + "text": "5.71 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "11,567,760" + "text": "11,688,830" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "100.82 (2019 est.)" + "text": "102.25 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "lowest GDP in the area; much of the population live in remote valleys and telecommunications is poor; consumers pick from multiple long-distance carriers for each call; reliability, and coverage have steadily improved, but some remote areas are still underserved; operators plan to extend fiber to all 339 municipal capital cities by 2022; move from 3G to LTE available by all 3 mobile companies; 92% of all Internet is through smartphone; broadband services remain expensive by the lack of competition and that fact that Bolivia is landlocked and does not have access through submarine cables; MNP (mobile number portability) launched in October 2018; Bolivian Space Agency planning to launch a second telecom satellite after 2020 (2020)" + "text": "

with low national GDP and remote landlocked geography, Bolivia’s telecom services are historically expensive and neglected resulting in low penetration; fixed telecom market is provided by non-profit cooperatives focused on improvement of services such as broadband and paid TV services; some operators adopted fixed-wireless technologies and fiber-optic capacity; fixed broadband services migrating from DSL to fiber remain expensive and largely unavailable in many areas; historically relied on satellite services or terrestrial links and inaugurated a new cable running via Peru to the Pacific; operator aims to increase coverage through mobile networks for voice and data access, especially to rural areas; space agency plans to boost satellite-based Internet; in 2020, communications towers in Yapacani were destroyed due to pandemic conspiracy fears; importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "6 per 100 fixed-line, mobile-cellular telephone use expanding rapidly and teledensity stands at 101 per 100 persons; most telephones are concentrated in La Paz, Santa Cruz, and other capital cities (2019)" @@ -1006,7 +1010,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 591; Bolivia has no direct access to submarine cable networks and must therefore connect to the rest of the world either via satellite or through terrestrial links across neighboring countries; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "large number of radio and TV stations broadcasting with private media outlets dominating; state-owned and private radio and TV stations generally operating freely, although both pro-government and anti-government groups have attacked media outlets in response to their reporting" @@ -1024,10 +1028,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "504,097" + "text": "746,872" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "4 (2018 est.)" + "text": "6.53 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/south-america/br.json b/south-america/br.json index 800f5325..0819d6d4 100644 --- a/south-america/br.json +++ b/south-america/br.json @@ -123,8 +123,12 @@ "text": "White 47.7%, Mulatto (mixed White and Black) 43.1%, Black 7.6%, Asian 1.1%, Indigenous 0.4% (2010 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language)

note: less common languages include Spanish (border areas and schools), German, Italian, Japanese, English, and a large number of minor Amerindian languages", - "note": "note: less common languages include Spanish (border areas and schools), German, Italian, Japanese, English, and a large number of minor Amerindian languages" + "Languages": { + "text": "Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language); note - less common languages include Spanish (border areas and schools), German, Italian, Japanese, English, and a large number of minor Amerindian languages" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
O Livro de Fatos Mundiais, a fonte indispensável para informação básica. (Brazilian Portuguese)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 64.6%, other Catholic 0.4%, Protestant 22.2% (includes Adventist 6.5%, Assembly of God 2.0%, Christian Congregation of Brazil 1.2%, Universal Kingdom of God 1.0%, other Protestant 11.5%), other Christian 0.7%, Spiritist 2.2%, other 1.4%, none 8%, unspecified 0.4% (2010 est.)" @@ -223,7 +227,7 @@ "text": "0.97 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "60 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -325,7 +329,7 @@ "water contact diseases": { "text": "schistosomiasis" }, - "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Brazil; as of 16 May 2021, Brazil has reported a total of 15,519,525 cases of COVID-19 or 7,301.3  cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 203.5 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 17.33% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Brazil; as of 6 June 2021, Brazil has reported a total of 16,841,408 cases of COVID-19 or 7,923.2  cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 221.5 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 14 June 2021, 25.98% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "22.1% (2016)" @@ -461,7 +465,7 @@ "water contact diseases": { "text": "schistosomiasis" }, - "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Brazil; as of 16 May 2021, Brazil has reported a total of 15,519,525 cases of COVID-19 or 7,301.3  cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 203.5 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 17.33% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Brazil; as of 6 June 2021, Brazil has reported a total of 16,841,408 cases of COVID-19 or 7,923.2  cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 221.5 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 14 June 2021, 25.98% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Waste and recycling": { "municipal solid waste generated annually": { @@ -562,7 +566,7 @@ "text": "president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a single 4-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 7 October 2018 with runoff on 28 October 2018 (next to be held in October 2022)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2018: Jair BOLSONARO elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Jair BOLSONARO (PSL) 46%, Fernando HADDAD (PT) 29.3%, Ciro GOMEZ (PDT) 12.5%, Geraldo ALCKMIN (PSDB) 4.8%, other 7.4%; percent of vote in second round - Jair BOLSONARO (PSL) 55.1%, Fernando HADDAD (PT) 44.9%

2014: Dilma ROUSSEFF reelected president in second round; percent of vote - Dilma ROUSSEFF (PT) 51.6%, Aecio NEVES (PSDB) 48.4%; note - on 12 May 2016, Brazil's Senate voted to hold an impeachment trial of President Dilma ROUSSEFF, who was then suspended from her executive duties; Vice President Michel TEMER took over as acting president; on 31 August 2016 the Senate voted 61-20 in favor of conviction and her removal from office; TEMER served as president for the remainder of ROUSSEFF's term, which ended 1 January 2019" + "text": "
2018: Jair BOLSONARO elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Jair BOLSONARO (PSL) 46%, Fernando HADDAD (PT) 29.3%, Ciro GOMEZ (PDT) 12.5%, Geraldo ALCKMIN (PSDB) 4.8%, other 7.4%; percent of vote in second round - Jair BOLSONARO (PSL) 55.1%, Fernando HADDAD (PT) 44.9%

2014: Dilma ROUSSEFF reelected president in second round; percent of vote - Dilma ROUSSEFF (PT) 51.6%, Aecio NEVES (PSDB) 48.4%; note - on 12 May 2016, Brazil's Senate voted to hold an impeachment trial of President Dilma ROUSSEFF, who was then suspended from her executive duties; Vice President Michel TEMER took over as acting president; on 31 August 2016 the Senate voted 61-20 in favor of conviction and her removal from office; TEMER served as president for the remainder of ROUSSEFF's term, which ended 1 January 2019" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -998,23 +1002,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "33,585,164" + "text": "33,712,877" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "15.97 (2019 est.)" + "text": "16.01 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "207,862,093" + "text": "202,009,290" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "98.84 (2019 est.)" + "text": "95.92 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "Brazil is one of the largest mobile and broadband markets in Latin America; 5G auction delayed due to interference issues; four major (mobile network operators) MNOs offering a range of voice and data services; broadband penetration only behind Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay; country is a pioneer in the region for M-commerce (electronic commerce conducted on mobile phones) (2020)" + "text": "

Brazil is one of the largest mobile and broadband markets in Latin America with healthy competition and pricing; 5G launched on limited basis; large fixed-line broadband market with focus on fiber; landing point for submarine cables and investment into terrestrial fiber cables to neighboring countries; Internet penetration has increased, access varies along geographic and socio-economic lines; government provides free WiFi in urban public spaces; pioneer in the region for M-commerce; major importer of integrated circuits from South Korea and China, and broadcasting equipment from China (2021)

 

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line connections have remained relatively stable in recent years and stand at about 16 per 100 persons; less-expensive mobile-cellular technology has been a major impetus broadening telephone service to the lower-income segments of the population with mobile-cellular teledensity roughly 99 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -1022,7 +1026,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 55; landing points for a number of submarine cables, including Malbec, ARBR, Tamnat, SAC, SAm-1, Atlantis -2, Seabras-1, Monet, EllaLink, BRUSA, GlobeNet, AMX-1, Brazilian Festoon, Bicentenario, Unisur, Junior, Americas -II, SAE x1, SAIL, SACS and SABR that provide direct connectivity to South and Central America, the Caribbean, the US, Africa, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region east), connected by microwave relay system to Mercosur Brazilsat B3 satellite earth station; satellites is a major communication platform, as it is almost impossible to lay fiber optic cable in the thick vegetation (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-run Radiobras operates a radio and a TV network; more than 1,000 radio stations and more than 100 TV channels operating - mostly privately owned; private media ownership highly concentrated" @@ -1040,10 +1044,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "31,233,004" + "text": "32,914,496" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "15 (2018 est.)" + "text": "15.63 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/south-america/ci.json b/south-america/ci.json index b9624967..5ba3a7d6 100644 --- a/south-america/ci.json +++ b/south-america/ci.json @@ -123,8 +123,12 @@ "text": "White and non-Indigenous 88.9%, Mapuche 9.1%, Aymara 0.7%, other indigenous groups 1% (includes Rapa Nui, Likan Antai, Quechua, Colla, Diaguita, Kawesqar, Yagan or Yamana), unspecified 0.3% (2012 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Spanish 99.5% (official), English 10.2%, indigenous 1% (includes Mapudungun, Aymara, Quechua, Rapa Nui), other 2.3%, unspecified 0.2% (2012 est.)

note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census", - "note": "note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census" + "Languages": { + "text": "Spanish 99.5% (official), English 10.2%, indigenous 1% (includes Mapudungun, Aymara, Quechua, Rapa Nui), other 2.3%, unspecified 0.2%; note - shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census (2012 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 66.7%, Evangelical or Protestant 16.4%, Jehovah's Witness 1%, other 3.4%, none 11.5%, unspecified 1.1% (2012 est.)" @@ -223,7 +227,7 @@ "text": "0.97 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "13 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -539,7 +543,7 @@ "text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a single 4-year term; election last held on 19 November 2017 with a runoff held 17 December 2017 (next to be held on 21 November 2021 with runoff if need on 19 December)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2017: Sebastian PINERA Echenique elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Sebastian PINERA Echenique (independent) 36.6%; Alejandro GUILLIER (independent) 22.7%; Beatriz SANCHEZ (independent) 20.3%; Jose Antonio KAST (independent) 7.9%; Carolina GOIC (PDC) 5.9%; Marco ENRIQUEZ-OMINAMI (PRO) 5.7%; other 0.9%; percent of vote in second round - Sebastian PINERA Echenique 54.6%, Alejandro GUILLIER 45.4%

2013: Michelle BACHELET Jeria elected president in runoff; percent of vote - Michelle BACHELET Jeria (PS/New Majority) 62.2%; Evelyn Rose MATTHEI Fornet (UDI/Let's Go Chile Coalition) 37.8%" + "text": "
2017: Sebastian PINERA Echenique elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Sebastian PINERA Echenique (independent) 36.6%; Alejandro GUILLIER (independent) 22.7%; Beatriz SANCHEZ (independent) 20.3%; Jose Antonio KAST (independent) 7.9%; Carolina GOIC (PDC) 5.9%; Marco ENRIQUEZ-OMINAMI (PRO) 5.7%; other 0.9%; percent of vote in second round - Sebastian PINERA Echenique 54.6%, Alejandro GUILLIER 45.4%

2013: Michelle BACHELET Jeria elected president in runoff; percent of vote - Michelle BACHELET Jeria (PS/New Majority) 62.2%; Evelyn Rose MATTHEI Fornet (UDI/Let's Go Chile Coalition) 37.8%" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -971,23 +975,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,620,195" + "text": "2,750,272" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "14.51 (2019 est.)" + "text": "15.23 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "23,870,679" + "text": "25,051,668" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "132.19 (2019 est.)" + "text": "138.76 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "most advanced telecommunications infrastructure in South America; although Chile has one of the highest mobile penetration rates in the region, the number of subscribers has fallen due to subscribers ending multiple SIM card use; the country ranks second highest in South and Central America in terms of available broadband speeds; effective competition in the broadband and mobile sectors; LTE infrastructure is extensive but national plan for 5G services awaits spectrum auctions; during the COVID-19 pandemic Chile provided free access to educational content for about 3 million school pupils (2020)" + "text": "Chile’s telecom systems are highly competitive and rapidly evolving; mobile penetration rate is among the highest in South America; deployment of 5G networks expected; fixed broadband penetration is high for region, with fast and inexpensive services; government initiatives provide high-capacity connectivity across the country and increase fixed-line broadband penetration; progress with national satellite system; schools received free broadband as part of the ‘Connectivity for Education 2030’ program; submarine cable project to link Chile with New Zealand and Australia; importer of broadcasting equipment from USA (2020) (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "number of fixed-line connections have stagnated to 15 per 100 in recent years as mobile-cellular usage continues to increase, reaching 132 telephones per 100 persons; domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations (2019)" @@ -995,7 +999,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 56; landing points for the Pan-Am, Prat, SAm-1, American Movil-Telxius West Coast Cable, FOS Quellon-Chacabuco, Fibra Optical Austral, SAC and Curie submarine cables providing links to the US, Caribbean and to Central and South America; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "national and local terrestrial TV channels, coupled with extensive cable TV networks; the state-owned Television Nacional de Chile (TVN) network is self-financed through commercial advertising revenues and is not under direct government control; large number of privately owned TV stations; about 250 radio stations" @@ -1013,10 +1017,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "3,250,678" + "text": "3,429,305" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "18 (2018 est.)" + "text": "18.99 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/south-america/co.json b/south-america/co.json index dfb0f777..56618dc6 100644 --- a/south-america/co.json +++ b/south-america/co.json @@ -120,7 +120,12 @@ "text": "Mestizo and White 87.6%, Afro-Colombian (includes Mulatto, Raizal, and Palenquero) 6.8%, Amerindian 4.3%, unspecified 1.4% (2018 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Spanish (official)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Spanish (official)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 79%, Protestant 14% (includes Pentecostal 6%, mainline Protestant 2%, other 6%), other 2%, unspecified 5% (2014 est.)" @@ -223,7 +228,7 @@ "text": "21.7 years (2015 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "83 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -322,7 +327,7 @@ "vectorborne diseases": { "text": "dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever" }, - "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Colombia; as of 16 May 2021, Columbia has reported a total of 3,084,460  cases of COVID-19 or 6,061.9  cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 157.7 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 9.14% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Colombia; as of 6 June 2021, Columbia has reported a total of 3,518,046   cases of COVID-19 or 6,914.0 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 178.6 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 13 June 2021, 18.07% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "22.3% (2016)" @@ -458,7 +463,7 @@ "vectorborne diseases": { "text": "dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever" }, - "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Colombia; as of 16 May 2021, Columbia has reported a total of 3,084,460  cases of COVID-19 or 6,061.9  cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 157.7 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 9.14% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Colombia; as of 6 June 2021, Columbia has reported a total of 3,518,046   cases of COVID-19 or 6,914.0 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 178.6 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 13 June 2021, 18.07% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Waste and recycling": { "municipal solid waste generated annually": { @@ -559,7 +564,7 @@ "text": "president directly elected by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed for a single 4-year term; election last held on 27 May 2018 with a runoff held on 17 June 2018 (next to be held in 2022); note - political reform in 2015 eliminated presidential reelection" }, "election results": { - "text": "2018: Ivan DUQUE Marquez elected president in second round; percent of vote - Ivan DUQUE Marquez (CD) 54%, Gustavo PETRO (Humane Colombia) 41.8%, other/blank/invalid 4.2%

2014: Juan Manuel SANTOS Calderon reelected president in second round; percent of vote - Juan Manuel SANTOS Calderon (U Party) 51.0%, Oscar Ivan ZULUAGA (CD) 45.0%, other 4.0%" + "text": "2018: Ivan DUQUE Marquez elected president in second round; percent of vote - Ivan DUQUE Marquez (CD) 54%, Gustavo PETRO (Humane Colombia) 41.8%, other/blank/invalid 4.2%

2014: Juan Manuel SANTOS Calderon reelected president in second round; percent of vote - Juan Manuel SANTOS Calderon (U Party) 51.0%, Oscar Ivan ZULUAGA (CD) 45.0%, other 4.0%" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -1002,23 +1007,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "6,774,363" + "text": "7,012,306" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "13.93 (2019 est.)" + "text": "14.23 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "64,033,049" + "text": "66,283,175" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "131.67 (2019 est.)" + "text": "134.47 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "fastest growing sector is mobile broadband with LTE infrastructure and investment in 5G; strong demand in rural areas for mobile broadband, potential is high while penetration is low; fiber-optic network linking 50 cities; the cable sector commands about half of the market by subscribers, with DSL having a declining share while fiber-based broadband is developing strongly; competition among the MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) sector has promoted 2.9 million subscribers as of mid-2018; most infrastructure is primarily in high-density urban areas; growing popularity of bundled services (2020)" + "text": "

Colombia’s telecom infrastructure has improved through a government program of competition to upgrade services based on LTE and 5G, focusing on infrastructure in small urban centers and rural areas; national ICT Plan increased broadband and fiber connectivity; operators testing 5G and completed 20k terrestrial cable connecting 80% of the country; benefit due to access to commercial submarine cable (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line connections stand at about 14 per 100 persons; mobile cellular telephone subscribership is about 132 per 100 persons; competition among cellular service providers is resulting in falling local and international calling rates and contributing to the steep decline in the market share of fixed-line services; domestic satellite system with 41 earth stations (2019)" @@ -1026,7 +1031,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 57; landing points for the SAC, Maya-1, SAIT, ACROS, AMX-1, CFX-1, PCCS, Deep Blue Cable, Globe Net, PAN-AM, SAm-1 submarine cable systems providing links to the US, parts of the Caribbean, and Central and South America; satellite earth stations - 10 (6 Intelsat, 1 Inmarsat, 3 fully digitalized international switching centers) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "combination of state-owned and privately owned broadcast media provide service; more than 500 radio stations and many national, regional, and local TV stations (2019)" @@ -1044,10 +1049,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "6,678,543" + "text": "6,949,852" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "14 (2018 est.)" + "text": "14.1 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1202,7 +1207,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "National Liberation Army (ELN); Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) (2021)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "National Liberation Army (ELN); Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/south-america/ec.json b/south-america/ec.json index f178577d..459aeb4e 100644 --- a/south-america/ec.json +++ b/south-america/ec.json @@ -122,8 +122,12 @@ "text": "Mestizo (mixed Amerindian and White) 71.9%, Montubio 7.4%, Amerindian 7%, White 6.1%, Afroecuadorian 4.3%, Mulatto 1.9%, Black 1%, other 0.4% (2010 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Spanish (Castilian) 93% (official), Quechua 4.1%, other indigenous 0.7%, foreign 2.2% (2010 est.)

note: (Quechua and Shuar are official languages of intercultural relations; other indigenous languages are in official use by indigenous peoples in the areas they inhabit)", - "note": "note: (Quechua and Shuar are official languages of intercultural relations; other indigenous languages are in official use by indigenous peoples in the areas they inhabit)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Spanish (Castilian) 93% (official), Quechua 4.1%, other indigenous 0.7%, foreign 2.2%; note - (Quechua and Shuar are official languages of intercultural relations; other indigenous languages are in official use by indigenous peoples in the areas they inhabit) (2010 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 74%, Evangelical 10.4%, Jehovah's Witness 1.2%, other 6.4% (includes Mormon, Buddhist, Jewish, Spiritualist, Muslim, Hindu, indigenous, African American, Pentecostal), atheist 7.9%, agnostic 0.1% (2012 est.)

note: data represent persons at least 16 years of age from five Ecuadoran cities", @@ -223,7 +227,7 @@ "text": "0.99 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "59 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -993,23 +997,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,111,291" + "text": "2,195,840" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "12.64 (2019 est.)" + "text": "13.15 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "15,241,719" + "text": "15,853,100" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "91.25 (2019 est.)" + "text": "94.97 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "much of the country's fixed-line structure is influenced by topographical challenges associated with the Andes Mountains; Ecuador has a small telecom market with a dominant mobile sector; the state-owned incumbent CNT dominates the fixed-line market, and therefore the DSL broadband market as well; mobile broadband market growing and expanding LTE services (2020)" + "text": "Ecuador’s remote and mountainous geography lends challenges to tele-density; government-owned provider to improve fixed-line and LTE infrastructure, with emphasis on fiber expansion from urban to rural areas and installation of a 5G network; small telecom market dominated by the non-competitive mobile sector; inadequate fixed-line infrastructure and slowed fixed-line broadband services (2021) (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line services with digital networks provided by multiple telecommunications operators; fixed-line teledensity stands at about 13 per 100 persons and mobile-cellular use has surged and subscribership has reached 91 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -1017,7 +1021,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 593; landing points for the PAN-AM, PCCS, America Movil-Telxius West Coast Cable and SAm-1 submarine cables that provide links to South and Central America, and extending onward to the Caribbean and the US; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "about 60 media outlets are recognized as national; the Ecuadorian Government controls 12 national outlets and multiple radio stations; there are multiple TV networks and many local channels, as well as more than 300 radio stations; many TV and radio stations are privately owned; broadcast media is required by law to give the government free airtime to broadcast programs produced by the state; the Ecuadorian Government is the biggest advertiser and grants advertising contracts to outlets that provide favorable coverage; an antimonopoly law and communication law limit ownership and investment in the media by non-media businesses (2019)" @@ -1035,10 +1039,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,953,607" + "text": "2,092,458" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "12 (2018 est.)" + "text": "12.53 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/south-america/gy.json b/south-america/gy.json index 6743f02f..f34bb496 100644 --- a/south-america/gy.json +++ b/south-america/gy.json @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ "text": "20.8 years (2009 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "667 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -542,10 +542,10 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "President Mohammed Irfaan ALI (since 2 August 2020); First Vice President Mark PHILLIPS (since 20 May 2015); Vice Presidents Bharrat JAGDEO (since 20 May 2015), Sydney ALLICOCK (since 2 August 2020), Khemraj RAMJATTAN (since 2 August 2020); Prime Minister Mark PHILLIPS (since 2 August 2020); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" + "text": "President Mohammed Irfaan ALI (since 2 August 2020); First Vice President Mark PHILLIPS (since 2 August 2020); Vice President Bharrat JAGDEO (since 2 August 2020); Prime Minister Mark PHILLIPS (since 2 August 2020); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" }, "head of government": { - "text": "President Mohammed Irfaan ALI (since 2 August 2020); First Vice President Mark PHILLIPS (since 20 May 2015); Vice Presidents Bharrat JAGDEO (since 20 May 2015), Sydney ALLICOCK (since 2 August 2020), Khemraj RAMJATTAN (since 2 August 2020)" + "text": "President Mohammed Irfaan ALI (since 2 August 2020); First Vice President Mark PHILLIPS (since 2 August 2020); Vice President Bharrat JAGDEO (since 2 August 2020)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet of Ministers appointed by the president, responsible to the National Assembly" @@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ "text": "the predesignated candidate of the winning party in the last National Assembly election becomes president for a 5-year term (no term limits); election last held on 2 March 2020 (next to be held in 2025); prime minister appointed by the president" }, "election results": { - "text": "Mohammed Irfaan ALI (PPP/C) designated president by the majority party in the National Assembly" + "text": "
2020: Mohammed Irfaan ALI (PPP/C) designated president by the majority party in the National Assembly

2015: David GRANGER (APNU-AFC) designated president by the majority party in the National Assembly" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "reliable international long distance service; 100% digital network; national transmission supported by fiber optic cable and rural network by microwaves; more than 150,000 lines; many areas still lack fixed-line telephone services; 2019 budget allocates funds for ICT (Information and Communications Technology) development; broadband subscribers remains small and end-users incur expense to use (2020)" + "text": "revenues gained from newly tapped off-shore oil reserves may provide a boost of Guyana’s infrastructure, including upgrade of aging telecom systems to LTE and fiber broadband; competition in mobile services but monopoly in fixed-line; submarine cable improved broadband availability but service is still slow and expensive; second cable will improve delivery and pricing; government promotes ICT for e-government, e-health, and tele-education, and connection to remote locations (2021) (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line teledensity is about 18 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity about 83 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 592; landing point for the SG-SCS submarine cable to Suriname, and the Caribbean; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "government-dominated broadcast media; the National Communications Network (NCN) TV is state-owned; a few private TV stations relay satellite services; the state owns and operates 2 radio stations broadcasting on multiple frequencies capable of reaching the entire country; government limits on licensing of new private radio stations has constrained competition in broadcast media" diff --git a/south-america/ns.json b/south-america/ns.json index 9f6695ae..4a1b2eed 100644 --- a/south-america/ns.json +++ b/south-america/ns.json @@ -116,7 +116,12 @@ "text": "Hindustani (also known locally as \"East Indians\"; their ancestors emigrated from northern India in the latter part of the 19th century) 27.4%, Maroon (their African ancestors were brought to the country in the 17th and 18th centuries as slaves and escaped to the interior) 21.7%, Creole (mixed White and Black) 15.7%, Javanese 13.7%, mixed 13.4%, other 7.6%, unspecified 0.6% (2012 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Dutch (official), English (widely spoken), Sranang Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki, is the native language of Creoles and much of the younger population and is lingua franca among others), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Javanese" + "Languages": { + "text": "Dutch (official), English (widely spoken), Sranang Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki, is the native language of Creoles and much of the younger population and is lingua franca among others), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Javanese" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
Het Wereld Feitenboek, een omnisbare bron van informatie. (Dutch)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. (English)" + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Protestant 23.6% (includes Evangelical 11.2%, Moravian 11.2%, Reformed .7%, Lutheran .5%), Hindu 22.3%, Roman Catholic 21.6%, Muslim 13.8%, other Christian 3.2%, Winti 1.8%, Jehovah's Witness 1.2%, other 1.7%, none 7.5%, unspecified 3.2% (2012 est.)" @@ -215,7 +220,7 @@ "text": "1.01 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "120 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -955,18 +960,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "96,310" + "text": "92,756" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "15.95 (2019 est.)" + "text": "15.37 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "845,292" + "text": "813,844" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "139.99 (2019 est.)" + "text": "134.9 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -979,7 +984,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 597; landing point for the SG-SCS submarine cable linking South America with the Caribbean; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "2 state-owned TV stations; 1 state-owned radio station; multiple private radio and TV stations (2019)" @@ -997,10 +1002,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "73,176" + "text": "80,320" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "12 (2018 est.)" + "text": "13.31 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/south-america/pa.json b/south-america/pa.json index e9f62376..6456c8a9 100644 --- a/south-america/pa.json +++ b/south-america/pa.json @@ -111,8 +111,12 @@ "text": "Mestizo (mixed Spanish and Amerindian) 95%, other 5%" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Spanish (official) and Guarani (official) 46.3%, only Guarani 34%, only Spanish 15.2%, other (includes Portuguese, German, other indigenous languages) 4.1% , no response .4% (2012 est.)

note: data represent predominant household language", - "note": "note: data represent predominant household language" + "Languages": { + "text": "Spanish (official) and Guarani (official) 46.3%, only Guarani 34%, only Spanish 15.2%, other (includes Portuguese, German, other indigenous languages) 4.1% , no response .4%; note - data represent predominant household language (2012 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1% (2002 census)" @@ -215,7 +219,7 @@ "text": "22.9 years (2008 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "84 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -546,7 +550,7 @@ "text": "president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by simple majority popular vote for a single 5-year term; election last held on 22 April 2018 (next to be held in April 2023)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2018: Mario Abdo BENITEZ elected president; percent of vote - Mario Abdo BENITEZ (ANR) 46.4%, Efrain ALEGRE (PLRA) 42.7%, Juan Bautista YBANEZ 3.3%, other 7.6%

2013: Horacio CARTES elected president; percent of vote - Horacio CARTES (ANR) 48.5%, Efrain ALEGRE (PLRA) 39%, Mario FERREIRO (AP) 6.2%, Anibal CARRILLO (FG) 3.5%, other 2.8%" + "text": "
2018: Mario Abdo BENITEZ elected president; percent of vote - Mario Abdo BENITEZ (ANR) 46.4%, Efrain ALEGRE (PLRA) 42.7%, Juan Bautista YBANEZ 3.3%, other 7.6%

2013: Horacio CARTES elected president; percent of vote - Horacio CARTES (ANR) 48.5%, Efrain ALEGRE (PLRA) 39%, Mario FERREIRO (AP) 6.2%, Anibal CARRILLO (FG) 3.5%, other 2.8%" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -969,23 +973,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "309,221" + "text": "272,656" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "4.35 (2019 est.)" + "text": "3.84 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,602,566" + "text": "7,761,848" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "106.95 (2019 est.)" + "text": "109.24 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "the fixed-line market is a state monopoly and fixed-line telephone service is meager; principal switching center is in Asuncion; DSL, cable modem, FttP (fiber to the home) and WiMAX technologies available; competition in mobile market among 4 operators; 18 mobile phones for every fixed-line service phone; mobile and Internet market operators bring new investment and working towards LTE (2020)" + "text": "

limited progress on structural reform and deficient infrastructure of the landlocked country are obstacles to telecom platform; monopolized fixed-line service; effective competition in mobile market, serving 96% of population through LTE; deployment of fiber; South Korean investment in education centers; operator enabled 100 free Internet points across the country; Inter-American Development Bank loan supports modernization within regulatory framework; dependent on neighboring countries for access to submarine cables; major importer of broadcasting equipment from the USA (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "deficiencies in provision of fixed-line service have resulted in a rapid expansion of mobile-cellular services fostered by competition among multiple providers; Internet market also open to competition; fixed-line 4 per 100 and mobile-cellular 107 per 100 (2019)" @@ -993,7 +997,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 595; Paraguay's landlocked position means they must depend on neighbors for interconnection with submarine cable networks, making it cost more for broadband services; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "6 privately owned TV stations; about 75 commercial and community radio stations; 1 state-owned radio network (2019)" @@ -1011,10 +1015,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "320,700" + "text": "377,379" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "5 (2018 est.)" + "text": "5.31 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/south-america/pe.json b/south-america/pe.json index 33f0de94..6b6153d2 100644 --- a/south-america/pe.json +++ b/south-america/pe.json @@ -119,7 +119,12 @@ "text": "Mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 60.2%, Amerindian 25.8%, White 5.9%, African descent 3.6%, other (includes Chinese and Japanese descent) 1.2%, unspecified 3.3% (2017 est.)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Spanish (official) 82.9%, Quechua (official) 13.6%, Aymara (official) 1.6%, Ashaninka 0.3%, other native languages (includes a large number of minor Amazonian languages) 0.8%, other (includes foreign languages and sign language) 0.2%, none .1%, unspecified .7% (2017 est.)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Spanish (official) 82.9%, Quechua (official) 13.6%, Aymara (official) 1.6%, Ashaninka 0.3%, other native languages (includes a large number of minor Amazonian languages) 0.8%, other (includes foreign languages and sign language) 0.2%, none .1%, unspecified .7% (2017 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 60%, Christian 14.6% (includes evangelical 11.1%, other 3.5%), other .3%, none 4%, unspecified 21.1% (2017 est.)" @@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ "text": "22.2 years (2013 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "88 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -321,7 +326,7 @@ "vectorborne diseases": { "text": "dengue fever, malaria, and Bartonellosis (Oroya fever)" }, - "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Peru; as of 16 May 2021, Peru has reported a total of 1,879,049 cases of COVID-19 or 5,698.9  cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 199.0 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 5.52% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Peru; as of 6 June 2021, Peru has reported a total of 1,976,166 cases of COVID-19 or 5,993.5 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 563.6 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 13 June 2021, 10.63% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "19.7% (2016)" @@ -457,7 +462,7 @@ "vectorborne diseases": { "text": "dengue fever, malaria, and Bartonellosis (Oroya fever)" }, - "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Peru; as of 16 May 2021, Peru has reported a total of 1,879,049 cases of COVID-19 or 5,698.9  cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 199.0 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 5.52% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Peru; as of 6 June 2021, Peru has reported a total of 1,976,166 cases of COVID-19 or 5,993.5 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 563.6 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 13 June 2021, 10.63% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Waste and recycling": { "municipal solid waste generated annually": { @@ -559,7 +564,7 @@ "text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for nonconsecutive terms); election last held on 11 April 2021 with a runoff on 6 June 2021 (next to be held in April 2026)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2021: percent of vote in first round - Jose Pedro CASTILLO Terrones (Free Peru) 18.9%, Keiko Sofia FUJIMORI Higuchi (Popular Force) 13.4%, Rafael LOPEZ ALIAGA Cazorla (Popular Renewal) 11.8%, Hernando DE SOTO Polar (Social Integration Party) 11.6%, Yonhy LESCANO Ancieta (Popular Action) 9.1%, Veronika MENDOZA Frisch (JP) 7.9%, Cesar ACUNA Peralta (APP) 6%, George FORSYTH Sommer (VN) 5.7%, Daniel Belizario URRESTI Elera (We Can Peru) 5.6%, other 10%; note - official results are pending in the 6 June 2021 runoff election between CASTILLO and FUJIMORI; the new president will take office on 28 July 2021

2016: Pedro Pablo KUCZYNSKI Godard elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Keiko FUJIMORI Higuchi (Popular Force) 39.9%, Pedro Pablo KUCZYNSKI Godard (PPK) 21.1%, Veronika MENDOZA (Broad Front) 18.7%, Alfredo BARNECHEA (Popular Action) 7%, Alan GARCIA (APRA) 5.8%, other 7.5%; percent of vote in second round - Pedro Pablo KUCZYNSKI Godard 50.1%, Keiko FUJIMORI Higuchi 49.9%" + "text": "
2021: percent of vote in first round - Jose Pedro CASTILLO Terrones (Free Peru) 18.9%, Keiko Sofia FUJIMORI Higuchi (Popular Force) 13.4%, Rafael LOPEZ ALIAGA Cazorla (Popular Renewal) 11.8%, Hernando DE SOTO Polar (Social Integration Party) 11.6%, Yonhy LESCANO Ancieta (Popular Action) 9.1%, Veronika MENDOZA Frisch (JP) 7.9%, Cesar ACUNA Peralta (APP) 6%, George FORSYTH Sommer (VN) 5.7%, Daniel Belizario URRESTI Elera (We Can Peru) 5.6%, other 10%; percent of vote second round - Jose Pedro CASTILLO Terrones (Free Peru) 50.1%, Keiko Sofia FUJIMORI Higuchi (Popular Force) 49.9%; note - though 100% percent of the vote in the second round has been counted, official results have yet to be declared by the National Jury of Elections (Jurado Nacional de Elecciones); note - the new president is scheduled to take office on 28 July 2021

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

note: Prime Minister Violeta BERMUDEZ (since 18 November 2020) does not exercise executive power; this power rests with the president

" }, @@ -1017,7 +1022,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "good mobile operator competition with LTE services; broadband subscriber penetration low compared to other Latin American countries; 3G network and new LTE services expanded providing mobile broadband to rural communities, regulator auctions of 700 MHz spectrum for LTE services; Peru is seen as a potential market for growth in broadband, with government work to install fiber-optic backbone to remote areas (2020)" + "text": "

economic impact on telcom services during pandemic due to consumer unemployment; good mobile operator competition with LTE services; fixed-line tele-density remains among lowest in South America, with obstacles to growth including widespread poverty, fixed-to-mobile substitution, expensive telephone services, and geographical inaccessibility in the Andean mountains and Amazon jungles; government investment in underserved areas with fiber backbone; government facilitated virtual learning during pandemic via tablets with Internet connectivity; 3G network and new LTE services expanded providing mobile broadband to rural communities, though low penetration still exists; major importer of broadcasting equipment and computers from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line teledensity is only about 10 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity, spurred by competition among multiple providers, now 124 telephones per 100 persons; nationwide microwave radio relay system and a domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations (2019)" @@ -1025,7 +1030,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 51; landing points for the SAM-1, IGW, American Movil-Telxius, SAC and PAN-AM submarine cable systems that provide links to parts of Central and South America, the Caribbean, and US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "10 major TV networks of which only one, Television Nacional de Peru, is state owned; multi-channel cable TV services are available; in excess of 2,000 radio stations including a substantial number of indigenous language stations (2019)" @@ -1198,7 +1203,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) (2021)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/south-america/uy.json b/south-america/uy.json index 9dfe15f2..ed304ef8 100644 --- a/south-america/uy.json +++ b/south-america/uy.json @@ -123,7 +123,12 @@ "note": "note: data represent primary ethnic identity" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Spanish (official)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Spanish (official)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Roman Catholic 47.1%, non-Catholic Christians 11.1%, nondenominational 23.2%, Jewish 0.3%, atheist or agnostic 17.2%, other 1.1% (2006 est.)" @@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ "text": "0.94 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "17 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -538,7 +543,7 @@ "text": "president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for nonconsecutive terms); election last held on 27 October 2019 with a runoff election on 24 November 2019 (next to be held in October 2024, and a runoff if needed in November 2024)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
2019: Luis Alberto LACALLE POU elected president - results of the first round of presidential elections: percent of vote - Daniel MARTINEZ (FA) 40.7%, Luis Alberto LACALLE POU (Blanco) 29.7%, Ernesto TALVI (Colorado Party) 12.8%, and Guido MANINI RIOS (Open Cabildo) 11.3%, other 5.5%; results of the second round: percent of vote - Luis Alberto LACALLE POU (Blanco) 50.6%, Daniel MARTINEZ (FA) 49.4%

2014: Tabare VAZQUEZ elected president in second round; percent of vote - Tabare VAZQUEZ (Socialist Party) 56.5%, Luis Alberto LACALLE Pou (Blanco) 43.4%" + "text": "
2019: Luis Alberto LACALLE POU elected president - results of the first round of presidential elections: percent of vote - Daniel MARTINEZ (FA) 40.7%, Luis Alberto LACALLE POU (Blanco) 29.7%, Ernesto TALVI (Colorado Party) 12.8%, and Guido MANINI RIOS (Open Cabildo) 11.3%, other 5.5%; results of the second round: percent of vote - Luis Alberto LACALLE POU (Blanco) 50.6%, Daniel MARTINEZ (FA) 49.4%

2014: Tabare VAZQUEZ elected president in second round; percent of vote - Tabare VAZQUEZ (Socialist Party) 56.5%, Luis Alberto LACALLE Pou (Blanco) 43.4%" } }, "Legislative branch": { @@ -965,18 +970,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,137,193" + "text": "1,165,373" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "33.66 (2019 est.)" + "text": "34.47 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "4,664,993" + "text": "4,779,787" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "138.08 (2019 est.)" + "text": "141.39 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -989,7 +994,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 598; landing points for the Unisor, Tannat, and Bicentenario submarine cable system providing direct connectivity to Brazil and Argentina; Bicentenario 2012 and Tannat 2017 cables helped end-users with Internet bandwidth; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2020)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "mixture of privately owned and state-run broadcast media; more than 100 commercial radio stations and about 20 TV channels; cable TV is available; many community radio and TV stations; adopted the hybrid Japanese/Brazilian HDTV standard (ISDB-T) in December 2010 (2019)" @@ -1007,10 +1012,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "977,390" + "text": "1,012,410" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "29 (2018 est.)" + "text": "29.95 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/south-america/ve.json b/south-america/ve.json index 898ece5b..a2478db5 100644 --- a/south-america/ve.json +++ b/south-america/ve.json @@ -122,13 +122,18 @@ "text": "unspecified Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African, Indigenous" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects" + "Languages": { + "text": "Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%, other 2%" }, "Demographic profile": { - "text": "

Social investment in Venezuela during the CHAVEZ administration reduced poverty from nearly 50% in 1999 to about 27% in 2011, increased school enrollment, substantially decreased infant and child mortality, and improved access to potable water and sanitation through social investment. \"Missions\" dedicated to education, nutrition, healthcare, and sanitation were funded through petroleum revenues. The sustainability of this progress remains questionable, however, as the continuation of these social programs depends on the prosperity of Venezuela's oil industry. In the long-term, education and health care spending may increase economic growth and reduce income inequality, but rising costs and the staffing of new health care jobs with foreigners are slowing development.

While CHAVEZ was in power, more than one million predominantly middle- and upper-class Venezuelans are estimated to have emigrated. The brain drain is attributed to a repressive political system, lack of economic opportunities, steep inflation, a high crime rate, and corruption. Thousands of oil engineers emigrated to Canada, Colombia, and the United States following CHAVEZ's firing of over 20,000 employees of the state-owned petroleum company during a 2002-03 oil strike. Additionally, thousands of Venezuelans of European descent have taken up residence in their ancestral homelands. Nevertheless, Venezuela has attracted hundreds of thousands of immigrants from South America and southern Europe because of its lenient migration policy and the availability of education and health care. Venezuela also has been a fairly accommodating host to Colombian refugees, numbering about 170,000 as of year-end 2016. However, since 2014, falling oil prices have driven a major economic crisis that has pushed Venezuelans from all walks of life to migrate or to seek asylum abroad to escape severe shortages of food, water, and medicine; soaring inflation; unemployment; and violence. As of November 2019, an estimated 4.6 million Venezuelans were refugees or migrants worldwide, with almost 80% taking refuge in Latin America and the Caribbean (notably Colombia, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Argentina, and Brazil, as well as the Dominican Republic, Aruba, and Curacao). Asylum applications increased significantly in the US and Brazil in 2016 and 2017. Several receiving countries are making efforts to increase immigration restrictions and to deport illegal Venezuelan migrants - Ecuador and Peru in August 2018 began requiring valid passports for entry, which are difficult to obtain for Venezuelans. Nevertheless, Venezuelans continue to migrate to avoid economic collapse at home.

" + "text": "

Social investment in Venezuela during the CHAVEZ administration reduced poverty from nearly 50% in 1999 to about 27% in 2011, increased school enrollment, substantially decreased infant and child mortality, and improved access to potable water and sanitation through social investment. \"Missions\" dedicated to education, nutrition, healthcare, and sanitation were funded through petroleum revenues. The sustainability of this progress remains questionable, however, as the continuation of these social programs depends on the prosperity of Venezuela's oil industry. In the long-term, education and health care spending may increase economic growth and reduce income inequality, but rising costs and the staffing of new health care jobs with foreigners are slowing development.

While CHAVEZ was in power, more than one million predominantly middle- and upper-class Venezuelans are estimated to have emigrated. The brain drain is attributed to a repressive political system, lack of economic opportunities, steep inflation, a high crime rate, and corruption. Thousands of oil engineers emigrated to Canada, Colombia, and the United States following CHAVEZ's firing of over 20,000 employees of the state-owned petroleum company during a 2002-03 oil strike. Additionally, thousands of Venezuelans of European descent have taken up residence in their ancestral homelands. Nevertheless, Venezuela has attracted hundreds of thousands of immigrants from South America and southern Europe because of its lenient migration policy and the availability of education and health care. Venezuela also has been a fairly accommodating host to Colombian refugees, numbering about 170,000 as of year-end 2016. However, since 2014, falling oil prices have driven a major economic crisis that has pushed Venezuelans from all walks of life to migrate or to seek asylum abroad to escape severe shortages of food, water, and medicine; soaring inflation; unemployment; and violence. As of March 2020, an estimated 5 million Venezuelans were refugees or migrants worldwide, with almost 80% taking refuge in Latin America and the Caribbean (notably Colombia, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Argentina, and Brazil, as well as the Dominican Republic, Aruba, and Curacao). Asylum applications increased significantly in the US and Brazil in 2016 and 2017. Several receiving countries are making efforts to increase immigration restrictions and to deport illegal Venezuelan migrants - Ecuador and Peru in August 2018 began requiring valid passports for entry, which are difficult to obtain for Venezuelans. Nevertheless, Venezuelans continue to migrate to avoid economic collapse at home.

" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { @@ -221,7 +226,7 @@ "text": "0.99 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "125 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -932,18 +937,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "5,501,135" + "text": "5,351,312" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "19.17 (2019 est.)" + "text": "18.67 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "16,664,106" + "text": "13,476,287" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "58.07 (2019 est.)" + "text": "47.01 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -956,7 +961,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 58; landing points for the Venezuela Festoon, ARCOS, PAN-AM, SAC, GlobeNet, ALBA-1 and Americas II submarine cable system providing connectivity to the Caribbean, Central and South America, and US; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 PanAmSat (2020)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "government supervises a mixture of state-run and private broadcast media; 13 public service networks, 61 privately owned TV networks, a privately owned news channel with limited national coverage, and a government-backed Pan-American channel; state-run radio network includes roughly 65 news stations and another 30 stations targeted at specific audiences; state-sponsored community broadcasters include 235 radio stations and 44 TV stations; the number of private broadcast radio stations has been declining, but many still remain in operation" @@ -974,10 +979,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "2,604,578" + "text": "2,560,994" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "9 (2018 est.)" + "text": "8.93 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1121,7 +1126,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "National Liberation Army; Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (2019)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "National Liberation Army (ELN); Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/south-asia/af.json b/south-asia/af.json index 0652f25f..0c4f295a 100644 --- a/south-asia/af.json +++ b/south-asia/af.json @@ -112,8 +112,13 @@ "note": "note: current statistical data on the sensitive subject of ethnicity in Afghanistan are not available, and ethnicity data from small samples of respondents to opinion polls are not a reliable alternative; Afghanistan's 2004 constitution recognizes 14 ethnic groups: Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Baloch, Turkmen, Nuristani, Pamiri, Arab, Gujar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Aimaq, and Pashai" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 78% (Dari functions as the lingua franca), Pashto (official) 50%, Uzbek 10%, English 5%, Turkmen 2%, Urdu 2%, Pashayi 1%, Nuristani 1%, Arabic 1%, Balochi 1%, other <1% (2017 est.)

note: data represent most widely spoken languages; shares sum to more than 100% because there is much bilingualism in the country and because respondents were allowed to select more than one language\r\n

note: the Turkic languages Uzbek and Turkmen, as well as Balochi, Pashayi, Nuristani, and Pamiri are the third official languages in areas where the majority speaks them", - "note": "note: data represent most widely spoken languages; shares sum to more than 100% because there is much bilingualism in the country and because respondents were allowed to select more than one language\r\n

note: the Turkic languages Uzbek and Turkmen, as well as Balochi, Pashayi, Nuristani, and Pamiri are the third official languages in areas where the majority speaks them" + "Languages": { + "text": "Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 78% (Dari functions as the lingua franca), Pashto (official) 50%, Uzbek 10%, English 5%, Turkmen 2%, Urdu 2%, Pashayi 1%, Nuristani 1%, Arabic 1%, Balochi 1%, other <1% (2017 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "د دنیا د حقائېقو کتاب، بنیادی معلوماتو لپاره ضروری سرچینه- (Pashto)" + }, + "note": "note 1: data represent most widely spoken languages; shares sum to more than 100% because there is much bilingualism in the country and because respondents were allowed to select more than one language\r\n

note 2: the Turkic languages Uzbek and Turkmen, as well as Balochi, Pashayi, Nuristani, and Pamiri are the third official languages in areas where the majority speaks them" }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim 99.7% (Sunni 84.7 - 89.7%, Shia 10 - 15%), other 0.3% (2009 est.)" @@ -213,7 +218,7 @@ "text": "19.9 years (2015 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "638 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -558,13 +563,13 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "bicameral National Assembly consists of:
Meshrano Jirga or House of Elders (102 seats; 34 members indirectly elected by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed by district councils to serve 3-year terms, 34 indirectly elected by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed by provincial councils to serve 4-year terms, and 34 appointed by the president from nominations by civic groups, political parties, and the public, of which 17 must be women, 2 must represent the disabled, and 2 must be Kuchi nomads; presidential appointees serve 5-year terms)
Wolesi Jirga or House of People (250 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)" + "text": "bicameral National Assembly consists of:
Meshrano Jirga or House of Elders (102 seats; 34 members indirectly elected by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed by district councils to serve 3-year terms, 34 indirectly elected by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed by provincial councils to serve 4-year terms, and 34 appointed by the president from nominations by civic groups, political parties, and the public, of which 17 must be women, 2 must represent the disabled, and 2 must be Kuchi nomads; presidential appointees serve 5-year terms)
Wolesi Jirga or House of People (250 seats, including 68 reserved for women; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "Meshrano Jirga - district councils - within 5 days of installation; provincial councils - within 15 days of installation; presidential appointees - within 2 weeks after the presidential inauguration
Wolesi Jirga - last held on 20 October 2018) (next to be held in 2023)" + "text": "Meshrano Jirga - district councils - within 5 days of installation; provincial councils - within 15 days of installation; presidential appointees - within 2 weeks after the presidential inauguration (last held 10 January 2015); note - in early 2016, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani extended their mandate until parliamentary and district elections are held.
Wolesi Jirga - last held on 20 October 2018) (next to be held in 2023)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
Meshrano Jirga - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 84, women 18, percent of women 17.6%
Wolesi Jirga - percent of vote by party NA; seats by party - NA; composition - NA" + "text": "
Meshrano Jirga - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 85, women 17, percent of women 16.7%
Wolesi Jirga - percent of vote by party NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 182, women 68, percent of women 27.2%; note - total National Assembly percent of women 24.1%" }, "note": "note: the constitution allows the government to convene a constitutional Loya Jirga (Grand Council) on issues of independence, national sovereignty, and territorial integrity; it consists of members of the National Assembly and chairpersons of the provincial and district councils; a Loya Jirga can amend provisions of the constitution and prosecute the president; no constitutional Loya Jirga has ever been held, and district councils have never been elected; the president appointed 34 members of the Meshrano Jirga that the district councils should have indirectly elected" }, @@ -968,7 +973,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "125,232" + "text": "134,636" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" @@ -976,15 +981,15 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "21,239,280" + "text": "22,580,071" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "59.36 (2019 est.)" + "text": "63.18 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "progress has been made on Afghanistan's first limited fixed-line telephone service and nationwide optical fiber backbone; aided by the presence of multiple providers, mobile-cellular telephone service continues to improve swiftly; the Afghan Ministry of Communications and Information claims that more than 90% of the population live in areas with access to mobile cellular service; moderate growth through 2024, assuming stable governance and improving economic environment (2020)" + "text": "

despite decades of war, Afghanistan has successfully rebuilt infrastructure to create a functional telecom sector that covers nearly all of the population; due to mountainous geography, country relies on its mobile network; mobile broadband penetration growing, but is still low compared to other countries in Asia; operator launched LTE in Kabul; World Bank and other donors support development of a nationwide fiber backbone; terrestrial cable connectivity to five neighboring countries; work on the ‘Wakhan Corridor Fiber Optic Survey Project’ to connect to China is nearing completion; major importer of broadcasting equipment from UAE (2020)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "less than 1 per 100 for fixed-line teledensity; 59 per 100 for mobile-cellular; an increasing number of Afghans utilize mobile-cellular phone networks (2019)" @@ -992,7 +997,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 93; multiple VSAT's provide international and domestic voice and data connectivity (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments\r\n

 " }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-owned broadcaster, Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA), operates a series of radio and television stations in Kabul and the provinces; an estimated 174 private radio stations, 83 TV stations, and about a dozen international broadcasters are available (2019)" @@ -1010,7 +1015,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "15,999" + "text": "19,683" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2018 est.)" @@ -1135,12 +1140,12 @@ "text": "18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2019)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "

the Afghan military focuses on internal security threats from several armed groups, particularly the Taliban and militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS), al-Qa’ida, and Haqqani Network terrorist groups (see the Terrorist Organizations Appendix); the primary threat to the Afghan Government and its security forces is the Taliban, which has conducted an insurgency since the early 2000s; the Taliban calls itself the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan; its political and military decisions are made by a leadership council (Rahbari Shura) currently led by HAIBATULLAH Akhundzada; as of mid-2020, the group had an estimated 60-80,000 full-time fighters; in addition to their strongholds in the provinces of Helmond and Kandahar, the Taliban has conducted attacks in nearly every Afghanistan province; in late 2020, it was threatening Lashkargah, the capital of Helmand province; in 2018, it briefly seized the capitals of Farah and Ghazni provinces; the Taliban has close ties to al-Qaida and the Haqqani Network

since early 2015, the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan known as Resolute Support Mission (RSM) has focused on training, advising, and assisting Afghan government forces; as of February 2021, RSM included about 9,500 troops from 36 countries; NATO forces intend to withdraw from Afghanistan by September of 2021 (along with the scheduled US withdrawal)" + "text": "

the Afghan military focuses on internal security threats from several armed groups, particularly the Taliban and militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS), al-Qa’ida, and Haqqani Network terrorist groups (see the Terrorist Organizations Appendix); the primary threat to the Afghan Government and its security forces is the Taliban, which has conducted an insurgency since the early 2000s and conducted thousands of attacks against government forces, including widespread assassinations of government employees, security officials, and society leaders; the Taliban calls itself the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan; its political and military decisions are made by a leadership council (Rahbari Shura) currently led by HAIBATULLAH Akhundzada; as of mid-2020, the group had an estimated 60-80,000 full-time fighters; in addition to their strongholds in the provinces of Helmond and Kandahar, the Taliban has conducted attacks in nearly every Afghanistan province; as of February 2021, the Taliban had surrounded the provincial capitals of Baghlan, Helmand, Kandahar, Kunduz, and Uruzgan provinces; in 2018, it briefly seized the capitals of Farah and Ghazni provinces; the Taliban has close ties to al-Qaida and the Haqqani Network


since early 2015, the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan known as Resolute Support Mission (RSM) has focused on training, advising, and assisting Afghan government forces; as of February 2021, RSM included about 9,500 troops from 36 countries; NATO forces intend to withdraw from Afghanistan by September of 2021 (along with the scheduled US withdrawal)

" } }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Haqqani Taliban Network; Harakat ul-Mujahidin; Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami; Islamic Jihad Union; Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham-Khorasan Province; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Jaish-e-Mohammed; Jaysh al Adl (Jundallah); Lashkar i Jhangvi; Lashkar-e Tayyiba; al-Qa’ida; al-Qa'ida in the Indian Subcontinent; Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (2020)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix T", + "text": "Haqqani Taliban Network; Harakat ul-Mujahidin; Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami; Islamic Jihad Union; Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham-Khorasan Province; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Qods Force; Jaish-e-Mohammed; Jaysh al Adl (Jundallah); Lashkar i Jhangvi; Lashkar-e Tayyiba; al-Qa’ida; al-Qa'ida in the Indian Subcontinent; Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix T" } }, diff --git a/south-asia/bg.json b/south-asia/bg.json index b954a4b3..ed8f32b0 100644 --- a/south-asia/bg.json +++ b/south-asia/bg.json @@ -120,7 +120,12 @@ "note": "note: Bangladesh's government recognizes 27 indigenous ethnic groups under the 2010 Cultural Institution for Small Anthropological Groups Act; other sources estimate there are about 75 ethnic groups; critics of the 2011 census claim that it underestimates the size of Bangladesh's ethnic population" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Bangla 98.8% (official, also known as Bengali), other 1.2% (2011 est.)" + "Languages": { + "text": "Bangla 98.8% (official, also known as Bengali), other 1.2% (2011 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
বিশ্ব ফেসবুক, মৌলিক তথ্যের অপরিহার্য উৎস (Bangla)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Muslim 89.1%, Hindu 10%, other 0.9% (includes Buddhist, Christian) (2013 est.)" @@ -217,7 +222,7 @@ "text": "18.5 years (2014 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "173 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -322,7 +327,7 @@ "animal contact diseases": { "text": "rabies" }, - "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Bangladesh; as of 16 May 2021, Bangladesh has reported a total of 779,796 cases of COVID-19 or 473.5 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with  7.4 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 3.53% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Bangladesh; as of 6 June 2021, Bangladesh has reported a total of 809,314 cases of COVID-19 or 491.4 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 7.8 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 14 June 2021, 3.54% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "3.6% (2016)" @@ -464,7 +469,7 @@ "animal contact diseases": { "text": "rabies" }, - "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Bangladesh; as of 16 May 2021, Bangladesh has reported a total of 779,796 cases of COVID-19 or 473.5 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with  7.4 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 3.53% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Bangladesh; as of 6 June 2021, Bangladesh has reported a total of 809,314 cases of COVID-19 or 491.4 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 7.8 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 14 June 2021, 3.54% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Food insecurity": { "severe localized food insecurity": { @@ -558,7 +563,7 @@ "text": "President Abdul HAMID (since 24 April 2013); note - Abdul HAMID served as acting president following the death of Zillur RAHMAN in March 2013; HAMID was subsequently indirectly elected by the National Parliament and sworn in 24 April 2013" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Sheikh HASINA (since 6 January 2009)" + "text": "Prime Minister Sheikh HASINA Wazed (since 6 January 2009)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet selected by the prime minister, appointed by the president" @@ -572,13 +577,13 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "unicameral House of the Nation or Jatiya Sangsad (350 seats; 300 members in single-seat territorial constituencies directly elected by simple majority popular vote; 50 members - reserved for women only - indirectly elected by the elected members by proportional representation vote using single transferable vote; all members serve 5-year terms)" + "text": "unicameral House of the Nation or Jatiya Sangsad (350 seats; 300 members in single-seat territorial constituencies directly elected by simple majority vote; 50 members - reserved for women only - indirectly elected by the elected members by proportional representation vote using single transferable vote; all members serve 5-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "last held on 30 December 2018 (next to be held in 2023)" + "text": "last held on 30 December 2018 (next to be held in December 2023)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party as of January 2020 - AL 299, JP 27, BNP 7, other 10, independent 4, vacant 3; composition - men 274, women 73, percent of women 21%" + "text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party as of January 2020 - AL 299, JP 27, BNP 7, other 10, independent 4; composition - men 277, women 73, percent of women 20.9%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -1006,7 +1011,7 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,433,460" + "text": "1,449,646" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "less than 1 (2019 est.)" @@ -1014,15 +1019,15 @@ }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "163,559,380" + "text": "165.572 million" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "101.55 (2019 est.)" + "text": "102.87 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "slow to moderate growth in mobile subscriber rate; regulator's recent budget allowance and telecoms investment in LTE infrastructure is leading the way to the migration of 5G; fixed broadband penetration in Bangladesh remains very low mainly due to the dominance of the mobile platform (2020)" + "text": "

Bangladesh’s economic constraints hinder network infrastructure, resulting in the lowest fixed-line penetration rate in South Asia and a very low fixed broadband rate; most consumers utilize mobile broadband for data on LTE networks but rates are still well below that of most other Asian countries; the government approved a modernization project to support investment and prepare for 5G launches; 2020 test of 5G technology in Dhaka; government directive allows IoT for smart buildings and automation industries; government project aims to provide network to services and schools; importer of broadcasting equipment from China  (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line teledensity remains less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone subscribership has been increasing rapidly and now exceeds 101 telephones per 100 persons; mobile subscriber growth is anticipated over the next five years to 2023; strong local competition (2019)" @@ -1030,7 +1035,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 880; landing points for the SeaMeWe-4 and SeaMeWe-5 fiber-optic submarine cable system that provides links to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; satellite earth stations - 6; international radiotelephone communications and landline service to neighboring countries (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-owned Bangladesh Television (BTV) broadcasts throughout the country. Some channels, such as BTV World, operate via satellite. The government also owns a medium wave radio channel and some private FM radio broadcast news channels. Of the 41 Bangladesh approved TV stations, 26 are currently being used to broadcast. Of those, 23 operate under private management via cable distribution. Collectively, TV channels can reach more than 50 million people across the country." @@ -1048,10 +1053,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "10,237,003" + "text": "8,085,500" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "6 (2018 est.)" + "text": "5.02 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1200,7 +1205,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami/Bangladesh; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in Bangladesh; al-Qa'ida; al-Qa'ida in the Indian Subcontinent (2020)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami/Bangladesh; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in Bangladesh; al-Qa'ida; al-Qa'ida in the Indian Subcontinent

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/south-asia/bt.json b/south-asia/bt.json index 700572c7..402d7ada 100644 --- a/south-asia/bt.json +++ b/south-asia/bt.json @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ "text": "1.08 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "183 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament or Chi Tshog consists of:
non-partisan National Council or Gyelyong Tshogde (25 seats; 20 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 5 members appointed by the king; members serve 5-year terms)
National Assembly or Tshogdu (47 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms)" + "text": "bicameral Parliament or Chi Tshog consists of:
non-partisan National Council or Gyelyong Tshogde (25 seats; 20 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 5 members appointed by the king; members serve 5-year terms)
National Assembly or Tshogdu (47 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies in a two-round majoritarian voting system; members serve 5-year terms)" }, "elections": { "text": "
National Council election last held on 20 April 2018 (next to be held in 2023)
National Assembly - first round held on 15 September 2018 and second round held on 18 October 2018 (next to be held in 2023)" @@ -899,23 +899,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "21,916" + "text": "21,581" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "2.83 (2019 est.)" + "text": "2.57 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "740,026" + "text": "729,239" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "95.56 (2019 est.)" + "text": "86.79 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "4G platforms now gaining traction; 4G/WiMAX networks now cover well over half of the country; fixed broadband penetration remains very low, due to the preeminence of the mobile platform; low to moderate growth is expected from this small base with a maturing mobile subscriber market (2020)" + "text": "

Bhutan’s telecom market is dominated by the mobile sector for voice and data connections due to poor fixed-line infrastructure and topographic issues; investment is focused on mobile infrastructure and an emergency telecom network for natural disasters; extended LTE to 60% of all mobile Internet users; regulator developing 5G plan; international communication through landline and microwave relay; nascent satellite service; importer of broadcast equipment from India (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "3 to 100 fixed-line, 96 to 100 mobile cellular; domestic service inadequate, notably in rural areas (2019)" @@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 975; international telephone and telegraph service via landline and microwave relay through India; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-owned TV station established in 1999; cable TV service offers dozens of Indian and other international channels; first radio station, privately launched in 1973, is now state-owned; 5 private radio stations are currently broadcasting (2012)" @@ -941,10 +941,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "10,802" + "text": "8,774" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 (2018 est.)" + "text": "1.04 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/south-asia/ce.json b/south-asia/ce.json index 95ce473f..1b5e84b9 100644 --- a/south-asia/ce.json +++ b/south-asia/ce.json @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ "text": "25.6 years (2016 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 30-34", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 30-34" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "36 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -995,18 +995,18 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,641,982" + "text": "2,291,464" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "11.62 (2019 est.)" + "text": "10.08 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "26,160,623" + "text": "30,778,582" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "115.06 (2019 est.)" + "text": "135.34 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { @@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 94; landing points for the SeaMeWe -3,-5,  Dhiraagu-SLT Submarine Cable Network, WARF Submarine Cable, Bharat Lanka Cable System and the Bay of Bengal Gateway submarine cables providing connectivity to Asia, Africa, Southeast Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "government operates 5 TV channels and 19 radio channels; multi-channel satellite and cable TV subscription services available; 25 private TV stations and about 43 radio stations; 6 non-profit TV stations and 4 radio stations" @@ -1037,10 +1037,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,544,313" + "text": "1,666,317" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "7 (2018 est.)" + "text": "7.33 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham; Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (2019)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/south-asia/in.json b/south-asia/in.json index 3ecb217c..85e25344 100644 --- a/south-asia/in.json +++ b/south-asia/in.json @@ -122,8 +122,12 @@ "text": "Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000)" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Hindi 43.6%, Bengali 8%, Marathi 6.9%, Telugu 6.7%, Tamil 5.7%, Gujarati 4.6%, Urdu 4.2%, Kannada 3.6%, Odia 3.1%, Malayalam 2.9%, Punjabi 2.7%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.1%, other 5.6% (2011 est.)

note: English enjoys the status of subsidiary official language but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; there are 22 other officially recognized languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language", - "note": "note: English enjoys the status of subsidiary official language but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; there are 22 other officially recognized languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language" + "Languages": { + "text": "Hindi 43.6%, Bengali 8%, Marathi 6.9%, Telugu 6.7%, Tamil 5.7%, Gujarati 4.6%, Urdu 4.2%, Kannada 3.6%, Odia 3.1%, Malayalam 2.9%, Punjabi 2.7%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.1%, other 5.6%; note - English enjoys the status of subsidiary official language but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; there are 22 other officially recognized languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language (2011 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
विश्व फेसबुक, आधारभूत जानकारी का एक अपरिहार्य स्रोत (Hindi)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Hindu 79.8%, Muslim 14.2%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.7%, other and unspecified 2% (2011 est.)" @@ -219,7 +223,7 @@ "text": "1.08 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "145 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -324,7 +328,7 @@ "animal contact diseases": { "text": "rabies" }, - "note": "note: clusters of cases of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are being reported across 27 States and Union Territories in India; as of 16 May 2021, India has reported a total of 24,684,077 cases of COVID-19 or 1,788.7 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 19.6 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 10.45% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; effective 4 May 2021, the US has banned most travel from India to the US" + "note": "note: clusters of cases of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are being reported across 27 States and Union Territories in India; as of 6 June 2021, India has reported a total of 28,809,339  cases of COVID-19 or 2,087.6 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 25.1 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 14 June 2021, 14.9% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; effective 4 May 2021, the US has banned most travel from India to the US" }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "3.9% (2016)" @@ -466,7 +470,7 @@ "animal contact diseases": { "text": "rabies" }, - "note": "note: clusters of cases of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are being reported across 27 States and Union Territories in India; as of 16 May 2021, India has reported a total of 24,684,077 cases of COVID-19 or 1,788.7 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 19.6 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 10.45% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; effective 4 May 2021, the US has banned most travel from India to the US" + "note": "note: clusters of cases of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are being reported across 27 States and Union Territories in India; as of 6 June 2021, India has reported a total of 28,809,339  cases of COVID-19 or 2,087.6 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 25.1 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 14 June 2021, 14.9% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; effective 4 May 2021, the US has banned most travel from India to the US" }, "Waste and recycling": { "municipal solid waste generated annually": { @@ -573,13 +577,13 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament or Sansad consists of:
Council of States or Rajya Sabha (245 seats; 233 members indirectly elected by state and territorial assemblies by proportional representation vote and 12 members appointed by the president; members serve 6-year terms)
House of the People or Lok Sabha (545 seats; 543 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 2 appointed by the president; members serve 5-year terms)" + "text": "bicameral Parliament or Sansad consists of:
Council of States or Rajya Sabha (245 seats; 233 members indirectly elected by state and territorial assemblies by proportional representation vote and 12 members appointed by the president; members serve 6-year terms)
House of the People or Lok Sabha (545 seats; 543 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 2 appointed by the president; members serve 5-year terms)" }, "elections": { - "text": "Council of States - last held by state and territorial assemblies at various dates in 2019 (next originally scheduled for March, June, and November 2020 but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic)

House of the People - last held April-May 2019 in 7 phases (next to be held in 2024)" + "text": "Council of States - last held by state and territorial assemblies at various dates in 2019 (next originally scheduled for March, June, and November 2020 but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled throughout 2021 to fill expiry seats)

House of the People - last held April-May 2019 in 7 phases (next to be held in 2024)" }, "election results": { - "text": "Council of States - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - BJP 83, INC 46, AITC 13, DMK 11, SP, other 77, independent 6; composition - men 220, women 25, percent of women 10.2%

House of the People - percent of vote by party - BJP 55.8%, INC 9.6%, AITC 4.4%, YSRC 4.4%, DMK 4.2%, SS 3.3%, JDU 2.9%, BJD 2.2%, BSP 1.8%, TRS 1.7%, LJP 1.1%, NCP 0.9%, SP 0.9%, other 6.4%, independent 0.7%; seats by party - BJP 303, INC 52, DMK 24, AITC 22, YSRC 22, SS 18, JDU 16, BJD 12, BSP 10, TRS 9, LJP 6, NCP 5, SP 5, other 35, independent 4, vacant 2; composition - men 465, women 78, percent of women 14.3%; note - total Parliament percent of women 11.3%" + "text": "Council of States - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - BJP 83, INC 46, AITC 13, DMK 11, SP, other 77, independent 6; composition - men 220, women 25, percent of women 10.2%

House of the People - percent of vote by party - BJP 55.8%, INC 9.6%, AITC 4.4%, YSRC 4.4%, DMK 4.2%, SS 3.3%, JDU 2.9%, BJD 2.2%, BSP 1.8%, TRS 1.7%, LJP 1.1%, NCP 0.9%, SP 0.9%, other 6.4%, independent 0.7%; seats by party - BJP 303, INC 52, DMK 24, AITC 22, YSRC 22, SS 18, JDU 16, BJD 12, BSP 10, TRS 9, LJP 6, NCP 5, SP 5, other 35, independent 4, vacant 2; composition - men 465, women 78, percent of women 14.3%; note - total Parliament percent of women 11.3%" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -620,7 +624,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Kenneth I. JUSTER (since 23 November 2017)" + "text": "ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Ambassador Daniel B. SMITH (since May 2021)" }, "telephone": { "text": "[91] (11) 2419-8000" @@ -1012,23 +1016,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "20,198,012" + "text": "21,004,534" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1.54 (2019 est.)" + "text": "1.6 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "1,105,250,941" + "text": "1,151,480,361" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "84.27 (2019 est.)" + "text": "87.82 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "supported by deregulation and liberalization of telecommunication laws and policies, India has emerged as one of the fastest-growing telecom markets in the world; implementation of 4G/LTE services shift to data services across the country; highly competitive mobile market with price wars and value-added-services of mobile data; potential to become one of the largest five data center markets globally; steps taken towards 5G services; fixed broadband penetration is expected to grow at a moderate rate over the next five years to 2023 (2020)" + "text": "supported by deregulation, India is one of the fastest-growing telecom markets in the world; implementation of 4G/LTE; fixed-line/broadband underdeveloped; government investment in national infrastructure; project aims to connect 250,000 villages to broadband networks; expansive foreign investment with reliance of operators on Chinese vendors; imports of integrated circuits and broadcast equipment from China; steps taken towards a 5G auction and tests; submarine cable linking mainland to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands; smart cities mission to promote 100 model cities in providing core infrastructure, sustainable environment, and quality of life through economic growth and competition, including focus on social, economic, and institutional pillars (2021) (2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line subscriptions stands at 2 per 100 and mobile-cellular at 84 per 100; mobile cellular service introduced in 1994 and organized nationwide into four metropolitan areas and 19 telecom circles, each with multiple private service providers and one or more state-owned service providers; in recent years significant trunk capacity added in the form of fiber-optic cable and one of the world's largest domestic satellite systems, the Indian National Satellite system (INSAT), with 6 satellites supporting 33,000 (very small aperture terminals) VSAT (2019)" @@ -1036,7 +1040,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 91; a number of major international submarine cable systems, including SEA-ME-WE-3 & 4, AAE-1, BBG, EIG, FALCON, FEA, GBICS, MENA, IMEWE, SEACOM/ Tata TGN-Eurasia, SAFE, WARF, Bharat Lanka Cable System, IOX, Chennai-Andaman & Nicobar Island Cable, SAEx2, Tata TGN-Tata Indicom and i2icn that provide connectivity to Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, South East Asia, numerous Indian Ocean islands including Australia ; satellite earth stations - 8 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "Doordarshan, India's public TV network, has a monopoly on terrestrial broadcasting and operates about 20 national, regional, and local services; a large and increasing number of privately owned TV stations are distributed by cable and satellite service providers; in 2015, more than 230 million homes had access to cable and satellite TV offering more than 700 TV channels; government controls AM radio with All India Radio operating domestic and external networks; news broadcasts via radio are limited to the All India Radio Network; since 2000, privately owned FM stations have been permitted and their numbers have increased rapidly" @@ -1054,10 +1058,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "18.17 million" + "text": "19,156,559" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 (2018 est.)" + "text": "1.46 (2019 est.)" } } }, @@ -1178,7 +1182,7 @@ }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2020": { - "text": "2.3% of GDP (2020 est.)" + "text": "2.9% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2019": { "text": "2.4% of GDP (2019)" @@ -1208,7 +1212,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Harakat ul-Mujahidin; Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami; Hizbul Mujahideen; Indian Mujahedeen; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – India; Jaish-e-Mohammed; Lashkar-e Tayyiba; al-Qa’ida; al-Qa’ida in the Indian Subcontinent; IRGC/Qods Force (2021)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Harakat ul-Mujahidin; Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami; Hizbul Mujahideen; Indian Mujahedeen; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – India; Jaish-e-Mohammed; Lashkar-e Tayyiba; al-Qa’ida; al-Qa’ida in the Indian Subcontinent; IRGC/Qods Force

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/south-asia/mv.json b/south-asia/mv.json index 74baf04c..e2fbc429 100644 --- a/south-asia/mv.json +++ b/south-asia/mv.json @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ "text": "24.5 years (2009 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "53 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "embassy": { - "text": "the US does not have an embassy in Maldives; US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives, Alaina TEPLITZ (since 1 November 2018), is accredited to both countries; note: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke of establishing an embassy on his trip to Maldives in October of 2020" + "text": "the US does not have an embassy in Maldives; US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives, Alaina TEPLITZ (since 1 November 2018), is accredited to both countries" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -907,23 +907,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "12,316" + "text": "16,664" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "3.14 (2019 est.)" + "text": "4.26 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "611,662" + "text": "828,042" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "155.95 (2019 est.)" + "text": "211.51 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "upgrades to telecom infrastructure extended to outer islands; two mobile operators extend LTE coverage; tourism has strengthened the telecom market with investment and accounts for the high mobile penetration rate; mobile penetration passes 250%; launches 5G trials (2020)" + "text": "

upgrades to telecom infrastructure extended to outer islands; two mobile operators extend LTE coverage; tourism has strengthened the telecom market with investment and accounts for the high mobile penetration rate; launched 5G tests (2020)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line is at 3 per 100 persons and high mobile-cellular subscriptions stands at 156 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 960; landing points for Dhiraagu Cable Network, NaSCOM, Dhiraagu-SLT Submarine Cable Networks and WARF submarine cables providing connections to 8 points in Maldives, India, and Sri Lanka; satellite earth station - 3 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state-owned radio and TV monopoly until recently; 4 state-operated and 7 privately owned TV stations and 4 state-operated and 7 privately owned radio stations (2019)" @@ -949,10 +949,10 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "53,470" + "text": "52,976" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "14 (2018 est.)" + "text": "13.53 (2019 est.)" } } }, diff --git a/south-asia/np.json b/south-asia/np.json index e14d8e59..f0558b50 100644 --- a/south-asia/np.json +++ b/south-asia/np.json @@ -112,8 +112,12 @@ "note": "note: 125 caste/ethnic groups were reported in the 2011 national census" }, "Languages": { - "text": "Nepali (official) 44.6%, Maithali 11.7%, Bhojpuri 6%, Tharu 5.8%, Tamang 5.1%, Newar 3.2%, Bajjika 3%, Magar 3%, Doteli 3%, Urdu 2.6%, Avadhi 1.9%, Limbu 1.3%, Gurung 1.2%, Baitadeli 1%, other 6.4%, unspecified 0.2% (2011 est.)

note: 123 languages reported as mother tongue in 2011 national census; many in government and business also speak English", - "note": "note: 123 languages reported as mother tongue in 2011 national census; many in government and business also speak English" + "Languages": { + "text": "Nepali (official) 44.6%, Maithali 11.7%, Bhojpuri 6%, Tharu 5.8%, Tamang 5.1%, Newar 3.2%, Bajjika 3%, Magar 3%, Doteli 3%, Urdu 2.6%, Avadhi 1.9%, Limbu 1.3%, Gurung 1.2%, Baitadeli 1%, other 6.4%, unspecified 0.2%; note - 123 languages reported as mother tongue in 2011 national census; many in government and business also speak English (2011 est.)" + }, + "printed major-language sample": { + "text": "
विश्व तथ्य पुस्तक,आधारभूत जानकारीको लागि अपरिहार्य स्रोत (Nepali)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + } }, "Religions": { "text": "Hindu 81.3%, Buddhist 9%, Muslim 4.4%, Kirant 3.1%, Christian 1.4%, other 0.5%, unspecified 0.2% (2011 est.)" @@ -213,7 +217,7 @@ "text": "20.8 years (2016 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "186 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -979,7 +983,7 @@ }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "mountainous topography hinders development of telecom infrastructure; mobile service has been extended to all 75 districts covering 90% of Nepal’s land area; fixed broadband is low due to limited number of fixed lines and preeminence of the mobile platform, with overall penetration 2.8%; 3G and 4G subscribers, early stages for mobile broadband market; first launch of a Nepalese satellite (2020)" + "text": "

poverty, inconsistent electricity, and mountainous topography stymie development of telecom infrastructure; mobile market is developed and has been extended to all districts covering 90% of Nepal; fixed broadband is low due to limited number of fixed-lines and preeminence of the mobile platform; increasing 3G and 4G subscribers; fiber-optic networks developing under private and public funding to meet demand for Internet; government supports digital society, whereby 90% of the population will have access to broadband and free Internet access for students; plans to launch a Nepalese satellite by 2022; importer of broadcasting equipment from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "3G coverage is available in 20 major cities (2019); disparity between high coverage in cities and coverage available in underdeveloped rural regions; fixed-line 3 per 100 persons and mobile-cellular 139 per 100 persons; fair radiotelephone communication service; 20% of the market share is fixed (wired) broadband, 2% is fixed (wireless) broadband, and 78% is mobile broadband (2019)" @@ -987,7 +991,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 977; Nepal, China and Tibet connected across borders with underground and all-dielectric self-supporting (ADSS) fiber-optic cables; radiotelephone communications; microwave and fiber landlines to India; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "state operates 3 TV stations, as well as national and regional radio stations; 117 television channels are licensed, among those 71 are cable television channels, three are distributed through Direct-To-Home (DTH) system, and four are digital terrestrial; 736 FM radio stations are licensed and at least 314 of those radio stations are community radio stations (2019)" diff --git a/south-asia/pk.json b/south-asia/pk.json index e0a10c61..97866b21 100644 --- a/south-asia/pk.json +++ b/south-asia/pk.json @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ "text": "23.6 years (2017/18 est.)

note: median age at first birth among women 25-29", "note": "note: median age at first birth among women 25-29" }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "140 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ "animal contact diseases": { "text": "rabies" }, - "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Pakistan; as of 16 May 2021, Pakistan has reported a total of 874,751 cases of COVID-19 or 396.0 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 8.8 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 1.33% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Pakistan; as of 6 June 2021, Pakistan has reported a total of 874,751 cases of COVID-19 or 421.3 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 9.6 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 13 June 2021, 3.77% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "8.6% (2016)" @@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ "animal contact diseases": { "text": "rabies" }, - "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Pakistan; as of 16 May 2021, Pakistan has reported a total of 874,751 cases of COVID-19 or 396.0 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 8.8 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 18 May 2021, 1.33% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "note": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Pakistan; as of 6 June 2021, Pakistan has reported a total of 874,751 cases of COVID-19 or 421.3 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 9.6 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 13 June 2021, 3.77% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Food insecurity": { "severe localized food insecurity": { @@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Ambassador Paul W. JONES (since 24 September 2018)" + "text": "ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Angela AGGELER" }, "telephone": { "text": "[92] 51-201-4000" @@ -1022,23 +1022,23 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "2,607,495" + "text": "2,461,916" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1.14 (2019 est.)" + "text": "1.08 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "174,702,132" + "text": "165,405,847" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "76.38 (2019 est.)" + "text": "72.33 (2019 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { - "text": "the telecommunications infrastructure is improving, with investments in mobile-cellular networks increasing, fixed-line subscriptions declining; system consists of microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, fiber-optic cable, cellular, and satellite networks; 4G mobile services broadly available; 5G not before 2030; mobile platform and mobile broadband doing well and dominate over fixed broadband sector (2020)" + "text": "

Pakistan’s telecom market recently transitioned from a regulated state-owned monopoly to a deregulated competitive structure, now aided by foreign investment; moderate growth over the last six years, supported by a young population and a rising use of mobile services; telecom infrastructure is improving, with investments in mobile-cellular networks, fixed-line subscriptions declining; system consists of microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, fiber-optic cable, cellular, and satellite networks; 4G mobile services broadly available; 5G tests ongoing; data centers in major cities; mobile and broadband doing well and dominate over fixed-broadband sector; China-Pakistan Fiber Optic Project became operational in 2020; partner to Chinese Economic Corridor project; importer of broadcasting equipment and computers from China (2021)

(2020)" }, "domestic": { "text": "mobile-cellular subscribership has skyrocketed; more than 90% of Pakistanis live within areas that have cell phone coverage; fiber-optic networks are being constructed throughout the country to increase broadband access, though broadband penetration in Pakistan is still relatively low; fixed-line 1 per 100 and mobile-cellular 76 per 100 persons (2019)" @@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ "international": { "text": "country code - 92; landing points for the SEA-ME-WE-3, -4, -5, AAE-1, IMEWE, Orient Express, PEACE Cable, and TW1 submarine cable systems that provide links to Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australia; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean); 3 operational international gateway exchanges (1 at Karachi and 2 at Islamabad); microwave radio relay to neighboring countries (2019)" }, - "note": "note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated" + "note": "note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and the consequent restriction on disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home became evident, and received some support from governments" }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "media is government regulated; 1 dominant state-owned TV broadcaster, Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV), operates a network consisting of 8 channels; private TV broadcasters are permitted; to date 69 foreign satellite channels are operational; the state-owned radio network operates more than 30 stations; nearly 200 commercially licensed, privately owned radio stations provide programming mostly limited to music and talk shows (2019)" @@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,811,365" + "text": "1,760,870" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "1 (2018 est.)" @@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "estimates of the size of the Pakistan military’s active force vary; approximately 650,000 active personnel (560,000 Army; 30,000 Navy; 60,000 Air Force) (2020)" + "text": "estimates of the size of the Pakistan military’s active force vary; approximately 640,000 active personnel (550,000 Army; 30,000 Navy; 60,000 Air Force) (2020)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the Pakistan military inventory includes a broad mix of equipment, primarily from China, France, Ukraine, the UK, and the US; since 2010, China and the US are the leading suppliers of arms to Pakistan; Pakistan also has a large domestic defense industry (2020)" @@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { - "text": "Haqqani Network; Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami; Harakat ul-Mujahidin; Hizbul Mujahideen; Indian Mujahedeen; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham-Khorasan; Islamic State of ash-Sham – India; Islamic State of ash-Sham – Pakistan; Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan; Jaish-e-Mohammed; Jaysh al Adl (Jundallah); Lashkar i Jhangvi; Lashkar-e Tayyiba; Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan; al-Qa’ida; al-Qa’ida in the Indian Subcontinent (2019)

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", + "text": "Haqqani Network; Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami; Harakat ul-Mujahidin; Hizbul Mujahideen; Indian Mujahedeen; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham-Khorasan; Islamic State of ash-Sham – India; Islamic State of ash-Sham – Pakistan; Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan; Jaish-e-Mohammed; Jaysh al Adl (Jundallah); Lashkar i Jhangvi; Lashkar-e Tayyiba; Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan; al-Qa’ida; al-Qa’ida in the Indian Subcontinent

note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T" } }, diff --git a/world/xx.json b/world/xx.json index 089845b0..5e4fefc3 100644 --- a/world/xx.json +++ b/world/xx.json @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ "text": "

top fifteen World Factbook entities ranked by size: Pacific Ocean 155,557,000 sq km; Atlantic Ocean 76,762,000 sq km; Indian Ocean 68,556,000 sq km; Southern Ocean 20,327,000 sq km; Russia 17,098,242 sq km; Antarctica 14,200,000 sq km; Arctic Ocean 14,056,000 sq km; Canada 9,984,670 sq km; United States 9,826,675 sq km; China 9,596,960 sq km; Brazil 8,515,770 sq km; Australia 7,741,220 sq km; European Union 4,324,782 sq km; India 3,287,263 sq km; Argentina 2,780,400 sq km

top ten largest water bodies: Pacific Ocean 155,557,000 sq km; Atlantic Ocean 76,762,000 sq km; Indian Ocean 68,556,000 sq km; Southern Ocean 20,327,000 sq km; Arctic Ocean 14,056,000 sq km; Coral Sea 4,184,100 sq km; South China Sea 3,595,900 sq km; Caribbean Sea 2,834,000 sq km; Bering Sea 2,520,000 sq km; Mediterranean Sea 2,469,000 sq km

top ten largest landmasses: Asia 44,568,500 sq km; Africa 30,065,000 sq km; North America 24,473,000 sq km; South America 17,819,000 sq km; Antarctica 14,200,000 sq km; Europe 9,948,000 sq km; Australia 7,741,220 sq km; Greenland 2,166,086 sq km; New Guinea 785,753 sq km; Borneo 751,929 sq km

top ten largest islands: Greenland 2,166,086 sq km; New Guinea (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea) 785,753 sq km; Borneo (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia) 751,929 sq km; Madagascar 587,713 sq km; Baffin Island (Canada) 507,451 sq km; Sumatra (Indonesia) 472,784 sq km; Honshu (Japan) 227,963 sq km; Victoria Island (Canada) 217,291 sq km; Great Britain (United Kingdom) 209,331 sq km; Ellesmere Island (Canada) 196,236 sq km

top ten longest mountain ranges (land-based): Andes (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina) 7,000 km; Rocky Mountains (Canada, US) 4,830 km; Great Dividing Range (Australia) 3,700 km; Transantarctic Mountains (Antarctica) 3,500 km; Kunlun Mountains (China) 3,000 km; Ural Mountains (Russia, Kazakhstan) 2,640 km; Atlas Mountains (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia) 2,500 km; Appalachian Mountains (Canada, US) 2,400 km; Himalayas (Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, China, Nepal, Bhutan) 2,300 km; Altai Mountains (Kazakhstan, Russia, Mongolia) 2,000 km; note - lengths are approximate; if oceans are included, the Mid-Ocean Ridge is by far the longest mountain range at 40,389 km

top ten largest forested countries (sq km and percent of land): Russia 8,149,310 (49.8%); Brazil 4,935,380 (58.9%); Canada 3,470,690 (38.2%); United States 3,103,700 (33.9%); China 2,098,640 (22.3%); Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,522,670 (67.2%); Australia 1,250,590 (16.3%); Indonesia 903,250 (49.9%); Peru 738,054 (57.7%); India 708,600 (23.8%) (2016 est.)

top ten most densely forested countries (percent of land): Suriname (98.3%), Federated States of Micronesia (91.9%), Gabon (90%), Seychelles (88.4%), Palau (87.6%), Guyana (83.9%), Laos (82.1%), Solomon Islands (77.9%), Papua New Guinea (74.1%), Finland (73.1%) (2016 est.)

top ten largest (non-polar) deserts: Sahara (Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Western Sahara, Sudan, Tunisia) 9,200,000 sq km; Arabian (Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Yemen) 2,330,000 sq km; Gobi (China, Mongolia) 1,295,000 sq km; Kalahari (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa) 900,000 sq km; Patagonian (Argentina) 673,000 sq km; Syrian (Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia) 500,000 sq km; Chihuahuan (Mexico) 362,000 sq km; Kara-Kum (Turkmenistan) 350,000 sq km; Great Victoria (Australia) 348,750 sq km; Great Basin (United States) 343,169 sq km; note - if the two polar deserts are included, they would rank first and second: Antarctic Desert 14,200,000 sq km and Arctic Desert 13,900,000 sq km

ten smallest independent countries: Holy See (Vatican City) 0.44 sq km; Monaco 2 sq km; Nauru 21 sq km; Tuvalu 26 sq km; San Marino 61 sq km; Liechtenstein 160 sq km; Marshall Islands 181 sq km; Saint Kitts and Nevis 261 sq km; Maldives 298 sq km; Malta 316 sq km

" }, "Land boundaries": { - "text": "

the land boundaries in the world total 251,060 km (not counting shared boundaries twice); two nations, China and Russia, each border 14 other countries

note 1: 46 nations and other areas are landlocked, these include: Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Czechia, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Holy See (Vatican City), Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Niger, Paraguay, Rwanda, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, South Sudan, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, West Bank, Zambia, Zimbabwe; two of these, Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan, are doubly landlocked

note 2: worldwide, some one-quarter of interior (non-coastal) borders are rivers; South America with 43% leads the continents, followed by North America with 32%, Africa with 30%, Europe with 23%, and Asia with 18%; Australia has no interior national river borders

" + "text": "

the land boundaries in the world total 279,035 km (not counting shared boundaries twice); two nations, China and Russia, each border 14 other countries

note 1: 46 nations and other areas are landlocked, these include: Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Czechia, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Holy See (Vatican City), Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Niger, Paraguay, Rwanda, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, South Sudan, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, West Bank, Zambia, Zimbabwe; two of these, Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan, are doubly landlocked

note 2: worldwide, some one-quarter of interior (non-coastal) borders are rivers; South America with 43% leads the continents, followed by North America with 32%, Africa with 30%, Europe with 23%, and Asia with 18%; Australia has no interior national river borders

" }, "Coastline": { "text": "356,000 km

note: 95 nations and other entities are islands that border no other countries, they include: American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Baker Island, Barbados, Bermuda, Bouvet Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cabo Verde, Cayman Islands, Christmas Island, Clipperton Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Comoros, Cook Islands, Coral Sea Islands, Cuba, Curacao, Cyprus, Dominica, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Faroe Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Greenland, Grenada, Guam, Guernsey, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Howland Island, Iceland, Isle of Man, Jamaica, Jan Mayen, Japan, Jarvis Island, Jersey, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Kiribati, Madagascar, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Federated States of Micronesia, Midway Islands, Montserrat, Nauru, Navassa Island, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Palmyra Atoll, Paracel Islands, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Solomon Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Spratly Islands, Sri Lanka, Svalbard, Taiwan, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Virgin Islands, Wake Island, Wallis and Futuna", @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ "text": "1.01 male(s)/female (2020 est.)" } }, - "Maternal mortality rate": { + "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "211 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ "text": "690,000 (2019 est.)" }, "Major infectious diseases": { - "text": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring globally; older adults and people of any age with serious chronic medical conditions are at increased risk for severe disease; some health care systems are becoming overwhelmed and there may be limited access to adequate medical care in affected areas; many countries are implementing travel restrictions and mandatory quarantines, closing borders, and prohibiting non-citizens from entry with little advance notice; US residents may have difficulty returning to the United States; as of 16 May 2021, 162,184,
263 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 3,364,446 deaths have been reported to the World Health Organization; as of 18 May 2021, 9.24% of the World population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "text": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring globally; older adults and people of any age with serious chronic medical conditions are at increased risk for severe disease; some health care systems are becoming overwhelmed and there may be limited access to adequate medical care in affected areas; many countries are implementing travel restrictions and mandatory quarantines, closing borders, and prohibiting non-citizens from entry with little advance notice; US residents may have difficulty returning to the United States; as of 6 June 2021, 172,637,097 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 3,718,944 deaths have been reported to the World Health Organization; as of 9 June 2021, 12.14% of the World population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "NA" @@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ } }, "Major infectious diseases": { - "text": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring globally; older adults and people of any age with serious chronic medical conditions are at increased risk for severe disease; some health care systems are becoming overwhelmed and there may be limited access to adequate medical care in affected areas; many countries are implementing travel restrictions and mandatory quarantines, closing borders, and prohibiting non-citizens from entry with little advance notice; US residents may have difficulty returning to the United States; as of 16 May 2021, 162,184,
263 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 3,364,446 deaths have been reported to the World Health Organization; as of 18 May 2021, 9.24% of the World population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" + "text": "note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring globally; older adults and people of any age with serious chronic medical conditions are at increased risk for severe disease; some health care systems are becoming overwhelmed and there may be limited access to adequate medical care in affected areas; many countries are implementing travel restrictions and mandatory quarantines, closing borders, and prohibiting non-citizens from entry with little advance notice; US residents may have difficulty returning to the United States; as of 6 June 2021, 172,637,097 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 3,718,944 deaths have been reported to the World Health Organization; as of 9 June 2021, 12.14% of the World population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine" } }, "Government": { @@ -658,45 +658,53 @@ "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "984,289,950" + "text": "917,318,375" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "1 (2017 est.)" + "text": "12 (2017 est.)" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { - "text": "7,806,142,681" + "text": "7,876,696,447" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "105 (2017 est.)" + "text": "103.4 (2017 est.)" + } + }, + "Telecommunication systems": { + "general assessment": { + "text": "Information, Communications, and Technology (ICT) is tied to economic growth; business, trade, and foreign direct investment are all based on effective sources of ICT, and development of ICT flourishes with a vigorous economy, open trade, and sound regulation; some 2020 estimates point to a digital economy worth $11.5 trillion globally, equivalent to 15.5% of global GDP (with ICT growing 2.5 times faster than global GDP over the past 15 years);  2020 reports indicate about 7.7 billion global mobile broadband subscriptions, rising from 3.3 billion in five years, and over 1.1 billion fixed broadband subscribers, up from 830 million in 2015" + }, + "international": { + "text": "economically, telecommunications has been and continues to be one of the world’s fastest growing markets; countries and firms are transitioning from analog to digital broadcasting, increasing automation capabilities and applications, adopting more high-definition technologies, and converting to digital channels

broadcasting typically refers to transmission of information to all devices in a network without any acknowledgment by the receivers; data processing parts and accessories includes many supporting elements to broadcasting equipment, such as monitors, keyboards, printers, etc.

in terms of market size, broadcasting equipment constituted $413 billion in global trade, making it the fifth most traded commodity in 2019; similarly, data processing equipment equaled $230 billion, the eighth most traded commodity globally; the chief exporters and importers of telecommunications commodities remain largely the same: 1) China leads in both broadcasting and data processing equipment exports, $208 billion and $81.5 billion respectively and 2) the United States, conversely, receives the most of both commodities, importing $81.1 billion in broadcasting equipment and $38.3 billion in data processing equipment in 2019" } }, "Internet users": { "total": { - "text": "4.1 billion" + "text": "3.96 billion" }, "percent of population": { - "text": "53.9% (2019)" + "text": "51% (2019)" }, "note": "top ten countries by Internet usage (in millions): 730.7 China; 374.3 India; 246.8 United States; 122.8 Brazil; 116.6 Japan; 108.8 Russia; 73.3 Mexico; 72.3 Germany; 65.5 Indonesia; 61 United Kingdom (2017)" }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { - "text": "1,002,793,951" + "text": "1,132,215,546" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { - "text": "14 (2017)" + "text": "14.8 (2017)" } }, "Communications - note": { - "text": "note 1: three major data centers - which provide colocation, telecommunications, cloud services, and content ecosystems - compete to be called the world's biggest in terms of physical space occupied:

no. 1. - a data farm in Langfang, Hebei Province, China, identified as the Range International Information Group, claims to be the largest with 585,000 sq m (6.3 million sq ft),

no. 2. - a data farm in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, known as the Switch SuperNAP data center, comes in second with over 325,000 sq m (3.5 million sq ft); it intends to expand to over 1.615 million sq m (17.4 million sq ft) by 2020,

no. 3. - a data farm in Ashburn, Virginia, USA, referred to as the DFT Data Center, is a transit point for 70% of the world's Internet traffic; it includes 150,000 sq m (1.6 million sq ft) spread out over six separate buildings

note 2: estimates are that by the end of 2019, 53.9% of the global population (4.1 billion people) were using the Internet" + "text": "note 1: data centers consist of a dedicated space within a building or a group of buildings used to house computing resources and other components, such as telecommunications and storage systems; the ongoing worldwide boom in data generation is responsible for the mushrooming of data centers; the three largest data center facilities by area as of the first half of 2021 are:
 
no. 1. - the China Telecom data center located in the Inner Mongolia Information Park, Hohhot, China, reportedly covers 1 million sq m (10.7 million sq ft); the largest Internet data center in the world, it has over 50% market share in the Chinese data center market, with an extensive network of over 400 data centers located in prime regions in mainland China and overseas markets

no. 2. - the China Mobile data center located in the Inner Mongolia Information Park, Hohhot, China, covers 720,000 sq m (7.7 million sq ft); it is one of the world's biggest cloud computing data centers

no. 3. - The Citadel data center owned by US-based Switch, in Tahoe Reno, Nevada, covers 670,000 sq m (7.2 million sq ft); called the world’s largest technology ecosystem, the facility runs on 100% renewable (solar and wind) energy

note 2: of the global population, it is estimated that 51% (3.96 billion people) were using the Internet by the end of 2019" } }, "Transportation": { "Airports": { "total": { - "text": "41,820 (2016)" + "text": "41,820 (2020)" }, "note": "top ten by passengers (2020 preliminary): Guangzhou (CAN) 43,767,558; Atlanta (ATL) - 42,918,685; Chengdu (CTU) 40,741,509; Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW) 39,364,990; Shenzhen (SZX) 37,916,054; Beijing (PEK) - 34,513,827; Denver, CO (DEN) 33,741,129; Kunming (KMG) 32,990,805; Shanghai (PVG) 31,165,641; Xi'an (XIY)  31,073,924 (2020 preliminary)

top ten by passengers (2019): Atlanta (ATL) 110,531,300; Beijing (PEK) - 100,011,438; Los Angeles, CA (LAX) 88,068,013; Dubai, UAE (DXB) 86,396,757; Tokyo (HND) 85,505,054; Chicago (ORD) 84,649,115; London (LHR) 80,888,305; Shanghai (PVG) 76,153,455; Paris (CDG) 76,150,009; Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW) 75,066,956; note - 2019 numbers included to allow for a comparison with the effects of COVID-19 restrictions on international air travel in 2020\r\n

top ten by cargo (metric tons): Memphis, TN (MEM) - 4,613,431; Hong Kong (HKG) - 4,468,089; Shanghai (PVG) - 3,686,627; Anchorage, AK (ANC) - 3,157,682; Louisville, KY (SDF) - 2,917,243; Incheon (ICN) - 2,822,370; Taipei (TPE) - 2,342,714; Los Angeles, CA (LAX) 2,229,476; Doha, Qatar (DOH) 2,175,292; Miami, FL (MIA) 2,137,699 (2020 preliminary)" },