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"text": "Lullemeden-Irhazer Aquifer System, Murzuk-Djado Basin, North Western Sahara Aquifer, Taoudeni-Tanezrouft Basin"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the vast majority of the populace is found in the extreme northern part of the country along the Mediterranean Coast as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the vast majority of the populace is found in the extreme northern part of the country along the Mediterranean Coast, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes; mudslides and floods in rainy season; droughts"
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"text": "-0.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the vast majority of the populace is found in the extreme northern part of the country along the Mediterranean Coast as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the vast majority of the populace is found in the extreme northern part of the country along the Mediterranean Coast, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
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}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "58 provinces (wilayas, singular - wilaya); Adrar, Ain Defla, Ain Temouchent, Alger (Algiers), Annaba, Batna, Bechar, Bejaia, Beni Abbes, Biskra, Blida, Bordj Badji Mokhtar, Bordj Bou Arreridj, Bouira, Boumerdes, Chlef, Constantine, Djanet, Djelfa, El Bayadh, El Meghaier, El Meniaa, El Oued, El Tarf, Ghardaia, Guelma, Illizi, In Guezzam, In Salah, Jijel, Khenchela, Laghouat, Mascara, Medea, Mila, Mostaganem, M'Sila, Naama, Oran, Ouargla, Ouled Djellal, Oum el Bouaghi, Relizane, Saida, Setif, Sidi Bel Abbes, Skikda, Souk Ahras, Tamanrasset, Tebessa, Tiaret, Timimoun, Tindouf, Tipaza, Tissemsilt, Tizi Ouzou, Tlemcen, Touggourt"
"text": "58 provinces (<em>wilayas</em>, singular - <em>wilaya</em>); Adrar, Ain Defla, Ain Temouchent, Alger (Algiers), Annaba, Batna, Bechar, Bejaia, Beni Abbes, Biskra, Blida, Bordj Badji Mokhtar, Bordj Bou Arreridj, Bouira, Boumerdes, Chlef, Constantine, Djanet, Djelfa, El Bayadh, El Meghaier, El Meniaa, El Oued, El Tarf, Ghardaia, Guelma, Illizi, In Guezzam, In Salah, Jijel, Khenchela, Laghouat, Mascara, Medea, Mila, Mostaganem, M'Sila, Naama, Oran, Ouargla, Ouled Djellal, Oum el Bouaghi, Relizane, Saida, Setif, Sidi Bel Abbes, Skikda, Souk Ahras, Tamanrasset, Tebessa, Tiaret, Timimoun, Tindouf, Tipaza, Tissemsilt, Tizi Ouzou, Tlemcen, Touggourt"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of French civil law and Islamic law; judicial review of legislative acts in ad hoc Constitutional Council composed of various public officials including several Supreme Court justices"

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"text": "Congo Basin, Upper Kalahari-Cuvelai-Upper Zambezi Basin"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "most people live in the western half of the country; urban areas account for the highest concentrations of people, particularly the capital of Luanda as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "most people live in the western half of the country; urban areas account for the highest concentrations of people, particularly the capital of Luanda, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "locally heavy rainfall causes periodic flooding on the plateau"
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"text": "-0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "most people live in the western half of the country; urban areas account for the highest concentrations of people, particularly the capital of Luanda as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "most people live in the western half of the country; urban areas account for the highest concentrations of people, particularly the capital of Luanda, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
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}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "18 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Bengo, Benguela, Bie, Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza-Norte, Cuanza-Sul, Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Luanda, Lunda-Norte, Lunda-Sul, Malanje, Moxico, Namibe, Uige, Zaire"
"text": "18 provinces (<em>provincias</em>, singular - <em>provincia</em>); Bengo, Benguela, Bie, Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza-Norte, Cuanza-Sul, Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Luanda, Lunda-Norte, Lunda-Sul, Malanje, Moxico, Namibe, Uige, Zaire"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil legal system based on Portuguese civil law; no judicial review of legislation"
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},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Fitch rating": {
"text": "CCC (2020)"
},
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "Caa1 (2020)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "CCC+ (2020)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "14.9% (2023 est.)"

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"text": "Lower Kalahari-Stampriet Basin, Upper Kalahari-Cuvelai-Upper Zambezi Basin"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the population is primarily concentrated in the east with a focus in and around the captial of Gaborone, and the far central-eastern city of Francistown; population density remains low in other areas in the country, especially in the Kalahari to the west as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the population is primarily concentrated in the east, with a focus in and around the capital of Gaborone and the eastern city of Francistown; population density remains low in other areas in the country, especially in the Kalahari Desert to the west, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "periodic droughts; seasonal August winds blow from the west, carrying sand and dust across the country, which can obscure visibility"
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"text": "2.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the population is primarily concentrated in the east with a focus in and around the captial of Gaborone, and the far central-eastern city of Francistown; population density remains low in other areas in the country, especially in the Kalahari to the west as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the population is primarily concentrated in the east, with a focus in and around the capital of Gaborone and the eastern city of Francistown; population density remains low in other areas in the country, especially in the Kalahari Desert to the west, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {

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"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Niger (2,261,741 sq km), Volta (410,991 sq km)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the population is primarily located in the south, with the highest concentration of people residing in and around the cities on the Atlantic coast; most of the north remains sparsely populated with higher concentrations of residents in the west as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the population is primarily located in the south, with the highest concentration of people residing in and around the cities on the Atlantic coast; most of the north remains sparsely populated with higher concentrations of residents in the west, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "hot, dry, dusty harmattan wind may affect north from December to March"
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"text": "0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the population is primarily located in the south, with the highest concentration of people residing in and around the cities on the Atlantic coast; most of the north remains sparsely populated with higher concentrations of residents in the west as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the population is primarily located in the south, with the highest concentration of people residing in and around the cities on the Atlantic coast; most of the north remains sparsely populated with higher concentrations of residents in the west, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {

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"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Congo (3,730,881 sq km), <em>(Mediterranean Sea)</em> Nile (3,254,853 sq km)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "one of Africa's most densely populated countries; concentrations tend to be in the north and along the northern shore of Lake Tanganyika in the west; most people live on farms near areas of fertile volcanic soil as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "one of Africa's most densely populated countries; concentrations tend to be in the north and along the northern shore of Lake Tanganyika in the west; most people live on farms near areas of fertile volcanic soil, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "flooding; landslides; drought"
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"text": "-0.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "one of Africa's most densely populated countries; concentrations tend to be in the north and along the northern shore of Lake Tanganyika in the west; most people live on farms near areas of fertile volcanic soil as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "one of Africa's most densely populated countries; concentrations tend to be in the north and along the northern shore of Lake Tanganyika in the west; most people live on farms near areas of fertile volcanic soil, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> in January 2019, the Burundian parliament voted to make Gitega the political capital of the country while Bujumbura would remain its economic capital; as of 2023, the government's move to Gitega remains incomplete"
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "18 provinces; Bubanza, Bujumbura Mairie, Bujumbura Rural, Bururi, Cankuzo, Cibitoke, Gitega, Karuzi, Kayanza, Kirundo, Makamba, Muramvya, Muyinga, Mwaro, Ngozi, Rumonge, Rutana, Ruyigi; note- a law was passed in March 2023 reducing the number of provinces to five: Buhumuza, Bujumbura, Burunga, Butanyerera, Gitega, with full implementation by 2025."
"text": "18 provinces; Bubanza, Bujumbura Mairie, Bujumbura Rural, Bururi, Cankuzo, Cibitoke, Gitega, Karuzi, Kayanza, Kirundo, Makamba, Muramvya, Muyinga, Mwaro, Ngozi, Rumonge, Rutana, Ruyigi",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> a law was passed in March 2023 reducing the number of provinces to five: Buhumuza, Bujumbura, Burunga, Butanyerera, Gitega, with full implementation by 2025"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of Belgian civil law and customary law"

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"text": "Lake Chad Basin, Nubian Aquifer System"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the population is unevenly distributed due to contrasts in climate and physical geography; the highest density is found in the southwest, particularly around Lake Chad and points south; the dry Saharan zone to the north is the least densely populated as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the population is unevenly distributed due to contrasts in climate and physical geography; the highest density is found in the southwest, particularly around Lake Chad and points south; the dry Saharan zone to the north is the least densely populated, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds occur in north; periodic droughts; locust plagues"
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"text": "-0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the population is unevenly distributed due to contrasts in climate and physical geography; the highest density is found in the southwest, particularly around Lake Chad and points south; the dry Saharan zone to the north is the least densely populated as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the population is unevenly distributed due to contrasts in climate and physical geography; the highest density is found in the southwest, particularly around Lake Chad and points south; the dry Saharan zone to the north is the least densely populated, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
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}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "23 provinces (provinces, singular - province); Barh-El-Gazel, Batha, Borkou, Chari-Baguirmi, Ennedi-Est, Ennedi-Ouest, Guera, Hadjer-Lamis, Kanem, Lac, Logone Occidental, Logone Oriental, Mandoul, Mayo-Kebbi-Est, Mayo-Kebbi-Ouest, Moyen-Chari, N'Djamena, Ouaddai, Salamat, Sila, Tandjile, Tibesti, Wadi-Fira"
"text": "23 provinces; Barh-El-Gazel, Batha, Borkou, Chari-Baguirmi, Ennedi-Est, Ennedi-Ouest, Guera, Hadjer-Lamis, Kanem, Lac, Logone Occidental, Logone Oriental, Mandoul, Mayo-Kebbi-Est, Mayo-Kebbi-Ouest, Moyen-Chari, N'Djamena, Ouaddai, Salamat, Sila, Tandjile, Tibesti, Wadi-Fira"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of civil and customary law"

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"text": "Congo Basin"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the population is primarily located in the south, in and around the capital of Brazzaville as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the population is primarily located in the south, in and around the capital of Brazzaville, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "seasonal flooding"
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"text": "-0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the population is primarily located in the south, in and around the capital of Brazzaville as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the population is primarily located in the south, in and around the capital of Brazzaville, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
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}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "12 departments (departments, singular - department); Bouenza, Brazzaville, Cuvette, Cuvette-Ouest, Kouilou, Lekoumou, Likouala, Niari, Plateaux, Pointe-Noire, Pool, Sangha"
"text": "12 departments; Bouenza, Brazzaville, Cuvette, Cuvette-Ouest, Kouilou, Lekoumou, Likouala, Niari, Plateaux, Pointe-Noire, Pool, Sangha"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of French civil law and customary law"
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},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Fitch rating": {
"text": "CCC (2019)"
},
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "Caa2 (2018)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "CCC+ (2020)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "9% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "has about 190 mostly police personnel deployed to the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2024)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the FAC's primary focus is internal security; it is organized into approximately nine military zones; the Army's primary combat forces are an infantry brigade and a Republican Guard force<br><br>since its creation in 1961, the FAC has had a turbulent history; it has been sidelined by some national leaders in favor of personal militias, endured an internal rebellion (1996), and clashed with various rebel groups and political or ethnic militias (1993-1996, 2002-2005, 2017); during the 1997-1999 civil war, the military generally split along ethnic lines, with most northern officers supporting eventual winner SASSOU-Nguesso, and most southerners backing the rebels; others joined ethnic-based factions loyal to regional warlords; forces backing SASSOU-Nguesso were supported by Angolan troops and received some French assistance; the FAC also has undergone at least three reorganizations that included the incorporation of former rebel combatants and various ethnic and political militias; in recent years, France has provided some advice and training, and a military cooperation agreement was signed with Russia in 2019 (2024)"
"text": "the FAC's primary focuses are internal and maritime security; since its creation in 1961, the FAC has had a turbulent history; it has been sidelined by some national leaders in favor of personal militias, endured an internal rebellion (1996), and clashed with various rebel groups and political or ethnic militias (1993-1996, 2002-2005, 2017); during the 1997-1999 civil war, the military generally split along ethnic lines, with most northern officers supporting eventual winner SASSOU-Nguesso, and most southerners backing the rebels; others joined ethnic-based factions loyal to regional warlords; forces backing SASSOU-Nguesso were supported by Angolan troops and received some French assistance; the FAC also has undergone at least three reorganizations that included the incorporation of former rebel combatants and various ethnic and political militias; in recent years, France has provided some advice and training, and a military cooperation agreement was signed with Russia in 2019 (2025)"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {

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"text": "Congo Basin"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "urban clusters are spread throughout the country, particularly in the northeast along the border with Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi; the largest city is the capital, Kinshasha, located in the west along the Congo River; the south is least densely populated as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "urban clusters are spread throughout the country, particularly in the northeast along the border with Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi; the largest city is the capital, Kinshasha, located in the west along the Congo River; the south is least densely populated, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "<p>periodic droughts in south; Congo River floods (seasonal); active volcanoes in the east along the Great Rift Valley</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> Nyiragongo (3,470 m), which erupted in 2002 and is experiencing ongoing activity, poses a major threat to the city of Goma, home to a quarter million people; the volcano produces unusually fast-moving lava, known to travel up to 100 km /hr; Nyiragongo has been deemed a Decade Volcano by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, worthy of study due to its explosive history and close proximity to human populations; its neighbor, Nyamuragira, which erupted in 2010, is Africa's most active volcano; Visoke is the only other historically active volcano</p>"
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"text": "-0.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "urban clusters are spread throughout the country, particularly in the northeast along the border with Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi; the largest city is the capital, Kinshasha, located in the west along the Congo River; the south is least densely populated as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "urban clusters are spread throughout the country, particularly in the northeast along the border with Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi; the largest city is the capital, Kinshasha, located in the west along the Congo River; the south is least densely populated, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
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}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "26 provinces (provinces, singular - province); Bas-Uele (Lower Uele), Equateur, Haut-Katanga (Upper Katanga), Haut-Lomami (Upper Lomami), Haut-Uele (Upper Uele), Ituri, Kasai, Kasai-Central, Kasai-Oriental (East Kasai), Kinshasa, Kongo Central, Kwango, Kwilu, Lomami, Lualaba, Mai-Ndombe, Maniema, Mongala, Nord-Kivu (North Kivu), Nord-Ubangi (North Ubangi), Sankuru, Sud-Kivu (South Kivu), Sud-Ubangi (South Ubangi), Tanganyika, Tshopo, Tshuapa"
"text": "26 provinces; Bas-Uele (Lower Uele), Equateur, Haut-Katanga (Upper Katanga), Haut-Lomami (Upper Lomami), Haut-Uele (Upper Uele), Ituri, Kasai, Kasai-Central, Kasai-Oriental (East Kasai), Kinshasa, Kongo Central, Kwango, Kwilu, Lomami, Lualaba, Mai-Ndombe, Maniema, Mongala, Nord-Kivu (North Kivu), Nord-Ubangi (North Ubangi), Sankuru, Sud-Kivu (South Kivu), Sud-Ubangi (South Ubangi), Tanganyika, Tshopo, Tshuapa"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system primarily based on Belgian law, but also customary and tribal law"
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},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "Caa1 (2019)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "CCC+ (2017)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "17.4% (2023 est.)"
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"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Forces d'Armees de la Republique Democratique du Congo, FARDC): Land Forces (Forces Terrestres), National Navy (La Marine Nationale), Congolese Air Force (Force Aerienne Congolaise, FAC); Republican Guard (Garde Républicaine, GR)<br><br>Ministry of Interior: Congolese National Police (Police Nationale Congolaise, PNC) (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the Republican Guard is a military unit under the direct control of the president"
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the Republican Guard is overseen by the office of the presidency rather than the FARDC; it focuses on protecting the president and government institutions and enforcing internal security"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2024": {
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"note": "<strong>note: </strong>in eastern Congo, fighters from armed groups, including some associated with government security forces, have been accused of forced recruitment of child soldiers"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "<p>the FARDC’s primary focus is internal security and conducting operations against rebels and other illegal armed groups (IOGs); while it is large on paper, the FARDC is widely assessed to suffer from insufficient training, low equipment readiness, poor morale and leadership, ill-discipline, and widespread corruption; it was created out of the armed factions of the Congo wars that ended in 2003, incorporating various militia, paramilitary, and rebel formations; the DRC’s most effective military force, the Republican Guard, is overseen by the office of the presidency rather than the FARDC and focuses largely on protecting the president and government institutions and enforcing internal security</p> <p>the FARDC is actively conducting operations against a variety of IOGs operating in the DRC, particularly in the eastern provinces of Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu, where more than 15 significant and cohesive IOGs operate; there is also IOG-related violence in Maniema, Kasai, Kasai Central, and Tanganyika provinces; some estimates place over 100 IOGs operating in the country, including organized militias, such as the Nduma Defense of Congo-Renewal (NDC-R), which controls a large portion of North Kivu; Mai Mai groups (local militias that operate variously as self-defense networks and criminal rackets); and foreign-origin groups seeking safe haven and resources, such as the Ugandan-origin Allied Democratic Forces (ADF; aka Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the DRC), the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), multiple groups originating from Burundi, the Lords Resistance Army (LRA), and the March 23 Movement (aka M23 or Congolese Revolutionary Army), which the DRC has accused Rwanda of backing; the FARDC has been accused of collaborating with some IOGs, such as the NDC-R</p> the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) has operated in the central and eastern parts of the country since 1999; as of late 2024, MONUSCO was authorized around 14,000 personnel, and its mandate had been extended to the end of 2025; MONUSCO includes a Force Intervention Brigade (FIB; three infantry battalions, plus artillery and special forces), the first ever UN peacekeeping force specifically tasked to carry out targeted offensive operations to neutralize and disarm groups considered a threat to state authority and civilian security (2024)"
"text": "the FARDC’s primary focus is internal security and conducting operations against rebels and other illegal armed groups (IOGs) operating in the DRC, particularly in the eastern provinces of Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu, where more than 15 significant and cohesive IOGs operate; there is also IOG-related violence in Maniema, Kasai, Kasai Central, and Tanganyika provinces; some estimates place over 100 IOGs operating in the country, including organized militias, such as the Nduma Defense of Congo-Renewal (NDC-R), which controls a large portion of North Kivu; Mai Mai groups (local militias that operate variously as self-defense networks and criminal rackets); and foreign-origin groups seeking safe haven and resources, such as the Ugandan-origin Allied Democratic Forces (ADF; aka Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the DRC), the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), multiple groups originating from Burundi, the Lords Resistance Army (LRA), and the March 23 Movement (aka M23 or Congolese Revolutionary Army), which Rwanda has been accused of supporting militarily; the FARDC incorporates some non-state armed groups and has been accused of collaborating with some IOGs, such as the NDC-R<br><br>the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) has operated in the central and eastern parts of the country since 1999; it has nearly 14,000 personnel assigned, and its mandate had been extended to the end of 2025; MONUSCO includes a Force Intervention Brigade (FIB), the first ever UN peacekeeping force specifically tasked to carry out targeted offensive operations to neutralize and disarm groups considered a threat to state authority and civilian security (2025)"
}
},
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"text": "Lake Chad Basin"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population concentrated in the west and north, with the interior of the country sparsely populated as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "population concentrated in the west and north, with the interior of the country sparsely populated, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "<p>volcanic activity with periodic releases of poisonous gases from Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun volcanoes</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> Mt. Cameroon (4,095 m), which last erupted in 2000, is the most frequently active volcano in West Africa; lakes in Oku volcanic field have released fatal levels of gas on occasion, killing some 1,700 people in 1986</p>"
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"text": "-0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population concentrated in the west and north, with the interior of the country sparsely populated as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "population concentrated in the west and north, with the interior of the country sparsely populated, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
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}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "10 regions (regions, singular - region); Adamaoua, Centre, East (Est), Far North (Extr&ecirc;me-Nord), Littoral, North (Nord), North-West (Nord-Ouest), West (Ouest), South (Sud), South-West (Sud-Ouest)"
"text": "10 regions (<em>régions</em>, singular - <em>région</em>); Adamaoua, Centre, East (Est), Far North (Extrême-Nord), Littoral, North (Nord), North-West (Nord-Ouest), West (Ouest), South (Sud), South-West (Sud-Ouest)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of English common law, French civil law, and customary law"

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"text": "1.3 sq km (2012)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the capital city of Maroni, located on the western side of the island of Grande Comore, is the country's largest city; however, of the three islands that comprise Comoros, it is Anjouan that is the most densely populated as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the capital city of Maroni, on the western side of the island of Grande Comore, is the country's largest city; however, Anjouan is the most densely populated of the three islands that comprise Comoros, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "<p>cyclones possible during rainy season (December to April); volcanic activity on Grand Comore</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> Karthala (2,361 m) on Grand Comore Island last erupted in 2007; a 2005 eruption forced thousands of people to be evacuated and produced a large ash cloud</p>"
@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
"text": "-2.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the capital city of Maroni, located on the western side of the island of Grande Comore, is the country's largest city; however, of the three islands that comprise Comoros, it is Anjouan that is the most densely populated as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the capital city of Maroni, on the western side of the island of Grande Comore, is the country's largest city; however, Anjouan is the most densely populated of the three islands that comprise Comoros, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {

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"text": "Congo Basin, Lake Chad Basin"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "majority of residents live in the western and central areas of the country, especially in and around the capital of Bangui as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "majority of residents live in the western and central areas of the country, especially in and around the capital of Bangui, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds affect northern areas; floods are common"
@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
"text": "-3.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "majority of residents live in the western and central areas of the country, especially in and around the capital of Bangui as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "majority of residents live in the western and central areas of the country, especially in and around the capital of Bangui, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -491,7 +491,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "14 prefectures (pr&eacute;fectures, singular - pr&eacute;fecture), 2 economic pr&eacute;fectures* (pr&eacute;fectures &eacute;conomiques, singular - pr&eacute;fecture &eacute;conomique), and 1 commune**; Bamingui-Bangoran, Bangui**, Basse-Kotto, Haute-Kotto, Haut-Mbomou, Kemo, Lobaye, Mambere-Kadei, Mbomou, Nana-Grebizi*, Nana-Mambere, Ombella-Mpoko, Ouaka, Ouham, Ouham-Pende, Sangha-Mbaere*, Vakaga"
"text": "14 prefectures (<em>préfectures</em>, singular - <em>préfecture</em>), 2 economic prefectures* (<em>préfectures économiques</em>, singular - <em>préfecture économique</em>), and 1 commune**; Bamingui-Bangoran, Bangui**, Basse-Kotto, Haute-Kotto, Haut-Mbomou, Kemo, Lobaye, Mambere-Kadei, Mbomou, Nana-Grebizi*, Nana-Mambere, Ombella-Mpoko, Ouaka, Ouham, Ouham-Pende, Sangha-Mbaere*, Vakaga"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on the French model"
@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@
"text": "18 years of age for military service; no conscription although the constitution provides for the possibility of conscription in the event of an imminent threat to the country (2023)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the 2013 coup resulted in the institutional collapse of the FACA; its forces were overwhelmed and forced to flee to neighboring countries; it has been estimated that only 10% of the FACA returned after the coup, and the FACA has struggled to rebuild in the years of instability since, despite significant foreign assistance; considerable portions of the country remain outside state control and are ungoverned, with the presence of multiple armed actors creating insecurity in much of the country <br><br>in late 2020 and early 2021, the Coalition des Patriotes pour le Change (CPC), a loose coalition of armed groups comprised largely of former Seleka and anti-Balaka fighters, attacked the capital Bangui; CAR Government forces, along with Russian private military contractors and Rwandan troops, repelled the attack while the CPC retreated to its rear bases and into neighboring countries and continued conducting attacks; as of 2023, the CAR Government claimed to have restored authority across much of the country, including the capital, although armed groups, including some not affiliated with CPC, continued to carry out violent activities in regions outside the capital, threatening local stability; forces on both sides have been accused of abuses and atrocities in the fighting <br><br>in 2018, the UN Security Council approved Russian security assistance for the CAR to help train and advise FACA personnel, as well as transport them to operational areas, provide logistical support, and assist with medical evacuation; in addition to teams of military trainers, Russia sent private military contractors to provide assistance to the FACA; the Russians have also performed other security roles such as guarding mines and government officials; some Russian contractors and the CAR forces they supported have been accused of carrying out indiscriminate killings, using excessive force against civilians, and looting<br><br>the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) has operated in the country since 2014; its mission includes providing security, protecting civilians, facilitating humanitarian assistance, disarming and demobilizing armed groups, and supporting the country’s fragile transitional government; as of 2024, MINUSCA had more than 16,000 military and police personnel <br><br>the European Union Training Mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM-RCA) has operated in the country since 2016, providing advice, training, and educational programs to the country's security forces; France and Rwanda have also provided assistance to the FACA; France suspended its support in 2021, but Rwanda continued providing troops and military training as of 2024 (2024)"
"text": "the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) are focused on internal security; since the 2013 coup, multiple armed groups have been active in the country, carrying out attacks, controlling territory, and undermining security; the coup resulted in the institutional collapse of the FACA; its forces were overwhelmed and forced to flee to neighboring countries; it has been estimated that only 10% of the FACA returned afterwards; over the past decade, the FACA has sought to rebuild with considerable foreign assistance, including from France, the EU, Russia, Rwanda, and the UN; Russian private military contractors and bilateral Rwandan military forces are assisting the FACA in its operations against rebel groups<br><br>the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) has operated in the country since 2014; its mission includes providing security, protecting civilians, facilitating humanitarian assistance, disarming and demobilizing armed groups, and supporting the country’s transitional government; MINUSCA has more than 18,000 personnel (2025)"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {

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"text": "35 sq km (2012)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "among the nine inhabited islands, population distribution is variable; islands in the east are very dry and are only sparsely settled to exploit their extensive salt deposits; the more southerly islands receive more precipitation and support larger populations, but agriculture and livestock grazing have damaged the soil fertility and vegetation; approximately half of the population lives on Sao Tiago Island, which is the location of the capital of Praia; Mindelo, on the northern island of Sao Vicente, also has a large urban population as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "among the nine inhabited islands, population distribution is variable; islands in the east are very dry and are only sparsely settled; the more southerly islands receive more precipitation and support larger populations; approximately half of the population lives on Sao Tiago Island, which is the location of the capital of Praia; Mindelo, on the northern island of Sao Vicente, also has a large urban population, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "<p>prolonged droughts; seasonal harmattan wind produces obscuring dust; volcanically and seismically active</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> Fogo (2,829 m), which last erupted in 1995, is Cabo Verde's only active volcano</p>"
@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
"text": "-0.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "among the nine inhabited islands, population distribution is variable; islands in the east are very dry and are only sparsely settled to exploit their extensive salt deposits; the more southerly islands receive more precipitation and support larger populations, but agriculture and livestock grazing have damaged the soil fertility and vegetation; approximately half of the population lives on Sao Tiago Island, which is the location of the capital of Praia; Mindelo, on the northern island of Sao Vicente, also has a large urban population as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "among the nine inhabited islands, population distribution is variable; islands in the east are very dry and are only sparsely settled; the more southerly islands receive more precipitation and support larger populations; approximately half of the population lives on Sao Tiago Island, which is the location of the capital of Praia; Mindelo, on the northern island of Sao Vicente, also has a large urban population, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -480,7 +480,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "22 municipalities (concelhos, singular - concelho); Boa Vista, Brava, Maio, Mosteiros, Paul, Porto Novo, Praia, Ribeira Brava, Ribeira Grande, Ribeira Grande de Santiago, Sal, Santa Catarina, Santa Catarina do Fogo, Santa Cruz, S&atilde;o Domingos, S&atilde;o Filipe, S&atilde;o Lourenco dos Orgaos, S&atilde;o Miguel, S&atilde;o Salvador do Mundo, S&atilde;o Vicente, Tarrafal, Tarrafal de S&atilde;o Nicolau"
"text": "22 municipalities (<em>concelhos</em>, singular - <em>concelho</em>); Boa Vista, Brava, Maio, Mosteiros, Paul, Porto Novo, Praia, Ribeira Brava, Ribeira Grande, Ribeira Grande de Santiago, Sal, Santa Catarina, Santa Catarina do Fogo, Santa Cruz, São Domingos, São Filipe, São Lourenco dos Orgaos, São Miguel, São Salvador do Mundo, São Vicente, Tarrafal, Tarrafal de São Nicolau"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system of Portugal"

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}
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "most densely populated areas are in the east; the largest city is Djibouti, with a population over 600,000; no other city in the country has a total population over 50,000 as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "most densely populated areas are in the east; the largest city is Djibouti, and the other cities in the country are a fraction of its size, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "<p>earthquakes; droughts; occasional cyclonic disturbances from the Indian Ocean bring heavy rains and flash floods</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> experiences limited volcanic activity; Ardoukoba (298 m) last erupted in 1978; Manda-Inakir, located along the Ethiopian border, is also historically active</p>"
@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
"text": "4.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "most densely populated areas are in the east; the largest city is Djibouti, with a population over 600,000; no other city in the country has a total population over 50,000 as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "most densely populated areas are in the east; the largest city is Djibouti, and the other cities in the country are a fraction of its size, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -487,7 +487,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "6 districts (cercles, singular - cercle); Ali Sabieh, Arta, Dikhil, Djibouti, Obock, Tadjourah"
"text": "6 districts (<em>cercles</em>, singular - <em>cercle</em>); Ali Sabieh, Arta, Dikhil, Djibouti, Obock, Tadjourah"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system based primarily on the French civil code (as it existed in 1997), Islamic religious law (in matters of family law and successions), and customary law"
@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@
"text": "approximately 1,500 Somalia (AUSSOM) (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "Djibouti's military forces are largely focused on border, coastal, and internal security duties, such as counterterrorism; as recently as February 2025, Djiboutian forces have conducted operations near its border with Ethiopia against members of the Armed Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD A), which Djibouti considers a terrorist group<br> <br>China, France, Italy, Japan, and the US maintain bases in Djibouti for regional military missions, including counterterrorism, counter-piracy, crisis response, and security assistance; other countries, such as Germany and Spain, also maintain a smaller presence; the EU and NATO also maintain a presence to support multinational naval counter-piracy operations and maritime training efforts (2025)"
"text": "Djibouti's military forces are largely focused on border, coastal, and internal security duties, such as counterterrorism; as recently as February 2025, Djiboutian forces have conducted operations near its border with Ethiopia against members of the Armed Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD A), which Djibouti considers a terrorist group<br> <br>China, France, Italy, Japan, and the US maintain bases in Djibouti for regional military missions, including counterterrorism, counter-piracy, crisis response, and security assistance; other countries, such as Germany and Spain, have smaller military contingents; the EU and NATO also maintain a presence in Djibouti to support multinational naval counter-piracy operations and maritime training efforts (2025)"
}
},
"Terrorism": {

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"text": "Nubian Aquifer System"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "approximately 95% of the population lives within 20 km of the Nile River and its delta; vast areas of the country remain sparsely populated or uninhabited as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "approximately 95% of the population lives within 20 km (12 mi) of the Nile River and its delta; vast areas of the country remain sparsely populated or uninhabited, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "periodic droughts; frequent earthquakes; flash floods; landslides; hot, driving windstorms called khamsin occur in spring; dust storms; sandstorms"
@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
"text": "-0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "approximately 95% of the population lives within 20 km of the Nile River and its delta; vast areas of the country remain sparsely populated or uninhabited as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "approximately 95% of the population lives within 20 km (12 mi) of the Nile River and its delta; vast areas of the country remain sparsely populated or uninhabited, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -535,7 +535,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "27 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazat); Ad Daqahliyah, Al Bahr al Ahmar (Red Sea), Al Buhayrah, Al Fayyum, Al Gharbiyah, Al Iskandariyah (Alexandria), Al Isma'iliyah (Ismailia), Al Jizah (Giza), Al Minufiyah, Al Minya, Al Qahirah (Cairo), Al Qalyubiyah, Al Uqsur (Luxor), Al Wadi al Jadid (New Valley), As Suways (Suez), Ash Sharqiyah, Aswan, Asyut, Bani Suwayf, Bur Sa'id (Port Said), Dumyat (Damietta), Janub Sina' (South Sinai), Kafr ash Shaykh, Matruh, Qina, Shamal Sina' (North Sinai), Suhaj"
"text": "27 governorates (<em>muhafazat</em>, singular - <em>muhafazat</em>); Ad Daqahliyah, Al Bahr al Ahmar (Red Sea), Al Buhayrah, Al Fayyum, Al Gharbiyah, Al Iskandariyah (Alexandria), Al Isma'iliyah (Ismailia), Al Jizah (Giza), Al Minufiyah, Al Minya, Al Qahirah (Cairo), Al Qalyubiyah, Al Uqsur (Luxor), Al Wadi al Jadid (New Valley), As Suways (Suez), Ash Sharqiyah, Aswan, Asyut, Bani Suwayf, Bur Sa'id (Port Said), Dumyat (Damietta), Janub Sina' (South Sinai), Kafr ash Shaykh, Matruh, Qina, Shamal Sina' (North Sinai), Suhaj"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system based on Napoleonic civil and penal law, Islamic religious law, and vestiges of colonial-era laws; Supreme Constitutional Court reviews laws"
@ -799,18 +799,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Fitch rating": {
"text": "B+ (2019)"
},
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "B2 (2019)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "B (2018)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "11.6% (2023 est.)"
@ -1268,7 +1256,7 @@
"text": "1,000 (plus nearly 200 police) Central African Republic (MINUSCA); also has about 350 police deployed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo under MONUSCO; slated to have about 1,100 personnel in Somalia under AUSSOM in 2025 (2024)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the Egyptian Armed Forces (EAF) are responsible for external defense but also have an internal role assisting police and paramilitary security forces during emergencies and in anti-terrorism operations; the EAF also participates in foreign peacekeeping and other security missions, as well as both bilateral and multinational exercises; the military has considerable political power and independence; it has long had a crucial role in Egypt’s politics and has a large stake in the civilian economy, including running banks, businesses, gas stations, shipping lines, and utilities, and producing consumer and industrial goods, importing commodities, and building and managing infrastructure projects, such as bridges, roads, hospitals, and housing<br><br>key areas of concern for the EAF include Islamist militant groups operating out of the Sinai Peninsula, regional challenges such as ongoing conflicts and instability, and maritime security; since 2011, the EAF has been conducting operations alongside other security forces in the North Sinai governorate against several militant groups, particularly the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); over the past decade, it has deployed large numbers of troops along Egypt's border with Libya, provided air support to the Saudi-led coalition's intervention in Yemen, and most recently boosted its presence on the border with Gaza in response to the HAMAS-Israel conflict; the Navy in recent years has sought to modernize and expand its capabilities and profile in the Eastern Mediterranean and Red Sea, including the acquisition of helicopter carriers, modern frigates, and attack submarines; in 2020, the EAF inaugurated a large joint service military base on the Red Sea to secure the country’s southern coasts, protect economic investments and natural resources, and confront security challenges in the Red Sea region<br><br>Egypt is a major security partner of the US and one of the largest recipients of US military aid in the region; it also has Major Non-NATO Ally status with the US, a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation<br><br>the Multinational Force &amp; Observers (MFO) has operated in the Sinai since 1982 as a peacekeeping and monitoring force to supervise the implementation of the security provisions of the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli Treaty of Peace; the MFO is an independent international organization, created by agreement between Egypt and Israel; it is composed of about 1,150 troops from 13 countries; Colombia, Fiji, and the US are the leading providers of troops to the MFO (2024)"
"text": "the Egyptian Armed Forces (EAF) are responsible for external defense but also have an internal role assisting police and paramilitary security forces during emergencies and in anti-terrorism operations; the EAF also participates in foreign peacekeeping and other security missions, as well as both bilateral and multinational exercises; the military has considerable political power and independence; it has long had a crucial role in Egypt’s politics and has a large stake in the civilian economy, including running banks, businesses, gas stations, shipping lines, and utilities, and producing consumer and industrial goods, importing commodities, and building and managing infrastructure projects, such as bridges, roads, hospitals, and housing<br><br>key areas of concern for the EAF include Islamist militant groups operating out of the Sinai Peninsula, regional challenges such as ongoing conflicts and instability, and maritime security; since 2011, the EAF has been conducting operations alongside other security forces in the North Sinai governorate against several militant groups, particularly the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); over the past decade, it has deployed additional units along the border with Libya, provided air support to the Saudi-led coalition's intervention in Yemen, and most recently boosted its presence on the border with Gaza in response to the HAMAS-Israel conflict; the Navy in recent years has sought to modernize and expand its capabilities and profile in the Eastern Mediterranean and Red Sea, including the acquisition of helicopter carriers, modern frigates, and attack submarines, as well as the establishment of a joint service military base on the Red Sea<br><br>the Multinational Force &amp; Observers (MFO) has operated in the Sinai since 1982 as a peacekeeping and monitoring force to supervise the implementation of the security provisions of the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli Treaty of Peace; the MFO is an independent international organization, created by agreement between Egypt and Israel; it has about 1,150 troops from 13 countries; Colombia, Fiji, and the US are the leading providers of troops to the MFO (2025)"
}
},
"Space": {

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"text": "NA"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "only two large cities over 30,000 people (Bata on the mainland, and the capital Malabo on the island of Bioko); small communities are scattered throughout the mainland and the five inhabited islands as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the two large cities are Bata on the mainland and the capital Malabo on the island of Bioko; small communities are scattered throughout the mainland and the five inhabited islands, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "<p>violent windstorms; flash floods</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> Santa Isabel (3,007 m), which last erupted in 1923, is the country's only historically active volcano; Santa Isabel, along with two dormant volcanoes, form Bioko Island in the Gulf of Guinea</p>"
@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
"text": "12.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "only two large cities over 30,000 people (Bata on the mainland, and the capital Malabo on the island of Bioko); small communities are scattered throughout the mainland and the five inhabited islands as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the two large cities are Bata on the mainland and the capital Malabo on the island of Bioko; small communities are scattered throughout the mainland and the five inhabited islands, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -446,7 +446,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "8 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Annobon, Bioko Norte, Bioko Sur, Centro Sur, Djibloho, Kie-Ntem, Litoral, Wele-Nzas"
"text": "8 provinces (<em>provincias</em>, singular - <em>provincia</em>); Annobon, Bioko Norte, Bioko Sur, Centro Sur, Djibloho, Kie-Ntem, Litoral, Wele-Nzas"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of civil and customary law"
@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@
"text": "18 years of age for selective compulsory military service, although conscription is rare in practice; 24-month service obligation (2023)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea (FAGE) are responsible for defending the territory and sovereignty of the country; it also has some internal security duties, including fulfilling some police functions in border areas, sensitive sites, and high-traffic areas; the FAGE&rsquo;s National Guard (Army) is a small force with a few infantry battalions; over the past decade, the country has made considerable investments in naval capabilities to protect its oil installations and combat piracy and crime in the Gulf of Guinea; while the Navy is small, its inventory includes a light frigate and a corvette, as well as several off-shore patrol vessels; the Air Force has a handful of operational combat aircraft and ground attack-capable helicopters (2023)"
"text": "the Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea (FAGE) are responsible for defending the territory and sovereignty of the country; the FAGE also has some internal security duties, including fulfilling some police functions in border areas, sensitive sites, and high-traffic areas; maritime security, particularly protecting offshore oil installations and combating piracy and crime in the Gulf of Guinea, is a key priority (2024)"
}
},
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"text": "210 sq km (2012)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "density is highest in the center of the country in and around the cities of Asmara (capital) and Keren; smaller settlements exist in the north and south as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "density is highest in the center of the country, in and around the cities of Asmara (capital) and Keren; smaller settlements exist in the north and south, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "<p>frequent droughts, rare earthquakes and volcanoes; locust swarms</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> Dubbi (1,625 m), which last erupted in 1861, was the country's only historically active volcano until Nabro (2,218 m) came to life on 12 June 2011</p>"
@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
"text": "-8.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "density is highest in the center of the country in and around the cities of Asmara (capital) and Keren; smaller settlements exist in the north and south as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "density is highest in the center of the country, in and around the cities of Asmara (capital) and Keren; smaller settlements exist in the north and south, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -468,7 +468,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "6 regions (zobatat, singular - zoba); 'Anseba, Debub (South), Debubawi K'eyyih Bahri (Southern Red Sea), Gash-Barka, Ma'ikel (Central), Semienawi K'eyyih Bahri (Northern Red Sea)"
"text": "6 regions (<em>zobatat</em>, singular - <em>zoba</em>); 'Anseba, Debub (South), Debubawi K'eyyih Bahri (Southern Red Sea), Gash-Barka, Ma'ikel (Central), Semienawi K'eyyih Bahri (Northern Red Sea)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of civil, customary, and Islamic religious law"
@ -1012,10 +1012,10 @@
"text": "the EDF's inventory is comprised primarily of Soviet-era weapons and equipment (2024)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "Eritrea mandates military service for all citizens age 18-40; 18-month conscript service obligation, which includes 4-6 months of military training and 12 months of military or other national service (military service is most common); in practice, military and national service is often extended indefinitely; citizens up to the age of 55 eligible for recall during mobilization (2023)"
"text": "Eritrea mandates military service for all citizens age 18-40; 18-month conscript service obligation, which reportedly includes 4-6 months of military training and 12 months of military or other national service (military service is most common); in practice, military and national service is often extended indefinitely; citizens up to the age of 59 eligible for recall during mobilization (2024)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the military’s primary responsibilities are external defense, border security, and providing the regime a vehicle for national cohesion; the Army is the dominant service; it is a large, conscript-based force and estimated to have more than 20 infantry divisions, including some that are mechanized, as well as a division of commandos/special forces<br><br>since the country's independence in 1991, the Eritrean military has participated in numerous conflicts, including the Hanish Island Crisis with Yemen (1995), the First Congo War (1996-1997), the Second Sudanese Civil War (1996-1998), the Eritrea-Ethiopia War (1998-2000), the Djiboutian-Eritrean border conflict (2008), and the Tigray conflict in Ethiopia (2020-2022); during the Tigray conflict, the Eritrean Defense Forces were accused of widespread human rights abuses (2023)"
"text": "the military’s primary responsibilities are external defense, border security, and providing the regime a vehicle for national cohesion; the Army is the dominant service; it is a conscript-based force estimated to have more than 20 infantry divisions, including some that are mechanized, as well as a division of commandos/special forces<br><br>since the country's independence in 1991, the Eritrean military has participated in numerous conflicts, including the Hanish Island Crisis with Yemen (1995), the First Congo War (1996-1997), the Second Sudanese Civil War (1996-1998), the Eritrea-Ethiopia War (1998-2000), the Djiboutian-Eritrean border conflict (2008), and the Tigray conflict in Ethiopia (2020-2022); during the Tigray conflict, the Eritrean Defense Forces were accused of widespread human rights abuses (2023)"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {

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"text": "Ogaden-Juba Basin, Sudd Basin (Umm Ruwaba Aquifer)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "highest density is found in the highlands of the north and middle areas of the country, particularly around the centrally located capital city of Addis Ababa; the far east and southeast are sparsely populated as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "highest density is found in the highlands of the north and middle areas of the country, particularly around the centrally located capital city of Addis Ababa; the far east and southeast are sparsely populated, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "<p>geologically active Great Rift Valley susceptible to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions; frequent droughts</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> volcanic activity in the Great Rift Valley; Erta Ale (613 m), which has caused frequent lava flows in recent years, is the country's most active volcano; Dabbahu became active in 2005, forcing evacuations; other historically active volcanoes include Alayta, Dalaffilla, Dallol, Dama Ali, Fentale, Kone, Manda Hararo, and Manda-Inakir</p>"
@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
"text": "-0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "highest density is found in the highlands of the north and middle areas of the country, particularly around the centrally located capital city of Addis Ababa; the far east and southeast are sparsely populated as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "highest density is found in the highlands of the north and middle areas of the country, particularly around the centrally located capital city of Addis Ababa; the far east and southeast are sparsely populated, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -530,7 +530,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "12 ethnically based regional states (kililoch, singular - kilil) and 2 chartered cities* (astedader akabibiwach, singular - astedader akabibi); Adis Abeba* (Addis Ababa), Afar, Amara (Amhara), Binshangul Gumuz, Dire Dawa*, Gambela Hizboch (Gambela), Hareri Hizb (Harari), Oromia, Sidama, Sumale, Tigray, YeDebub Biheroch Bihereseboch na Hizboch (Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples), YeDebub M'irab Ityop'iya Hizboch (Southwest Ethiopia Peoples), Southern Ethiopia Peoples"
"text": "12 ethnically based regional states (<em>kililoch</em>, singular - <em>kilil</em>) and 2 chartered cities* (<em>astedader akabibiwach</em>, singular - <em>astedader akabibi</em>); Adis Abeba* (Addis Ababa), Afar, Amara (Amhara), Binshangul Gumuz, Dire Dawa*, Gambela Hizboch (Gambela), Hareri Hizb (Harari), Oromia, Sidama, Sumale, Tigray, YeDebub Biheroch Bihereseboch na Hizboch (Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples), YeDebub M'irab Ityop'iya Hizboch (Southwest Ethiopia Peoples), Southern Ethiopia Peoples"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system"
@ -787,18 +787,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Fitch rating": {
"text": "B (2014)"
},
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "B2 (2020)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "B (2014)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "35.8% (2023 est.)"
@ -1204,7 +1192,7 @@
"text": "as many as 10,000 troops Somalia (approximately 2,500 under the AU; the remainder under a bilateral agreement with the Somali Government); 1,500 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2024)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF)) has been one of sub-Saharan Africa’s largest, most experienced, and best equipped militaries, but it suffered heavy casualties and equipment losses during the 2020-2022 Tigray conflict; the ENDF is focused on both external threats emanating from its neighbors and internal threats from multiple internal armed groups; since 1998, the ENDF has engaged in several conventional and counterinsurgency operations, including border wars with Eritrea (1998-2000) and Somalia (2006-2008) and internal conflicts with the Tigray regional state (2020-2022), several insurgent groups and ethnic militias (including the ethno-nationalist Amhara Fano), and the al-Shabaab terrorist group<br><br>as of 2024, the ENDF was conducting counterinsurgency operations against anti-government militants in several states, including in Oromya (Oromia) against the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), an insurgent group that claims to be fighting for greater autonomy for the Oromo, Ethiopia's largest ethnic group; in 2022, militants from the Somalia-based al-Shabaab terrorist group launched an incursion into Ethiopia's Somali (Sumale) regional state, attacking villages and security forces; the Ethiopian Government claimed that regional security forces killed hundreds of al-Shabaab fighters and subsequently deployed additional ENDF troops into Somalia’s Gedo region to prevent further incursions (2025)"
"text": "the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF)) has been one of sub-Saharan Africa’s largest, most experienced, and best equipped militaries, but it suffered heavy casualties and equipment losses during the 2020-2022 Tigray conflict; the ENDF is focused on both external threats emanating from its neighbors and internal threats from multiple internal armed groups; since 1998, the ENDF has engaged in several conventional and counterinsurgency operations, including border wars with Eritrea (1998-2000) and Somalia (2006-2008) and internal conflicts with the Tigray regional state (2020-2022), several insurgent groups and ethnic militias (including the ethno-nationalist Amhara Fano), and the al-Shabaab terrorist group<br><br>as of 2025, the ENDF was conducting counterinsurgency operations against anti-government militants in several states, including in Oromya (Oromia) against the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), an insurgent group that claims to be fighting for greater autonomy for the Oromo, Ethiopia's largest ethnic group; in 2022, militants from the Somalia-based al-Shabaab terrorist group launched an incursion into Ethiopia's Somali (Sumale) regional state, attacking villages and security forces; the Ethiopian Government claimed that regional security forces killed hundreds of al-Shabaab fighters and subsequently deployed additional ENDF troops into Somalia’s Gedo region to prevent further incursions (2025)"
}
},
"Space": {

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"text": "Congo Basin"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the relatively small population is spread in pockets throughout the country; the largest urban center is the capital of Libreville, located along the Atlantic coast in the northwest as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the relatively small population is spread in pockets throughout the country; the largest urban center is the capital of Libreville, located along the Atlantic coast in the northwest, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "none"
@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
"text": "3.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the relatively small population is spread in pockets throughout the country; the largest urban center is the capital of Libreville, located along the Atlantic coast in the northwest as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the relatively small population is spread in pockets throughout the country; the largest urban center is the capital of Libreville, located along the Atlantic coast in the northwest, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -727,18 +727,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Fitch rating": {
"text": "CCC (2020)"
},
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "Caa1 (2018)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "N/A (2016)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "6.5% (2023 est.)"

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"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Volta (410,991 sq km)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population is concentrated in the southern half of the country, with the highest concentrations being on or near the Atlantic coast as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "population is concentrated in the southern half of the country, with the highest concentrations on or near the Atlantic coast, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "dry, dusty, northeastern harmattan winds from January to March; droughts"
@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
"text": "-0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population is concentrated in the southern half of the country, with the highest concentrations being on or near the Atlantic coast as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "population is concentrated in the southern half of the country, with the highest concentrations on or near the Atlantic coast, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -731,18 +731,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Fitch rating": {
"text": "B (2013)"
},
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "B3 (2015)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "B- (2020)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "21.1% (2023 est.)"

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"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Niger (2,261,741 sq km), Senegal (456,397 sq km)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "areas of highest density are in the west and south; interior is sparsely populated as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "areas of highest density are in the west and south; interior is sparsely populated, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season"
@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
"text": "0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "areas of highest density are in the west and south; interior is sparsely populated as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "areas of highest density are in the west and south; interior is sparsely populated, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -497,7 +497,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "7 regions administrative (administrative regions) and 1 gouvenorat (governorate)*; Boke, Conakry*, Faranah, Kankan, Kindia, Labe, Mamou, N'Zerekore"
"text": "7 administrative regions (<em>régions administratives</em><em>, </em>singular - <em>région administrative</em>) and 1 governorate (<em>gouvenorat</em>)*; Boke, Conakry*, Faranah, Kankan, Kindia, Labe, Mamou, N'Zerekore"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on the French model"

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"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Niger (2,261,741 sq km), Volta (410,991 sq km)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the population is primarily located in the forested south, with the highest concentration of people residing in and around the cities on the Atlantic coast; most of the northern savanna remains sparsely populated with higher concentrations located along transportation corridors as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the population is primarily located in the forested south, with the highest concentration of people residing in and around the cities on the Atlantic coast; most of the northern savanna remains sparsely populated, with higher concentrations located along transportation corridors, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "coast has heavy surf and no natural harbors; during the rainy season torrential flooding is possible"
@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
"text": "1.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the population is primarily located in the forested south, with the highest concentration of people residing in and around the cities on the Atlantic coast; most of the northern savanna remains sparsely populated with higher concentrations located along transportation corridors as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the population is primarily located in the forested south, with the highest concentration of people residing in and around the cities on the Atlantic coast; most of the northern savanna remains sparsely populated, with higher concentrations located along transportation corridors, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -777,15 +777,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Fitch rating": {
"text": "B+ (2015)"
},
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "Ba3 (2015)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "14.4% (2023 est.)"
@ -1207,7 +1198,7 @@
"text": "180 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2024)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the military (FACI) was established in 1960 from home defense units the French colonial government began standing up in 1950; the FACI has mutinied several times since the late 1990s, most recently in 2017, and has had a large role in the country’s political turmoil; it is responsible for external defense but also has a considerable internal role supporting the National Gendarmerie and other internal security forces; the operational focus of the FACI is the threat posed by Islamic militants associated with the al-Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) terrorist group operating across the border in Burkina Faso and Mali; AQIM militants conducted significant attacks in the country in 2016 and 2020; Côte d’Ivoire since 2016 has stepped up border security and completed building a joint counter-terrorism training center with France near Abidjan in 2020<br><br>Cote d’Ivoire has close security ties with France, which maintains a military presence; the UN had a 9,000-strong peacekeeping force in Cote d’Ivoire (UNOCI) from 2004 until 2017 (2024)"
"text": "the military (FACI) is responsible for external defense but also has a considerable internal role supporting the National Gendarmerie and other internal security forces; the operational focus of the FACI is the threat posed by Islamic militants associated with the al-Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) terrorist group operating across the border in Burkina Faso and Mali; AQIM militants conducted significant attacks in the country in 2016 and 2020; Côte d’Ivoire since 2016 has stepped up border security and completed building a joint counter-terrorism training center with France near Abidjan in 2020; Cote d'Ivoire has long maintained a close security relationship with France <br><br>the FACI has mutinied several times since the late 1990s, most recently in 2017, and has had a large role in the country’s political turmoil; it was established in 1960 from home defense units the French colonial government began standing up in 1950 (2025)"
}
},
"Space": {

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"text": "Ogaden-Juba Basin"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population heavily concentrated in the west along the shore of Lake Victoria; other areas of high density include the capital of Nairobi, and in the southeast along the Indian Ocean coast as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "population heavily concentrated in the west along the shore of Lake Victoria; other areas of high density include the capital of Nairobi, and in the southeast along the Indian Ocean coast, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "<p>recurring drought; flooding during rainy seasons</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> limited volcanic activity; the Barrier (1,032 m) last erupted in 1921; South Island is the only other historically active volcano</p>"
@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
"text": "-0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population heavily concentrated in the west along the shore of Lake Victoria; other areas of high density include the capital of Nairobi, and in the southeast along the Indian Ocean coast as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "population heavily concentrated in the west along the shore of Lake Victoria; other areas of high density include the capital of Nairobi, and in the southeast along the Indian Ocean coast, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -786,18 +786,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Fitch rating": {
"text": "B+ (2007)"
},
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "B2 (2018)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "B+ (2010)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "21.8% (2023 est.)"

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"text": "30 sq km (2012)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "more than half of the population lives in urban areas, with approximately one-third living within an 80-km radius of Monrovia as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "more than half of the population lives in urban areas, with approximately one third living within an 80-km (50-mi) radius of Monrovia, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "dust-laden harmattan winds blow from the Sahara (December to March)"
@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
"text": "-0.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "more than half of the population lives in urban areas, with approximately one-third living within an 80-km radius of Monrovia as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "more than half of the population lives in urban areas, with approximately one third living within an 80-km (50-mi) radius of Monrovia, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {

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"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Orange (941,351 sq km)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "relatively higher population density in the western half of the nation, with the capital of Maseru, and the smaller cities of Mafeteng, Teyateyaneng, and Leribe attracting the most people as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "relatively higher population density in the western half of the nation, with the capital of Maseru and the smaller cities of Mafeteng, Teyateyaneng, and Leribe attracting the most people, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "periodic droughts"
@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
"text": "-4.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "relatively higher population density in the western half of the nation, with the capital of Maseru, and the smaller cities of Mafeteng, Teyateyaneng, and Leribe attracting the most people as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "relatively higher population density in the western half of the nation, with the capital of Maseru and the smaller cities of Mafeteng, Teyateyaneng, and Leribe attracting the most people, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -748,12 +748,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Fitch rating": {
"text": "B (2019)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "6.6% (2023 est.)"

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}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "22 governorates (muhafazah, singular - muhafazat); Al Butnan, Al Jabal al Akhdar, Al Jabal al Gharbi, Al Jafarah, Al Jufrah, Al Kufrah, Al Marj, Al Marqab, Al Wahat, An Nuqat al Khams, Az Zawiyah, Banghazi (Benghazi), Darnah, Ghat, Misratah, Murzuq, Nalut, Sabha, Surt, Tarabulus (Tripoli), Wadi al Hayat, Wadi ash Shati"
"text": "22 governorates (<em>muhafazah</em>, singular - <em>muhafazat</em>); Al Butnan, Al Jabal al Akhdar, Al Jabal al Gharbi, Al Jafarah, Al Jufrah, Al Kufrah, Al Marj, Al Marqab, Al Wahat, An Nuqat al Khams, Az Zawiyah, Banghazi (Benghazi), Darnah, Ghat, Misratah, Murzuq, Nalut, Sabha, Surt, Tarabulus (Tripoli), Wadi al Hayat, Wadi ash Shati"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "Libya's post-revolution system is in flux and driven by state and non-state entities"

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"text": "10,860 sq km (2012)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "most of population lives on the eastern half of the island; significant clustering is found in the central highlands and eastern coastline as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "most of population lives on the eastern half of the island; significant clustering is found in the central highlands and eastern coastline, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "<p>periodic cyclones; drought; and locust infestation</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> Madagascar's volcanoes have not erupted in historical times</p>"
@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
"text": "0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "most of population lives on the eastern half of the island; significant clustering is found in the central highlands and eastern coastline as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "most of population lives on the eastern half of the island; significant clustering is found in the central highlands and eastern coastline, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -493,7 +493,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "6 provinces (faritany); Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa, Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliara"
"text": "6 provinces (<em>faritany</em>); Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa, Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliara"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on the old French civil code and customary law in matters of marriage, family, and obligation"

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"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Congo (3,730,881 sq km)<br>Indian Ocean drainage: Zambezi (1,332,412 sq km)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population density is highest south of Lake Nyasa as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "population density is highest south of Lake Nyasa, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "flooding; droughts; earthquakes"
@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
"text": "0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population density is highest south of Lake Nyasa as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "population density is highest south of Lake Nyasa, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {

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"text": "Lullemeden-Irhazer Basin, Taodeni-Tanezrouft Basin"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the overwhelming majority of the population lives in the southern half of the country, with greater density along the border with Burkina Faso as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the overwhelming majority of the population lives in the southern half of the country, with greater density along the border with Burkina Faso, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons; recurring droughts; occasional Niger River flooding"
@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
"text": "-2.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the overwhelming majority of the population lives in the southern half of the country, with greater density along the border with Burkina Faso as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the overwhelming majority of the population lives in the southern half of the country, with greater density along the border with Burkina Faso, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -517,7 +517,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "19 regions (regions, singular - region), 1 district*; Bamako*, Bandiagara, Bougouni, Dioila, Douentza, Gao, Kayes, Kidal, Kita, Koulikoro, Koutiala, Menaka, Mopti, Nara, Nioro, San, Segou, Sikasso, Taoudenni, Tombouctou (Timbuktu)"
"text": "19 regions (<em>régions</em>, singular - <em>région</em>), 1 district*; Bamako*, Bandiagara, Bougouni, Dioila, Douentza, Gao, Kayes, Kidal, Kita, Koulikoro, Koutiala, Menaka, Mopti, Nara, Nioro, San, Segou, Sikasso, Taoudenni, Tombouctou (Timbuktu)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on the French civil law model and influenced by customary law; Constitutional Court reviews legislative acts"
@ -740,12 +740,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "Caa1 (2020)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "35.1% (2023 est.)"

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"text": "Draa - 1,100 km"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the highest population density is found along the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts; a number of densely populated agglomerations are found scattered through the Atlas Mountains as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the highest population density is found along the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts; a number of densely populated agglomerations are scattered through the Atlas Mountains, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "in the north, the mountains are geologically unstable and subject to earthquakes; periodic droughts; windstorms; flash floods; landslides; in the south, a hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind can occur during winter and spring; widespread harmattan haze exists 60% of time, often severely restricting visibility"
@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
"text": "-1.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the highest population density is found along the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts; a number of densely populated agglomerations are found scattered through the Atlas Mountains as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the highest population density is found along the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts; a number of densely populated agglomerations are scattered through the Atlas Mountains, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -538,7 +538,7 @@
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "12 regions; Beni Mellal-Khenifra, Casablanca-Settat, Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab, Draa-Tafilalet, Fes-Meknes, Guelmim-Oued Noun, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra, Marrakech-Safi, Oriental, Rabat-Sale-Kenitra, Souss-Massa, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> effective 10 December 2020, the US Government recognizes the sovereignty of Morocco over all of the territory of former Western Sahara"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> effective 10 December 2020, the US government recognizes Morocco's sovereignty over the territory of former Western Sahara"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of civil law based on French civil law and Islamic (sharia) law; Constitutional Court reviews legislative acts"
@ -794,18 +794,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Fitch rating": {
"text": "BB+ (2020)"
},
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "Ba1 (1999)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "BBB- (2010)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "11.1% (2023 est.)"

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"text": "143 sq km (2022)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population density is one of the highest in the world; urban clusters are found throughout the main island, with a greater density in and around Port Luis; population on Rodrigues Island is spread across the island with a slightly denser cluster on the north coast as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "population density is one of the highest in the world; urban clusters are found throughout the main island, with a greater density in and around Port Luis; the population on Rodrigues Island is fairly evenly spread, with a slightly denser cluster on the north coast, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "cyclones (November to April); almost completely surrounded by reefs that may pose maritime hazards"
@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
"text": "0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population density is one of the highest in the world; urban clusters are found throughout the main island, with a greater density in and around Port Luis; population on Rodrigues Island is spread across the island with a slightly denser cluster on the north coast as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "population density is one of the highest in the world; urban clusters are found throughout the main island, with a greater density in and around Port Luis; the population on Rodrigues Island is fairly evenly spread, with a slightly denser cluster on the north coast, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -702,12 +702,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "Baa1 (2012)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "3.9% (2023 est.)"

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"text": "Senegalo-Mauritanian Basin, Taodeni-Tanzerouft Basin"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "with most of the country being a desert, vast areas of the country, particularly in the central, northern, and eastern areas, are without sizeable population clusters; half the population lives in or around the coastal capital of Nouakchott; smaller clusters are found near the southern border with Mali and Senegal as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "vast areas of the country, particularly in the central, northern, and eastern areas, are desert and lack sizeable population clusters; half the population lives in or around the coastal capital of Nouakchott; smaller clusters are found near the southern border with Mali and Senegal, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind primarily in March and April; periodic droughts"
@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
"text": "-0.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "with most of the country being a desert, vast areas of the country, particularly in the central, northern, and eastern areas, are without sizeable population clusters; half the population lives in or around the coastal capital of Nouakchott; smaller clusters are found near the southern border with Mali and Senegal as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "vast areas of the country, particularly in the central, northern, and eastern areas, are desert and lack sizeable population clusters; half the population lives in or around the coastal capital of Nouakchott; smaller clusters are found near the southern border with Mali and Senegal, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -522,7 +522,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "15 regions (wilayas, singular - wilaya); Adrar, Assaba, Brakna, Dakhlet Nouadhibou, Gorgol, Guidimaka, Hodh ech Chargui, Hodh El Gharbi, Inchiri, Nouakchott Nord, Nouakchott Ouest, Nouakchott Sud, Tagant, Tiris Zemmour, Trarza"
"text": "15 regions (<em>wilayas</em>, singular - <em>wilaya</em>); Adrar, Assaba, Brakna, Dakhlet Nouadhibou, Gorgol, Guidimaka, Hodh ech Chargui, Hodh El Gharbi, Inchiri, Nouakchott Nord, Nouakchott Ouest, Nouakchott Sud, Tagant, Tiris Zemmour, Trarza"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of Islamic and French civil law"

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}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "10 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), 1 city (cidade)*; Cabo Delgado, Gaza, Inhambane, Manica, Maputo, Cidade de Maputo*, Nampula, Niassa, Sofala, Tete, Zambezia"
"text": "10 provinces (<em>provincias</em>, singular - <em>provincia</em>), 1 city (<em>cidade</em>)*; Cabo Delgado, Gaza, Inhambane, Manica, Maputo, Cidade de Maputo*, Nampula, Niassa, Sofala, Tete, Zambezia"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of Portuguese civil law and customary law"
@ -743,18 +743,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Fitch rating": {
"text": "CCC (2019)"
},
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "Caa2 (2019)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "CCC+ (2019)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "25.9% (2023 est.)"

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"text": "Lake Chad Basin, Lullemeden-Irhazer Basin, Murzuk-Djado Basin"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "majority of the populace is located in the southernmost extreme of the country along the border with Nigeria and Benin as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "majority of the populace is located in the southernmost extreme of the country along the border with Nigeria and Benin, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "recurring droughts"
@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
"text": "-0.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "majority of the populace is located in the southernmost extreme of the country along the border with Nigeria and Benin as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "majority of the populace is located in the southernmost extreme of the country along the border with Nigeria and Benin, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -510,7 +510,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "7 regions (r&eacute;gions, singular - r&eacute;gion) and 1 capital district* (communaut&eacute; urbaine); Agadez, Diffa, Dosso, Maradi, Niamey*, Tahoua, Tillaberi, Zinder"
"text": "7 regions (<em>régions</em>, singular - <em>région</em>) and 1 capital district* (<em>communauté urbaine</em>); Agadez, Diffa, Dosso, Maradi, Niamey*, Tahoua, Tillaberi, Zinder"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "<strong>note:</strong> following the 26 July 2023 military coup, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland assumed control of all government institutions and rules by decree; formerly, mixed system of civil law, based on French civil law, Islamic law, and customary law"
@ -728,12 +728,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "B3 (2019)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "47.8% (2023 est.)"

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"text": "Lake Chad Basin, Lullemeden-Irhazer Aquifer System"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "largest population of any African nation; significant population clusters are scattered throughout the country, with the highest density areas being in the south and southwest as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "largest population of any African nation; significant population clusters are scattered throughout the country, with the highest density areas being in the south and southwest, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "periodic droughts; flooding"
@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
"text": "-0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "largest population of any African nation; significant population clusters are scattered throughout the country, with the highest density areas being in the south and southwest as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "largest population of any African nation; significant population clusters are scattered throughout the country, with the highest density areas being in the south and southwest, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -768,18 +768,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Fitch rating": {
"text": "B (2020)"
},
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "B2 (2017)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "B- (2020)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "22.7% (2023 est.)"

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"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Congo (3,730,881 sq km), <em>(Mediterranean Sea)</em> Nile (3,254,853 sq km)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "clusters found in urban areas, particularly in the western interior and around the White Nile as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "clusters found in urban areas, particularly in the western interior and around the White Nile, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "landlocked; The Sudd is a vast swamp in the north central region of South Sudan, formed by the White Nile; its size is variable but can reach some 15% of the country's total area during the rainy season; it is one of the world's largest wetlands"
@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
"text": "19.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "clusters found in urban areas, particularly in the western interior and around the White Nile as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "clusters found in urban areas, particularly in the western interior and around the White Nile, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -431,7 +431,8 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "10 states; Central Equatoria, Eastern Equatoria, Jonglei, Lakes, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Unity, Upper Nile, Warrap, Western Bahr el Ghazal, Western Equatoria; note - in 2015, the creation of 28 new states was announced and in 2017 four additional states; following the February 2020 peace agreement, the country was again reorganized into the 10 original states, plus 2 administrative areas, Pibor and Ruweng, and 1 special administrative status area, Abyei (which is disputed between South Sudan and Sudan); this latest administrative revision has not yet been vetted by the US Board on Geographic Names"
"text": "10 states; Central Equatoria, Eastern Equatoria, Jonglei, Lakes, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Unity, Upper Nile, Warrap, Western Bahr el Ghazal, Western Equatoria",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> in 2015, 28 new states were created, and 4 additional states in 2017; after the 2020 peace agreement, the country was again reorganized into the 10 original states, plus 2 administrative areas, Pibor and Ruweng, and 1 special administrative status area, Abyei (which is disputed between South Sudan and Sudan)"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
@ -988,7 +989,7 @@
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "information varies; estimated 150-200,000 active Defense Forces (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>some active SSPDF personnel may be militia; the National/Necessary Unified Forces (NUF) are expected to have up to 80,000 personnel when training and integration is completed; the first batch of approximately 20,000 NUF personnel completed training in late 2022"
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>some active SSPDF personnel may be militia; the National/Necessary Unified Forces (NUF) were expected to have up to 80,000 personnel when training and integration is completed; the first batch of approximately 20,000 NUF personnel completed training in late 2022"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the SSPDF inventory is comprised primarily of Soviet-era equipment; South Sudan has been under a UN arms embargo since 2018 (2024)"
@ -997,7 +998,7 @@
"text": "18 is the legal minimum age for compulsory (men) and voluntary (men and women) military service; 12-24 months service (2023)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the South Sudan People's Defense Forces (SSPDF) are largely focused on border and internal security; for example, as of 2024 it was engaged in counterinsurgency operations against the National Salvation Front (NAS), a militant group which has continued fighting the South Sudanese Government since a peace deal led to a cease-fire and the formation of a unity government in 2018; the NAS is mostly active in the greater Equatoria region <br><br>the SSPDF, formerly the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), was founded as a guerrilla movement against the Sudanese Government in 1983 and participated in the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005); the Juba Declaration that followed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005 unified the SPLA and the South Sudan Defense Forces (SSDF), the second-largest rebel militia remaining from the civil war, under the SPLA name; in 2017, the SPLA was renamed the South Sudan Defense Forces (SSDF) and in September 2018 was renamed again as the SSPDF<br><br>the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has operated in the country since 2011 with the objectives of consolidating peace and security and helping establish conditions for the successful economic and political development of South Sudan; UNMISS had about 15,000 personnel deployed in the country as of 2024<br><br>the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) has operated in the disputed Abyei region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan since 2011; UNISFA's mission includes ensuring security, protecting civilians, strengthening the capacity of the Abyei Police Service, de-mining, monitoring/verifying the redeployment of armed forces from the area, and facilitating the flow of humanitarian aid; as of 2024, UNISFA had approximately 3,200 personnel assigned (2024)"
"text": "the South Sudan People's Defense Forces (SSPDF) are largely focused on border and internal security; armed rebel groups and militias continue to operate in the country since the peace deal and formation of a unity government in 2018, including the National Salvation Front (NAS), the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLA/IO), and the White Army militia<br><br>the SSPDF, formerly the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), was founded as a guerrilla movement against the Sudanese Government in 1983 and participated in the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005); the Juba Declaration that followed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005 unified the SPLA and the South Sudan Defense Forces (SSDF), the second-largest rebel militia remaining from the civil war, under the SPLA name; in 2017, the SPLA was renamed the South Sudan Defense Forces (SSDF) and in September 2018 was renamed again as the SSPDF<br><br>the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has operated in the country since 2011 with the objectives of consolidating peace and security and helping establish conditions for the successful economic and political development of South Sudan; UNMISS has about 18,000 personnel deployed in the country; the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) has operated in the disputed Abyei region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan since 2011; UNISFA's mission includes ensuring security, protecting civilians, strengthening the capacity of the Abyei Police Service, de-mining, monitoring/verifying the redeployment of armed forces from the area, and facilitating the flow of humanitarian aid; UNISFA has approximately 3,800 personnel assigned (2025)"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {

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"text": "Senegalo-Mauritanian Basin"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "approximately one-fifth of the population lives in the capital city of Bissau along the Atlantic coast; the remainder is distributed among the eight other, mainly rural, regions as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "approximately one fifth of the population lives in the capital city of Bissau along the Atlantic coast; the remainder is distributed among the eight mainly rural regions, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season; brush fires"
@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
"text": "-3.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "approximately one-fifth of the population lives in the capital city of Bissau along the Atlantic coast; the remainder is distributed among the eight other, mainly rural, regions as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "approximately one fifth of the population lives in the capital city of Bissau along the Atlantic coast; the remainder is distributed among the eight mainly rural regions, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -475,7 +475,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "9 regions (regioes, singular - regiao); Bafata, Biombo, Bissau, Bolama/Bijagos, Cacheu, Gabu, Oio, Quinara, Tombali"
"text": "9 regions (<em>regioes</em>, singular - <em>regiao</em>); Bafata, Biombo, Bissau, Bolama/Bijagos, Cacheu, Gabu, Oio, Quinara, Tombali"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of civil law, which incorporated Portuguese law at independence; influenced by Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), African Francophone Public Law, and customary law"

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"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Congo (3,730,881 sq km), <em>(Mediterranean Sea)</em> Nile (3,254,853 sq km)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "one of Africa's most densely populated countries; large concentrations tend to be in the central regions and along the shore of Lake Kivu in the west as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "one of Africa's most densely populated countries; large concentrations tend to be in the central regions and along the shore of Lake Kivu in the west, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "<p>periodic droughts; the volcanic Virunga Mountains are in the northwest along the border with Democratic Republic of the Congo</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> Visoke (3,711 m), located on the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is the country's only historically active volcano</p>"
@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
"text": "-3.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "one of Africa's most densely populated countries; large concentrations tend to be in the central regions and along the shore of Lake Kivu in the west as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "one of Africa's most densely populated countries; large concentrations tend to be in the central regions and along the shore of Lake Kivu in the west, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -514,7 +514,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "4 provinces (in French - provinces, singular - province; in Kinyarwanda - intara for singular and plural) and 1 city* (in French - ville; in Kinyarwanda - umujyi); Est (Eastern), Kigali*, Nord (Northern), Ouest (Western), Sud (Southern)"
"text": "4 provinces (<em>provinces</em>, singular - <em>province </em>(French); <em>intara </em>for singular and plural (Kinyarwanda)) and 1 city* (<em>ville </em>(French); <em>umujyi </em>(Kinyarwanda)); Est (Eastern), Kigali*, Nord (Northern), Ouest (Western), Sud (Southern)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of civil law, based on German and Belgian models, and customary law; Supreme Court reviews legislative acts"

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"text": "3 sq km (2012)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "more than three-quarters of the population lives on the main island of Mahe; Praslin contains less than 10%; a smaller percent on La Digue and the outer islands as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "more than three quarters of the population lives on the main island of Mahe; Praslin is home to less than 10%, and a smaller percentage is on La Digue and the outer islands, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "lies outside the cyclone belt, so severe storms are rare; occasional short droughts"
@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
"text": "0.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "more than three-quarters of the population lives on the main island of Mahe; Praslin contains less than 10%; a smaller percent on La Digue and the outer islands as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "more than three quarters of the population lives on the main island of Mahe; Praslin is home to less than 10%, and a smaller percentage is on La Digue and the outer islands, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -688,12 +688,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Fitch rating": {
"text": "B+ (2020)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "2.8% (2023 est.)"

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"text": "Karoo Basin, Lower Kalahari-Stampriet Basin"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the population concentrated along the southern and southeastern coast, and inland around Pretoria; the eastern half of the country is more densely populated than the west as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the population is concentrated along the southern and southeastern coast, and inland around Pretoria; the eastern half of the country is more densely populated than the west, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "<p>prolonged droughts</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> the volcano forming Marion Island in the Prince Edward Islands, which last erupted in 2004, is South Africa's only active volcano</p>"
@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
"text": "-0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the population concentrated along the southern and southeastern coast, and inland around Pretoria; the eastern half of the country is more densely populated than the west as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the population is concentrated along the southern and southeastern coast, and inland around Pretoria; the eastern half of the country is more densely populated than the west, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {

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"text": "Senegalo-Mauritanian Basin"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the population is concentrated in the west, with Dakar anchoring a well-defined core area; approximately 70% of the population is rural as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the population is concentrated in the west, with Dakar anchoring a well-defined core area; approximately 70% of the population is rural, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "lowlands seasonally flooded; periodic droughts"
@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
"text": "-0.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the population is concentrated in the west, with Dakar anchoring a well-defined core area; approximately 70% of the population is rural as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the population is concentrated in the west, with Dakar anchoring a well-defined core area; approximately 70% of the population is rural, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -516,7 +516,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "14 regions (r&eacute;gions, singular - r&eacute;gion); Dakar, Diourbel, Fatick, Kaffrine, Kaolack, K&eacute;edougou, Kolda, Louga, Matam, Saint-Louis, Sedhiou, Tambacounda, Thies, Ziguinchor"
"text": "14 regions (<em>régions</em>, singular - <em>région</em>); Dakar, Diourbel, Fatick, Kaffrine, Kaolack, Kéedougou, Kolda, Louga, Matam, Saint-Louis, Sedhiou, Tambacounda, Thies, Ziguinchor"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on French law; Constitutional Council reviews legislative acts"
@ -742,15 +742,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "Ba3 (2017)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "B+ (2000)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "17.4% (2023 est.)"

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"text": "0 sq km (2022)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "Saint Helena - population is concentrated in and around the capital Jamestown in the northwest, with another significant cluster in the interior Longwood area; Ascension - largest settlement, and location of most of the population, is Georgetown; Tristan da Cunha - most of the nearly 300 inhabitants live in the northern coastal town of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas"
"text": "<em>Saint Helena:</em> population is concentrated in and around the capital of Jamestown in the northwest, with another significant cluster in the interior Longwood area<br><br><em>Ascension:</em> most of the population lives in and around Georgetown<br><br><em>Tristan da Cunha:</em> most of the nearly 300 inhabitants live in the northern coastal town of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "<p>active volcanism on Tristan da Cunha</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> the island volcanoes of Tristan da Cunha (2,060 m) and Nightingale Island (365 m) experience volcanic activity; Tristan da Cunha erupted in 1962 and Nightingale in 2004</p>"
@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
"text": "0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "Saint Helena - population is concentrated in and around the capital Jamestown in the northwest, with another significant cluster in the interior Longwood area; Ascension - largest settlement, and location of most of the population, is Georgetown; Tristan da Cunha - most of the nearly 300 inhabitants live in the northern coastal town of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas"
"text": "<em>Saint Helena:</em> population is concentrated in and around the capital of Jamestown in the northwest, with another significant cluster in the interior Longwood area<br><br><em>Ascension:</em> most of the population lives in and around Georgetown<br><br><em>Tristan da Cunha:</em> most of the nearly 300 inhabitants live in the northern coastal town of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {

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"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Niger (2,261,741 sq km)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population clusters are found in the lower elevations of the south and west; the northern third of the country is less populated as shown on this population distribution map"
"text": "population clusters are found in the lower elevations of the south and west; the northern third of the country is less populated, as shown on this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "dry, sand-laden harmattan winds blow from the Sahara (December to February); sandstorms, dust storms"
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"text": "1.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population clusters are found in the lower elevations of the south and west; the northern third of the country is less populated as shown on this population distribution map"
"text": "population clusters are found in the lower elevations of the south and west; the northern third of the country is less populated, as shown on this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {

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"text": "Ogaden-Juba Basin"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "distribution varies greatly throughout the country; least densely populated areas are in the northeast and central regions, as well as areas along the Kenyan border; most populated areas are in and around the cities of Mogadishu, Marka, Boorama, Hargeysa, and Baidoa as shown on this population distribution map"
"text": "distribution varies greatly throughout the country; least densely populated areas are in the northeast and central regions, as well as areas along the Kenyan border; most populated areas are in and around the cities of Mogadishu, Marka, Boorama, Hargeysa, and Baidoa, as shown on this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "recurring droughts; frequent dust storms over eastern plains in summer; floods during rainy season"
@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
"text": "-0.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "distribution varies greatly throughout the country; least densely populated areas are in the northeast and central regions, as well as areas along the Kenyan border; most populated areas are in and around the cities of Mogadishu, Marka, Boorama, Hargeysa, and Baidoa as shown on this population distribution map"
"text": "distribution varies greatly throughout the country; least densely populated areas are in the northeast and central regions, as well as areas along the Kenyan border; most populated areas are in and around the cities of Mogadishu, Marka, Boorama, Hargeysa, and Baidoa, as shown on this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -458,7 +458,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "18 regions (plural - gobollo, singular - gobol); Awdal, Bakool, Banaadir, Bari, Bay, Galguduud, Gedo, Hiiraan, Jubbada Dhexe (Middle Jubba), Jubbada Hoose (Lower Jubba), Mudug, Nugaal, Sanaag, Shabeellaha Dhexe (Middle Shabeelle), Shabeellaha Hoose (Lower Shabeelle), Sool, Togdheer, Woqooyi Galbeed"
"text": "18 regions (<em>gobollo</em>, singular - <em>gobol</em>); Awdal, Bakool, Banaadir, Bari, Bay, Galguduud, Gedo, Hiiraan, Jubbada Dhexe (Middle Jubba), Jubbada Hoose (Lower Jubba), Mudug, Nugaal, Sanaag, Shabeellaha Dhexe (Middle Shabeelle), Shabeellaha Hoose (Lower Shabeelle), Sool, Togdheer, Woqooyi Galbeed"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of civil law, Islamic (sharia) law, and customary law (referred to as Xeer)"

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"text": "Nubian Aquifer System, Sudd Basin (Umm Ruwaba Aquifer)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "with the exception of a ribbon of settlement that corresponds to the banks of the Nile, northern Sudan, which extends into the dry Sahara, is sparsely populated; more abundant vegetation and broader access to water increases population distribution in the south extending habitable range along nearly the entire border with South Sudan; sizeable areas of population are found around Khartoum, southeast between the Blue and White Nile Rivers, and throughout South Darfur as shown on this population distribution map"
"text": "with the exception of a ribbon of settlement that corresponds to the banks of the Nile, northern Sudan is sparsely populated; sizeable areas of population are found around Khartoum, southeast between the Blue and White Nile Rivers, and throughout South Darfur, as shown on this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "dust storms and periodic persistent droughts"
@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
"text": "-1.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "with the exception of a ribbon of settlement that corresponds to the banks of the Nile, northern Sudan, which extends into the dry Sahara, is sparsely populated; more abundant vegetation and broader access to water increases population distribution in the south extending habitable range along nearly the entire border with South Sudan; sizeable areas of population are found around Khartoum, southeast between the Blue and White Nile Rivers, and throughout South Darfur as shown on this population distribution map"
"text": "with the exception of a ribbon of settlement that corresponds to the banks of the Nile, northern Sudan is sparsely populated; sizeable areas of population are found around Khartoum, southeast between the Blue and White Nile Rivers, and throughout South Darfur, as shown on this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -485,8 +485,8 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "18 states (wilayat, singular - wilayah); Blue Nile, Central Darfur, East Darfur, Gedaref, Gezira, Kassala, Khartoum, North Darfur, North Kordofan, Northern, Red Sea, River Nile, Sennar, South Darfur, South Kordofan, West Darfur, West Kordofan, White Nile",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the peace Agreement signed in October 2020 included a provision to establish a system of governance to restructure the country's current 18 provinces/states into regions"
"text": "18 states (<em>wilayat</em>, singular - <em>wilayah</em>); Blue Nile, Central Darfur, East Darfur, Gedaref, Gezira, Kassala, Khartoum, North Darfur, North Kordofan, Northern, Red Sea, River Nile, Sennar, South Darfur, South Kordofan, West Darfur, West Kordofan, White Nile",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the peace agreement signed in 2020 included a provision to establish a system of governance to restructure the country's current 18 states into regions"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of Islamic law and English common law"

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"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Volta (410,991 sq km)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "one of the more densely populated African nations with most of the population residing in rural communities, density is highest in the south on or near the Atlantic coast as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "one of the more densely populated African nations, with most of the population residing in rural communities; density is highest in the south on or near the Atlantic coast, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "hot, dry harmattan wind can reduce visibility in north during winter; periodic droughts"
@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
"text": "-1.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "one of the more densely populated African nations with most of the population residing in rural communities, density is highest in the south on or near the Atlantic coast as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "one of the more densely populated African nations, with most of the population residing in rural communities; density is highest in the south on or near the Atlantic coast, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -505,7 +505,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "5 regions (regions, singular - region); Centrale, Kara, Maritime, Plateaux, Savanes"
"text": "5 regions (<em>régions</em>, singular - <em>région</em>); Centrale, Kara, Maritime, Plateaux, Savanes"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "customary law system"
@ -764,15 +764,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "B3 (2019)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "B (2019)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "18.1% (2023 est.)"

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"text": "100 sq km (2012)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "Sao Tome, the capital city, has roughly a quarter of the nation's population; Santo Antonio is the largest town on Principe; the northern areas of both islands have the highest population densities as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "Sao Tome, the capital city, has roughly a quarter of the nation's population; Santo Antonio is the largest town on Principe; the northern areas of both islands have the highest population densities, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "flooding"
@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
"text": "-6.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "Sao Tome, the capital city, has roughly a quarter of the nation's population; Santo Antonio is the largest town on Principe; the northern areas of both islands have the highest population densities as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "Sao Tome, the capital city, has roughly a quarter of the nation's population; Santo Antonio is the largest town on Principe; the northern areas of both islands have the highest population densities, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -485,7 +485,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "6 districts (distritos, singular - distrito), 1 autonomous region* (regiao autonoma); Agua Grande, Cantagalo, Caue, Lemba, Lobata, Me-Zochi, Principe*"
"text": "6 districts (<em>distritos</em>, singular - <em>distrito</em>), 1 autonomous region* (<em>regiao autonoma</em>); Agua Grande, Cantagalo, Caue, Lemba, Lobata, Me-Zochi, Principe*"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of civil law based on the Portuguese model and customary law"

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"text": "North Western Sahara Aquifer System"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the overwhelming majority of the population is located in the northern half of the country; the south remains largely underpopulated as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the overwhelming majority of the population is located in the northern half of the country; the south remains largely underpopulated, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "flooding; earthquakes; droughts"
@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
"text": "-1.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the overwhelming majority of the population is located in the northern half of the country; the south remains largely underpopulated as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the overwhelming majority of the population is located in the northern half of the country; the south remains largely underpopulated, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -506,7 +506,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "24 governorates (wilayat, singular - wilayah); Beja (Bajah), Ben Arous (Bin 'Arus), Bizerte (Banzart), Gabes (Qabis), Gafsa (Qafsah), Jendouba (Jundubah), Kairouan (Al Qayrawan), Kasserine (Al Qasrayn), Kebili (Qibili), Kef (Al Kaf), L'Ariana (Aryanah), Mahdia (Al Mahdiyah), Manouba (Manubah), Medenine (Madanin), Monastir (Al Munastir), Nabeul (Nabul), Sfax (Safaqis), Sidi Bouzid (Sidi Bu Zayd), Siliana (Silyanah), Sousse (Susah), Tataouine (Tatawin), Tozeur (Tawzar), Tunis, Zaghouan (Zaghwan)"
"text": "24 governorates (<em>wilayat</em>, singular - <em>wilayah</em>); Beja (Bajah), Ben Arous (Bin 'Arus), Bizerte (Banzart), Gabes (Qabis), Gafsa (Qafsah), Jendouba (Jundubah), Kairouan (Al Qayrawan), Kasserine (Al Qasrayn), Kebili (Qibili), Kef (Al Kaf), L'Ariana (Aryanah), Mahdia (Al Mahdiyah), Manouba (Manubah), Medenine (Madanin), Monastir (Al Munastir), Nabeul (Nabul), Sfax (Safaqis), Sidi Bouzid (Sidi Bu Zayd), Siliana (Silyanah), Sousse (Susah), Tataouine (Tatawin), Tozeur (Tawzar), Tunis, Zaghouan (Zaghwan)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of civil law, based on the French civil code and Islamic (sharia) law; Supreme Court reviews some legislative acts in joint session"
@ -757,18 +757,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Fitch rating": {
"text": "B (2020)"
},
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "B2 (2018)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "N/A (2013)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "9.5% (2023 est.)"

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"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Congo (3,730,881 sq km), <em>(Mediterranean Sea)</em> Nile (3,254,853 sq km)<br>Indian Ocean drainage: Zambezi (1,332,412 sq km)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the largest and most populous East African country; population distribution is extremely uneven, but greater population clusters occur in the northern half of country and along the east coast as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the largest and most populous East African country; population distribution is extremely uneven, but greater population clusters occur in the northern half of country and along the east coast, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "<p>flooding on the central plateau during the rainy season; drought</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> limited volcanic activity; Ol Doinyo Lengai (2,962 m) has emitted lava in recent years; other historically active volcanoes include Kieyo and Meru</p>"
@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
"text": "-0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the largest and most populous East African country; population distribution is extremely uneven, but greater population clusters occur in the northern half of country and along the east coast as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "the largest and most populous East African country; population distribution is extremely uneven, but greater population clusters occur in the northern half of country and along the east coast, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -761,12 +761,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "B2 (2020)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "23.7% (2023 est.)"

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"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Congo (3,730,881 sq km), <em>(Mediterranean Sea)</em> Nile (3,254,853 sq km)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population density is relatively high in comparison to other African nations; most of the population is concentrated in the central and southern parts of the country, particularly along the shores of Lake Victoria and Lake Albert; the northeast is least populated as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "population density is relatively high in comparison to other African nations; most of the population is concentrated in the central and southern parts of the country, particularly along the shores of Lake Victoria and Lake Albert; the northeast is least populated, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "droughts; floods; earthquakes; landslides; hailstorms"
@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
"text": "-3.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population density is relatively high in comparison to other African nations; most of the population is concentrated in the central and southern parts of the country, particularly along the shores of Lake Victoria and Lake Albert; the northeast is least populated as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "population density is relatively high in comparison to other African nations; most of the population is concentrated in the central and southern parts of the country, particularly along the shores of Lake Victoria and Lake Albert; the northeast is least populated, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -714,18 +714,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Fitch rating": {
"text": "B+ (2015)"
},
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "B2 (2016)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "B (2014)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "24.1% (2023 est.)"
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"text": "18-22 years of age for voluntary military duty for men and women; 9-year service obligation (2025)"
},
"Military deployments": {
"text": "as many as 4-5,000 Democratic Republic of Congo; approximately 4,500 Somalia (African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia or AUSSOM) (2025)"
"text": "up to 5,000 Democratic Republic of Congo; up to 4,500 Somalia (African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia or AUSSOM) (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the UPDF’s missions include defending the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Uganda, assisting the civilian authorities in emergencies and natural disasters, and participating in socio-economic development projects; it supports the police in maintaining internal security and participates in African and UN peacekeeping missions; it is a key contributor to the East Africa Standby Force; the UPDF also has considerable political influence; it is constitutionally granted seats in parliament and is widely viewed as a key constituency for MUSEVENI; it has been used by MUSEVENI and his political party to break up rallies, raid opposition offices, and surveil rival candidates<br><br>since the 2010s, the UPDF has participated in several internal and regional military operations in addition to its large commitment to an international peacekeeping force in Somalia; from 2012-2017, it led regional efforts to pursue the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a small, violent group of Ugandan origin that conducted widespread attacks against civilians in much of Central Africa; Uganda intervened in the South Sudan civil war in 2013-2016, and UPDF forces have clashed with South Sudanese forces along the border as recently as 2023; since 2021, the UPDF has conducted operations along the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) against the Allied Democratic Front (ADF), which has been designated by the US as the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in the DRC, and in December 2022 UPDF troops were sent to the DRC as part of a regional force to assist the DRC Government in combating the M23 rebel group; in addition, elements of the UPDF have deployed internally to assist the police against cattle rustlers, poachers, and criminal gangs<br><br>the military traces its history back to the formation of the Uganda Rifles in 1895 under the British colonial government; the Uganda Rifles were merged with the Central Africa Regiment and the East Africa Rifles to form the King’s African Rifles (KAR) in 1902, which participated in both world wars, as well as the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya (1952-1960); in 1962, the Ugandan battalion of the KAR was transformed into the country's first military force, the Uganda Rifles, which was subsequently renamed the Uganda Army; the UPDF was established in 1995 from the former rebel National Resistance Army following the enactment of the 1995 Constitution of Uganda (2024)"

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"text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Niger (2,261,741 sq km), Volta (410,991 sq km)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": " <p>Most of the population is located in the center and south. Nearly one-third of the population lives in cities. The capital and largest city is Ouagadougou (Ouaga), with a population of 1.8 million as shown in this population distribution map</p> (2019)"
"text": " <p>most of the population is located in the center and south; nearly one third of the population lives in cities, including the capital city of Ouagadougou (Ouaga), as shown in this population distribution map</p> (2019)"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "recurring droughts"
@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
"text": "-0.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": " <p>Most of the population is located in the center and south. Nearly one-third of the population lives in cities. The capital and largest city is Ouagadougou (Ouaga), with a population of 1.8 million as shown in this population distribution map</p> (2019)"
"text": " <p>most of the population is located in the center and south; nearly one third of the population lives in cities, including the capital city of Ouagadougou (Ouaga), as shown in this population distribution map</p> (2019)"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {

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"text": "Lower Kalahari-Stampriet Basin, Upper Kalahari-Cuvelai-Upper Zambezi Basin"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population density is very low, with the largest clustering found in the extreme north-central area along the border with Angola as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "population density is very low, with the largest clusters found in the extreme north-central area along the border with Angola, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "prolonged periods of drought"
@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
"text": "0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population density is very low, with the largest clustering found in the extreme north-central area along the border with Angola as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "population density is very low, with the largest clusters found in the extreme north-central area along the border with Angola, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -493,7 +493,8 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "14 regions; Erongo, Hardap, //Karas, Kavango East, Kavango West, Khomas, Kunene, Ohangwena, Omaheke, Omusati, Oshana, Oshikoto, Otjozondjupa, Zambezi; note - the Karas Region was renamed //Karas in September 2013 to include the alveolar lateral click of the Khoekhoegowab language"
"text": "14 regions; Erongo, Hardap, //Karas, Kavango East, Kavango West, Khomas, Kunene, Ohangwena, Omaheke, Omusati, Oshana, Oshikoto, Otjozondjupa, Zambezi",
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>the Karas region was renamed //Karas in 2013 to include the alveolar lateral click of the Khoekhoegowab language"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed system of uncodified civil law based on Roman-Dutch law and customary law"
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},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Fitch rating": {
"text": "BB (2019)"
},
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "Ba3 (2020)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "7.7% (2023 est.)"

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"text": "Upper Kalahari-Cuvelai-Upper Zambezi Basin"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "one of the highest levels of urbanization in Africa; high density in the central area, particularly around the cities of Lusaka, Ndola, Kitwe, and Mufulira as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "one of the highest levels of urbanization in Africa; high density in the central area, particularly around the cities of Lusaka, Ndola, Kitwe, and Mufulira, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "periodic drought; tropical storms (November to April)"
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"text": "0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "one of the highest levels of urbanization in Africa; high density in the central area, particularly around the cities of Lusaka, Ndola, Kitwe, and Mufulira as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "one of the highest levels of urbanization in Africa; high density in the central area, particularly around the cities of Lusaka, Ndola, Kitwe, and Mufulira, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -721,18 +721,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Fitch rating": {
"text": "RD (2020)"
},
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "Ca (2020)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "SD (2020)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "2.2% (2023 est.)"

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"text": "Upper Kalahari-Cuvelai-Upper Zambezi Basin"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "Aside from major urban agglomerations in Harare and Bulawayo, population distribution is fairly even, with slightly greater overall numbers in the eastern half as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "aside from major urban agglomerations in Harare and Bulawayo, population distribution is fairly even, with slightly greater overall numbers in the eastern half, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "recurring droughts; floods and severe storms are rare"
@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
"text": "-3.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "Aside from major urban agglomerations in Harare and Bulawayo, population distribution is fairly even, with slightly greater overall numbers in the eastern half as shown in this population distribution map"
"text": "aside from major urban agglomerations in Harare and Bulawayo, population distribution is fairly even, with slightly greater overall numbers in the eastern half, as shown in this population distribution map"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {

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"text": "overseas territory of France since 1955"
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "none (overseas territory of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 5 administrative districts named Iles Crozet, Iles &Eacute;parses, Iles Kerguelen, Ile Saint-Paul et Ile Amsterdam; the fifth district is the \"Adelie Land\" claim in Antarctica that the US does not recognize"
"text": "none (overseas territory of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US government, but the 5 administrative districts are Iles Crozet, Iles &Eacute;parses, Iles Kerguelen, Ile Saint-Paul et Ile Amsterdam, and \"Adelie Land,\" a claim in Antarctica that the US does not recognize"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "the laws of France apply"
@ -116,9 +116,6 @@
"text": "President Emmanuel MACRON (since 14 May 2017), represented by Prefect Florence JEANBLANC-RISLER (since 5 October 2022)"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "UPU"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"text": "none (overseas territory of France)"
},
@ -127,6 +124,9 @@
"text": "none (overseas territory of France)"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "UPU"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "the flag of France is used"
},

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@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
"text": "0 sq km (2022)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "most of the population lives along the coastal regions; about one in five live in urban areas, and of these some two-thirds reside in Honiara, the largest town and chief port"
"text": "most of the population lives along the coastal regions; about one in five live in urban areas, and of these about two thirds reside in Honiara, the largest town and chief port"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "<p>tropical cyclones, but rarely destructive; geologically active region with frequent earthquakes, tremors, and volcanic activity; tsunamis</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> Tinakula (851 m) has frequent eruption activity, while an eruption of Savo (485 m) could affect the capital Honiara on nearby Guadalcanal</p>"
@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
"text": "-1.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "most of the population lives along the coastal regions; about one in five live in urban areas, and of these some two-thirds reside in Honiara, the largest town and chief port"
"text": "most of the population lives along the coastal regions; about one in five live in urban areas, and of these about two thirds reside in Honiara, the largest town and chief port"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -682,12 +682,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "B3 (2015)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "33.8% (2022 est.)"

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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "none (territory of Australia)"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (territory of Australia)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Australia Day (commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet of Australian settlers), 26 January (1788)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "common law based on the Australian model"
},
@ -265,9 +259,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "none"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "none"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"text": "none (territory of Australia)"
},
@ -276,6 +267,15 @@
"text": "none (territory of Australia)"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "none"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (territory of Australia)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Australia Day (commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet of Australian settlers), 26 January (1788)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "the flag of Australia is used"
},

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@ -372,7 +372,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "none (commonwealth in political union with the US); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 4 municipalities at the second order: Northern Islands, Rota, Saipan, Tinian"
"text": "none (commonwealth in political union with the US); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US government, but 4 municipalities are considered second-order: Northern Islands, Rota, Saipan, Tinian"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "the laws of the US apply, except for customs and some aspects of taxation"

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"text": "no regular military forces; Cook Islands Police Service"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "defense is the responsibility of New Zealand in consultation with the Cook Islands and at its request<br><br>the Cook Islands have a \"shiprider\" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within its designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas; \"shiprider\" agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2024)"
"text": "defense is the responsibility of New Zealand in consultation with the Cook Islands and at its request<br><br>the Cook Islands have a \"shiprider\" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within its designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas; \"shiprider\" agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2025)"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {

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@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
"text": "0 sq km (2022)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the majority of the populaton lives in the coastal areas of the high islands; the mountainous interior is largely uninhabited; less than half of the population lives in urban areas"
"text": "the majority of the population lives in the coastal areas of the high islands; the mountainous interior is largely uninhabited; less than half of the population lives in urban areas"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "typhoons (June to December)"
@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
"text": "-21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the majority of the populaton lives in the coastal areas of the high islands; the mountainous interior is largely uninhabited; less than half of the population lives in urban areas"
"text": "the majority of the population lives in the coastal areas of the high islands; the mountainous interior is largely uninhabited; less than half of the population lives in urban areas"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {

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@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
"text": "10 sq km (2012)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the majority of the population lives in the Society Islands, one of five archipelagos that includes the most populous island - Tahiti - with approximately 70% of the nation's population"
"text": "the majority of the population lives in the Society Islands, one of five archipelagos that includes the most populous island, Tahiti, with approximately 70% of the nation's population"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "occasional cyclonic storms in January"
@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
"text": "-0.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the majority of the population lives in the Society Islands, one of five archipelagos that includes the most populous island - Tahiti - with approximately 70% of the nation's population"
"text": "the majority of the population lives in the Society Islands, one of five archipelagos that includes the most populous island, Tahiti, with approximately 70% of the nation's population"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -391,7 +391,8 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "5 administrative subdivisions (subdivisions administratives, singular - subdivision administrative): Iles Australes (Austral Islands), Iles du Vent (Windward Islands), Iles Marquises (Marquesas Islands), Iles Sous-le-Vent (Leeward Islands), Iles Tuamotu-Gambier; note - the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands together make up the Society Islands (Iles de la Soci&eacute;t&eacute;)"
"text": "5 administrative subdivisions (<em>subdivisions administratives</em>, singular - <em>subdivision administrative</em>): Iles Australes (Austral Islands), Iles du Vent (Windward Islands), Iles Marquises (Marquesas Islands), Iles Sous-le-Vent (Leeward Islands), Iles Tuamotu-Gambier",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands together make up the Society Islands (Iles de la Société)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "the laws of France apply"

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"text": "2 sq km (2012)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "no large cities exist on the island, though large villages (municipalities) attract much of the population; the largest of these is Dededo"
"text": "no large cities exist on the island; large villages (municipalities) attract much of the population; the largest of these is Dededo"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "frequent squalls during rainy season; relatively rare but potentially destructive typhoons (June to December)"
@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
"text": "-10.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "no large cities exist on the island, though large villages (municipalities) attract much of the population; the largest of these is Dededo"
"text": "no large cities exist on the island; large villages (municipalities) attract much of the population; the largest of these is Dededo"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {

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"text": "0 sq km (2022)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "consists of three achipelagos spread out over an area roughly the size of India; the eastern Line Islands and central Phoenix Islands are sparsely populated, but the western Gilbert Islands are some of the most densely settled places on earth, with the main island of South Tarawa boasting a population density similar to Tokyo or Hong Kong"
"text": "consists of three archipelagos spread out over an area roughly the size of India; the eastern Line Islands and central Phoenix Islands are sparsely populated, but the western Gilbert Islands are some of the most densely settled places on earth, with the main island of South Tarawa boasting a population density similar to Tokyo or Hong Kong"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "typhoons can occur any time, but usually November to March; occasional tornadoes; low level of some of the islands make them sensitive to changes in sea level"
@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
"text": "-2.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "consists of three achipelagos spread out over an area roughly the size of India; the eastern Line Islands and central Phoenix Islands are sparsely populated, but the western Gilbert Islands are some of the most densely settled places on earth, with the main island of South Tarawa boasting a population density similar to Tokyo or Hong Kong"
"text": "consists of three archipelagos spread out over an area roughly the size of India; the eastern Line Islands and central Phoenix Islands are sparsely populated, but the western Gilbert Islands are some of the most densely settled places on earth, with the main island of South Tarawa boasting a population density similar to Tokyo or Hong Kong"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -472,7 +472,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "3 geographical units: Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands; note - there are no first-order administrative divisions, but there are 6 districts (Banaba, Central Gilberts, Line Islands, Northern Gilberts, Southern Gilberts, Tarawa) and 21 island councils - one for each of the inhabited islands (Abaiang, Abemama, Aranuka, Arorae, Banaba, Beru, Butaritari, Kanton, Kiritimati, Kuria, Maiana, Makin, Marakei, Nikunau, Nonouti, Onotoa, Tabiteuea, Tabuaeran, Tamana, Tarawa, Teraina)"
"text": "3 geographical units: Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands; there are no first-order administrative divisions, but the 6 districts are Banaba, Central Gilberts, Line Islands, Northern Gilberts, Southern Gilberts, Tarawa, with 21 island councils on Abaiang, Abemama, Aranuka, Arorae, Banaba, Beru, Butaritari, Kanton, Kiritimati, Kuria, Maiana, Makin, Marakei, Nikunau, Nonouti, Onotoa, Tabiteuea, Tabuaeran, Tamana, Tarawa, Teraina"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "English common law supplemented by customary law"

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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "none (territory of Australia)"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (territory of Australia)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Australia Day (commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet of Australian settlers), 26 January (1788)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "system is under the authority of the governor general of Australia and Australian law"
},
@ -264,9 +258,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "none"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "none"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"text": "none (territory of Australia)"
},
@ -275,6 +266,15 @@
"text": "none (territory of Australia)"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "none"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (territory of Australia)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Australia Day (commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet of Australian settlers), 26 January (1788)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "territorial flag; divided diagonally from upper hoist side to lower fly side; the upper triangle is green with a yellow image of the Golden Bosun Bird; the lower triangle is blue with the Southern Cross constellation, representing Australia; a centered yellow disk displays a green map of the island",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the flag of Australia is used for official purposes"

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}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "none; there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 14 villages at the second order"
"text": "none; there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US government, but 14 villages are considered second-order"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "English common law"

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"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "none (territory of Australia)"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (territory of Australia)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Bounty Day (commemorates the arrival of Pitcairn Islanders), 8 June (1856)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "English common law and the laws of Australia"
},
@ -282,9 +276,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "Norfolk Island Labor Party <br>Norfolk Liberals "
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "UPU"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"text": "none (territory of Australia)"
},
@ -293,6 +284,15 @@
"text": "none (territory of Australia)"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "UPU"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (territory of Australia)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Bounty Day (commemorates the arrival of Pitcairn Islanders), 8 June (1856)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "three vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green, with a large green Norfolk Island pine tree centered in the white band; green stands for the island's rich vegetation, and the native pine tree is an island symbol",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> resembles Canada's flag in its use of only two colors and depiction of a local floral symbol in the central white band; also resembles Nigeria's green-and-white triband"
@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
"text": "Norfolk Island pine"
},
"National coat of arms": {
"text": "Norfolk Island is part of the Commonwealth of Australia, and in 1980, Queen Elizabeth II granted it a separate coat of arms (pictured). In the center is the island&rsquo;s symbol, the Norfolk Island Pine, with Britain&rsquo;s lion and Australia&rsquo;s kangaroo supporting the shield. The island&rsquo;s motto, &ldquo;Inasmuch,&rdquo; comes from a verse in the Bible&rsquo;s Gospel of Matthew"
"text": "Norfolk Island is part of the Commonwealth of Australia, and in 1980, Queen Elizabeth II granted it a separate coat of arms (pictured); in the center is the island&rsquo;s symbol, the Norfolk Island Pine, with Britain&rsquo;s lion and Australia&rsquo;s kangaroo supporting the shield; the island&rsquo;s motto, &ldquo;Inasmuch,&rdquo; comes from a verse in the Bible&rsquo;s Gospel of Matthew"
},
"National anthem": {
"name": {

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"text": "0 sq km (2022)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "three-quarters of the population lives in rural areas; the urban populace lives primarily in two cities, Port-Vila and Lugenville; three largest islands - Espiritu Santo, Malakula, and Efate - accomodate over half of the populace"
"text": "three quarters of the population lives in rural areas; the urban populace lives primarily in two cities, Port-Vila and Lugenville; the three largest islands -- Espiritu Santo, Malakula, and Efate -- accommodate over half of the populace"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "<p>tropical cyclones (January to April); volcanic eruption on Aoba (Ambae) island began on 27 November 2005, volcanism also causes minor earthquakes; tsunamis</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> significant volcanic activity with multiple eruptions in recent years; Yasur (361 m), one of the world's most active volcanoes, has experienced continuous activity in recent centuries; other historically active volcanoes include Aoba, Ambrym, Epi, Gaua, Kuwae, Lopevi, Suretamatai, and Traitor's Head</p>"
@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
"text": "-1.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "three-quarters of the population lives in rural areas; the urban populace lives primarily in two cities, Port-Vila and Lugenville; three largest islands - Espiritu Santo, Malakula, and Efate - accomodate over half of the populace"
"text": "three quarters of the population lives in rural areas; the urban populace lives primarily in two cities, Port-Vila and Lugenville; the three largest islands -- Espiritu Santo, Malakula, and Efate -- accommodate over half of the populace"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {

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"text": "0 sq km (2022)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "extensive phosphate mining made approximately 90% of the island unsuitable for farming; most people live in the fertile coastal areas, especially along the southwest coast"
"text": "most people live in the fertile coastal areas, especially along the southwest coast"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "periodic droughts"
@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
"text": "-9.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "extensive phosphate mining made approximately 90% of the island unsuitable for farming; most people live in the fertile coastal areas, especially along the southwest coast"
"text": "most people live in the fertile coastal areas, especially along the southwest coast"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {

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@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
}
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "over three-quarters of New Zealanders, including the indigenous Maori, live on the North Island, primarily in urban areas"
"text": "over three quarters of New Zealanders, including the Maori, live on the North Island, primarily in urban areas"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "<p>earthquakes are common, though usually not severe; volcanic activity</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> significant volcanism on North Island; Ruapehu (2,797 m), which last erupted in 2007, has a history of large eruptions in the past century; Taranaki has the potential to produce dangerous avalanches and lahars; other historically active volcanoes include Okataina, Raoul Island, Tongariro, and White Island; see note 2 under \"Geography - note\"</p>"
@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
"text": "3.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "over three-quarters of New Zealanders, including the indigenous Maori, live on the North Island, primarily in urban areas"
"text": "over three quarters of New Zealanders, including the Maori, live on the North Island, primarily in urban areas"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -732,18 +732,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Fitch rating": {
"text": "AA (2011)"
},
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "Aaa (2002)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "AA (2011)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "5.8% (2021 est.)"

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@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
"text": "0 sq km (2022)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "less than 50 inhabitants on Pitcairn Island, most reside near the village of Adamstown"
"text": "a handful of inhabitants, most residing near the village of Adamstown"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "occasional tropical cyclones (especially November to March), but generally only heavy tropical storms; landslides"
@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
"text": "0% (2014 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "less than 50 inhabitants on Pitcairn Island, most reside near the village of Adamstown"
"text": "a handful of inhabitants, most residing near the village of Adamstown"
}
},
"Environment": {
@ -170,12 +170,6 @@
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "none (overseas territory of the UK)"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (overseas territory of the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Birthday of King CHARLES III, second Saturday in June (1948); Discovery Day (Pitcairn Day), 2 July (1767)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "local island by-laws"
},
@ -255,9 +249,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "none"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "SPC, UPU"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"text": "none (overseas territory of the UK)"
},
@ -266,6 +257,15 @@
"text": "none (overseas territory of the UK)"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "SPC, UPU"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (overseas territory of the UK)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Birthday of King CHARLES III, second Saturday in June (1948); Discovery Day (Pitcairn Day), 2 July (1767)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "blue with the UK flag in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Pitcairn Islander coat of arms centered on the outer half of the flag; the green, yellow, and blue of the shield represents the island rising from the ocean; the green field features a yellow anchor with a Bible over it (both were found on the <em>HMS Bounty</em>); a Pitcairn Island wheelbarrow is on the crest, with a flowering twig of miro (a local plant)"
},

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"text": "0 sq km (2022)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "most people live in urban clusters found on many of the country's islands; more than two-thirds of the population lives on the atolls of Majuro and Ebeye"
"text": "most people live in urban clusters on many of the country's islands; more than two thirds of the population lives on the atolls of Majuro and Ebeye"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "infrequent typhoons"
@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
"text": "-4.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "most people live in urban clusters found on many of the country's islands; more than two-thirds of the population lives on the atolls of Majuro and Ebeye"
"text": "most people live in urban clusters on many of the country's islands; more than two thirds of the population lives on the atolls of Majuro and Ebeye"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {

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"text": "0 sq km (2022)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the country's small population is fairly evenly distributed amongst the three atolls"
"text": "the small population is fairly evenly distributed among the three atolls"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "lies in Pacific cyclone belt"
@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
"text": "-3.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the country's small population is fairly evenly distributed amongst the three atolls"
"text": "the small population is fairly evenly distributed among the three atolls"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {

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@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "3 administrative precincts (circonscriptions, singular - circonscription) Alo, Sigave, Uvea"
"text": "3 administrative precincts (<em>circonscriptions</em>, singular - <em>circonscription</em>) Alo, Sigave, Uvea"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "French civil law"

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"Dependency status": {
"text": "unincorporated, unorganized territory of the US; administered by the Department of the Interior; the 11th US Air Force currently conducts activities on the atoll, and it is managed from Pacific Air Force Support Center"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (territory of the US)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "US common law"
},
"Citizenship": {
"text": "see United States"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (territory of the US)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "the US flag is used"
}

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"text": "approximately 300 active Defense Force personnel (2025)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the ABDF's equipment inventory is limited to small arms, light weapons, and soft-skin vehicles; the Coast Guard maintains ex-US patrol vessels and some smaller boats (2024)"
"text": "the ABDF's equipment inventory is limited to small arms, light weapons, and soft-skin vehicles; the Coast Guard maintains ex-US patrol vessels and some smaller boats (2025)"
},
"Military service age and obligation": {
"text": "18-23 years of age for voluntary military service for both men and women; no conscription (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the ABDF’s responsibilities include providing for internal security and support to the police in maintaining law and order, interdicting narcotics smuggling, responding to natural disasters, and monitoring the country’s territorial waters and maritime resources; established in 1981 from colonial forces originally created in 1897, it is one of the world’s smallest militaries<br><br>the country has been a member of the Caribbean Regional Security System (RSS) since its creation in 1982; RSS signatories (Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) agreed to prepare contingency plans and assist one another, on request, in national emergencies, prevention of smuggling, search and rescue, immigration control, fishery protection, customs and excise control, maritime policing duties, protection of off-shore installations, pollution control, national and other disasters, and threats to national security (2024)"
"text": "the ABDF’s responsibilities include providing for internal security and support to the police in maintaining law and order, interdicting narcotics smuggling, responding to natural disasters, and monitoring the country’s territorial waters and maritime resources; established in 1981 from colonial forces originally created in 1897, it is one of the world’s smallest militaries<br><br>the country has been a member of the Caribbean Regional Security System (RSS) since its creation in 1982; RSS signatories (Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) agreed to prepare contingency plans and assist one another, on request, in national emergencies, prevention of smuggling, search and rescue, immigration control, fishery protection, customs and excise control, maritime policing duties, protection of off-shore installations, pollution control, national and other disasters, and threats to national security (2025)"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {

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"text": "50 sq km (2012)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "most densely populated country in the eastern Caribbean; approximately one-third live in urban areas"
"text": "most densely populated country in the eastern Caribbean; approximately one third&nbsp; of the population lives in urban areas"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "infrequent hurricanes; periodic landslides"
@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
"text": "-0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "most densely populated country in the eastern Caribbean; approximately one-third live in urban areas"
"text": "most densely populated country in the eastern Caribbean; approximately one third&nbsp; of the population lives in urban areas"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {

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}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "7 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Heredia, Limon, Puntarenas, San Jose"
"text": "7 provinces (<em>provincias</em>, singular - <em>provincia</em>); Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Heredia, Limon, Puntarenas, San Jose"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on Spanish civil code; Supreme Court reviews legislative acts"
@ -730,18 +730,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Fitch rating": {
"text": "B (2020)"
},
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "B2 (2020)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "B (2020)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "3.8% (2023 est.)"
@ -1128,7 +1116,7 @@
},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "no regular military forces; Ministry of Public Security (Ministerio de Seguridad Pública de Costa Rica): National Police (Fuerza Pública), Air Surveillance Service (Servicio de Vigilancia Aérea), National Coast Guard Service (Servicio Nacional de Guardacostas), Drug Control Police (Policía Control de Drogas), Border Police (Policia de Fronteras), Professional Migration Police (Policía Profesional de Migración)<br><br>Ministry of Presidency: Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS), Special Intervention Unit (UEI) (2025)",
"text": "Ministry of Public Security (Ministerio de Seguridad Pública de Costa Rica): National Police (Fuerza Pública), Air Surveillance Service (Servicio de Vigilancia Aérea), National Coast Guard Service (Servicio Nacional de Guardacostas), Drug Control Police (Policía Control de Drogas), Border Police (Policia de Fronteras), Professional Migration Police (Policía Profesional de Migración)<br><br>Ministry of Presidency: Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS), Special Intervention Unit (UEI) (2025)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Costa Rica's armed forces were constitutionally abolished in 1949"
},
"Military expenditures": {
@ -1155,12 +1143,12 @@
"text": "the National Police are lightly armed although small special units are trained and equipped for tactical operations; the US has provided equipment and support to forces such the Coast Guard, including secondhand US vessels and aircraft (2024)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "Costa Rica relies on specialized paramilitary units within the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) for internal security missions and countering transnational threats such as narcotics smuggling and organized crime, as well as for participating in regional security operations and exercises; MPS forces have received advisory and training support from both Colombia and the US; since 2012, the US has also provided some military equipment, including aircraft and patrol boats (2024)"
"text": "Costa Rica relies on specialized paramilitary units within the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) for internal security missions and countering transnational threats such as narcotics smuggling and organized crime, as well as for participating in regional security operations and exercises; MPS forces have received advisory and training support from the US (2025)"
}
},
"Space": {
"Space agency/agencies": {
"text": "Costa Rican Space Agency (ACE; established 2021); ACE is a non-state, public entity subject to guidelines issued by the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Telecommunications (2023)"
"text": "Costa Rican Space Agency (ACE; established 2021); ACE is a non-state, public entity subject to guidelines issued by the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Telecommunications (2024)"
},
"Space program overview": {
"text": "has a small, recently established program focused on promoting the use of space to develop the country’s economy and industry, including acquiring and utilizing satellites; has built a remote sensing (RS) cube satellite; has relations with the space agencies and commercial space industries of the US, members of the European Space Agency, and members of the Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency (2024)",

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}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "15 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 special municipality* (municipio especial); Artemisa, Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Cienfuegos, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguin, Isla de la Juventud*, La Habana (Havana), Las Tunas, Matanzas, Mayabeque, Pinar del R&iacute;o, Sancti Spiritus, Santiago de Cuba, Villa Clara"
"text": "15 provinces (<em>provincias</em>, singular - <em>provincia</em>) and 1 special municipality* (<em>municipio especial</em>); Artemisa, Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Cienfuegos, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguin, Isla de la Juventud*, La Habana (Havana), Las Tunas, Matanzas, Mayabeque, Pinar del Río, Sancti Spiritus, Santiago de Cuba, Villa Clara"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on Spanish civil code"
@ -728,12 +728,6 @@
"text": "4.5% (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "Caa2 (2014)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "0.8% (2022 est.)"
@ -1113,7 +1107,7 @@
"text": "17-28 years of age for compulsory (men) and voluntary (men and women) military service; conscripts serve for 18-24 months (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the Cuban military is largely focused on protecting territorial integrity and the state, and perceives the US as its primary threat; the military is a central pillar of the Cuban regime and viewed as the guardian of the Cuban revolution; it has a large role in the country&rsquo;s politics and economy; many senior government posts are held by military officers, and the FAR reportedly has interests in agriculture, banking and finance, construction, import/export, ports, industry, real estate, retail, shipping, transportation, and tourism (2024)"
"text": "the Cuban military is largely focused on protecting territorial integrity and the state; it perceives the US as its primary threat; the military is a central pillar of the Cuban regime and viewed as the guardian of the Cuban revolution; it has a large role in the country&rsquo;s politics and economy; many senior government posts are held by military officers, and the FAR reportedly has interests in agriculture, banking and finance, construction, import/export, ports, industry, real estate, retail, shipping, transportation, and tourism (2025)"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {

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"text": "NA"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population is mosly clustered along the coast, with roughly a third living in the parish of St. George, in or around the capital of Roseau; the volcanic interior is sparsely populated"
"text": "population is mostly clustered along the coast, with roughly a third living in the parish of St. George, in or around the capital of Roseau; the volcanic interior is sparsely populated"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "<p>flash floods are a constant threat; destructive hurricanes can be expected during the late summer months</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> Dominica was the last island to be formed in the Caribbean some 26 million years ago, it lies in the middle of the volcanic island arc of the Lesser Antilles that extends from the island of Saba in the north to Grenada in the south; of the 16 volcanoes that make up this arc, five are located on Dominica, more than any other island in the Caribbean: Morne aux Diables (861 m), Morne Diablotins (1,430 m), Morne Trois Pitons (1,387 m), Watt Mountain (1,224 m), which last erupted in 1997, and Morne Plat Pays (940 m); the two best known volcanic features on Dominica, the Valley of Desolation and the Boiling Lake thermal areas, lie on the flanks of Watt Mountain and both are popular tourist destinations</p>"
@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
"text": "-5.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population is mosly clustered along the coast, with roughly a third living in the parish of St. George, in or around the capital of Roseau; the volcanic interior is sparsely populated"
"text": "population is mostly clustered along the coast, with roughly a third living in the parish of St. George, in or around the capital of Roseau; the volcanic interior is sparsely populated"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {

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}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "31 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), 1 district* (distrito); Azua, Baoruco, Barahona, Dajab&oacute;n, Distrito Nacional*, Duarte, El&iacute;as Pi&ntilde;a, El Seibo, Espaillat, Hato Mayor, Hermanas Mirabal, Independencia, La Altagracia, La Romana, La Vega, Mar&iacute;a Trinidad S&aacute;nchez, Monse&ntilde;or Nouel, Monte Cristi, Monte Plata, Pedernales, Peravia, Puerto Plata, Saman&aacute;, S&aacute;nchez Ram&iacute;rez, San Crist&oacute;bal, San Jos&eacute; de Ocoa, San Juan, San Pedro de Macor&iacute;s, Santiago, Santiago Rodr&iacute;guez, Santo Domingo, Valverde"
"text": "31 provinces (<em>provincias</em>, singular - <em>provincia</em>), 1 district* (<em>distrito</em>); Azua, Baoruco, Barahona, Dajabón, Distrito Nacional*, Duarte, Elías Piña, El Seibo, Espaillat, Hato Mayor, Hermanas Mirabal, Independencia, La Altagracia, La Romana, La Vega, María Trinidad Sánchez, Monseñor Nouel, Monte Cristi, Monte Plata, Pedernales, Peravia, Puerto Plata, Samaná, Sánchez Ramírez, San Cristóbal, San José de Ocoa, San Juan, San Pedro de Macorís, Santiago, Santiago Rodríguez, Santo Domingo, Valverde"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on the French civil code; Criminal Procedures Code modified in 2004 to include important elements of an accusatory system"
@ -778,18 +778,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Fitch rating": {
"text": "BB- (2016)"
},
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "Ba3 (2017)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "BB- (2015)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "6.4% (2023 est.)"
@ -1220,7 +1208,7 @@
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> as of 2023, women made up approximately 18% of the active duty military"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the military is responsible for defending the independence, integrity, and sovereignty of the Dominican Republic; it also has an internal security role, which includes assisting with airport, border, port, tourism, and urban security, supporting the police in maintaining or restoring public order, countering transnational crime, and providing disaster or emergency relief/management; a key area of focus is securing the country&rsquo;s 217-mile (350-kilometer) long border with Haiti; the Army in recent years, for example, has assigned as many as 12,000 troops to assist with security along the Haitian border; these forces complement the personnel of the Border Security Corps permanently deployed along the border; the Air Force and Navy also provide support to the Haitian border mission; the Army has a brigade dedicated to managing and providing relief during natural disasters; the military also contributes personnel to the National Drug Control Directorate, and both the Air Force and Navy devote assets to detecting and interdicting narcotics trafficking; the Navy conducts regular bilateral maritime interdiction exercises with the US Navy (2025)"
"text": "the military is responsible for defending the independence, integrity, and sovereignty of the Dominican Republic; it also has an internal security role, which includes assisting with airport, border, port, tourism, and urban security, supporting the police in maintaining or restoring public order, countering transnational crime, and providing disaster or emergency relief/management; a key area of focus is securing the country&rsquo;s 217-mile (350-kilometer) long border with Haiti, where the Army in recent years has assigned thousands of troops to assist with security; these forces complement the personnel of the Border Security Corps permanently deployed along the border; the Air Force and Navy also provide support to the Haitian border mission; the Army has a brigade dedicated to managing and providing relief during natural disasters; the military also contributes personnel to the National Drug Control Directorate, and both the Air Force and Navy devote assets to detecting and interdicting narcotics trafficking; the Navy conducts regular bilateral maritime interdiction exercises with the US Navy (2025)"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {

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"text": "240 sq km (2022)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "athough it is the smallest country in land area in Central America, El Salvador has a population that is 18 times larger than Belize; at least 20% of the population lives abroad; high population density country-wide, with particular concentration around the capital of San Salvador"
"text": "high population density country-wide, with particular concentration around the capital of San Salvador"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "<p>known as the Land of Volcanoes; frequent and sometimes destructive earthquakes and volcanic activity; extremely susceptible to hurricanes</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> significant volcanic activity; San Salvador (1,893 m), which last erupted in 1917, has the potential to cause major harm to the country's capital, which lies just below the volcano's slopes; San Miguel (2,130 m), which last erupted in 2002, is one of the most active volcanoes in the country; other historically active volcanoes include Conchaguita, Ilopango, Izalco, and Santa Ana</p>"
@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
"text": "-7.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "athough it is the smallest country in land area in Central America, El Salvador has a population that is 18 times larger than Belize; at least 20% of the population lives abroad; high population density country-wide, with particular concentration around the capital of San Salvador"
"text": "high population density country-wide, with particular concentration around the capital of San Salvador"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -491,7 +491,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "14 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Ahuachapan, Cabanas, Chalatenango, Cuscatlan, La Libertad, La Paz, La Union, Morazan, San Miguel, San Salvador, San Vicente, Santa Ana, Sonsonate, Usulutan"
"text": "14 departments (<em>departamentos</em>, singular - <em>departamento</em>); Ahuachapan, Cabanas, Chalatenango, Cuscatlan, La Libertad, La Paz, La Union, Morazan, San Miguel, San Salvador, San Vicente, Santa Ana, Sonsonate, Usulutan"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system with minor common law influence; Supreme Court reviews legislative acts"
@ -721,18 +721,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Fitch rating": {
"text": "B- (2017)"
},
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "B3 (2018)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "B- (2018)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "4.6% (2023 est.)"
@ -1140,7 +1128,7 @@
"text": "18-30 years of age for selective compulsory military service; 16-22 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; service obligation is 12 months, with 11 months for officers and non-commissioned officers (2023)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "the Armed Force of El Salvador (FAES) is responsible for defending national sovereignty and ensuring territorial integrity but also has considerable domestic security responsibilities; while the National Civil Police (PNC) is responsible for maintaining public security, the country’s constitution allows the president to use the FAES “in exceptional circumstances” to maintain internal peace and public security; in 2016, the government created a special 1,000-strong joint unit of Army commandos and police to fight criminal gangs; more military personnel were devoted to internal security beginning in 2019 when President BUKELE signed a decree authorizing military involvement in police duties to combat rising gang violence, organized crime, and narcotics trafficking, as well as assisting with border security; since the decree, a considerable portion of the Army has been deployed in support of the PNC; in multiple cases since 2022, for example, as many as 8,000 troops have been deployed alongside thousands of police on single operations against criminal gang members <br><br>the FAES exercises with regional partners and the US, in such areas as internal security and disaster relief operations; it has deployed small numbers of personnel on UN peacekeeping missions and in support of military operations in Iraq (2003-2009) <br><br>the military led the country for much of the 20th century; from 1980 to 1992, it fought a bloody civil war against guerrillas from the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front or FMLN, the paramilitary arm of the Democratic Revolutionary Front (Frente Democrático Revolucionario), a coalition of left-wing dissident political groups backed by Cuba and the Soviet Union; the FAES received considerable US support during the conflict; significant human rights violations occurred during the war and approximately 75,000 Salvadorans, mostly civilians, were killed (2025)"
"text": "the Armed Force of El Salvador (FAES) is responsible for defending national sovereignty and ensuring territorial integrity but also has considerable domestic security responsibilities; while the National Civil Police (PNC) are responsible for maintaining public security, the country’s constitution allows the president to use the FAES “in exceptional circumstances” to maintain internal peace and public security; in 2016, the government created a special joint unit of Army commandos and police to fight criminal gangs; more military personnel were devoted to internal security beginning in 2019 when President BUKELE signed a decree authorizing military involvement in police duties to combat rising gang violence, organized crime, and narcotics trafficking, as well as assisting with border security<br><br>the military led the country for much of the 20th century; from 1980 to 1992, it fought a bloody civil war against guerrillas from the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front or FMLN, the paramilitary arm of the Democratic Revolutionary Front (Frente Democrático Revolucionario), a coalition of left-wing dissident political groups backed by Cuba and the Soviet Union; the FAES received considerable US support during the conflict; significant human rights violations occurred during the war and approximately 75,000 Salvadorans, mostly civilians, were killed (2025)"
}
},
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"text": "20 sq km (2012)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "approximately one-third of the population is found in the capital of St. George's; the island's population is concentrated along the coast"
"text": "approximately one third of the population is found in the capital of St. George's; the island's population is concentrated along the coast"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "<p>lies on edge of hurricane belt; hurricane season lasts from June to November</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> Mount Saint Catherine (840 m) lies on the island of Grenada; Kick 'em Jenny, an active submarine volcano (seamount) on the Caribbean Sea floor, lies about 8 km north of the island of Grenada; these two volcanoes are at the southern end of the volcanic island arc of the Lesser Antilles that extends up to the Netherlands dependency of Saba in the north</p>"
@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
"text": "-2.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "approximately one-third of the population is found in the capital of St. George's; the island's population is concentrated along the coast"
"text": "approximately one third of the population is found in the capital of St. George's; the island's population is concentrated along the coast"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -682,12 +682,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "SD (2013)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "3.3% (2023 est.)"

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}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "22 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Chimaltenango, Chiquimula, El Progreso, Escuintla, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Izabal, Jalapa, Jutiapa, Peten, Quetzaltenango, Quiche, Retalhuleu, Sacatepequez, San Marcos, Santa Rosa, Solola, Suchitepequez, Totonicapan, Zacapa"
"text": "22 departments (<em>departamentos</em>, singular - <em>departamento</em>); Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Chimaltenango, Chiquimula, El Progreso, Escuintla, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Izabal, Jalapa, Jutiapa, Peten, Quetzaltenango, Quiche, Retalhuleu, Sacatepequez, San Marcos, Santa Rosa, Solola, Suchitepequez, Totonicapan, Zacapa"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts"
@ -742,18 +742,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Fitch rating": {
"text": "BB- (2020)"
},
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "Ba1 (2010)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "BB- (2017)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "9.8% (2023 est.)"

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}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "10 departments (d&eacute;partements, singular - d&eacute;partement); Artibonite, Centre, Grand'Anse, Nippes, Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud-Est"
"text": "10 departments (<em>départements</em>, singular - <em>département</em>); Artibonite, Centre, Grand'Anse, Nippes, Nord, Nord-Est, Nord-Ouest, Ouest, Sud, Sud-Est"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system strongly influenced by Napoleonic Code"

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}
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "most residents live in the mountainous western half of the country; unlike other Central American nations, Honduras is the only one with an urban population that is distributed between two large centers - the capital of Tegucigalpa and the city of San Pedro Sula; the Rio Ulua valley in the north is the only densely populated lowland area"
"text": "most residents live in the mountainous western half of the country; Honduras is the only Central American nation with an urban population that is distributed between two large centers, the capital of Tegucigalpa and the city of San Pedro Sula; the Rio Ulua valley in the north is the only densely populated lowland area"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "frequent, but generally mild, earthquakes; extremely susceptible to damaging hurricanes and floods along the Caribbean coast"
@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
"text": "-1.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "most residents live in the mountainous western half of the country; unlike other Central American nations, Honduras is the only one with an urban population that is distributed between two large centers - the capital of Tegucigalpa and the city of San Pedro Sula; the Rio Ulua valley in the north is the only densely populated lowland area"
"text": "most residents live in the mountainous western half of the country; Honduras is the only Central American nation with an urban population that is distributed between two large centers, the capital of Tegucigalpa and the city of San Pedro Sula; the Rio Ulua valley in the north is the only densely populated lowland area"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -511,7 +511,7 @@
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the Honduran constitution states that Tegucigalpa and Comayaguela jointly constitute the capital of Honduras, but virtually all governmental institutions are on the Tegucigalpa side"
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "18 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Atl&aacute;ntida, Choluteca, Colon, Comayagua, Copan, Cortes, El Paraiso, Francisco Moraz&aacute;n, Gracias a Dios, Intibuca, Islas de la Bahia, La Paz, Lempira, Ocotepeque, Olancho, Santa Barbara, Valle, Yoro"
"text": "18 departments (<em>departamentos</em>, singular - <em>departamento</em>); Atlántida, Choluteca, Colon, Comayagua, Copan, Cortes, El Paraiso, Francisco Morazán, Gracias a Dios, Intibucá, Islas de la Bahia, La Paz, Lempira, Ocotepeque, Olancho, Santa Barbara, Valle, Yoro"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system"
@ -742,15 +742,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "B1 (2017)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "BB- (2017)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "12% (2023 est.)"

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}
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "most populous areas are Lower Prince's Quarter (north of Philipsburg), followed closely by Cul de Sac"
"text": "the most populous areas are Lower Prince's Quarter (north of Philipsburg) and Cul de Sac"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "<p>subject to hurricanes from July to November</p>"
@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
"text": "5.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "most populous areas are Lower Prince's Quarter (north of Philipsburg), followed closely by Cul de Sac"
"text": "the most populous areas are Lower Prince's Quarter (north of Philipsburg) and Cul de Sac"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {

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}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "15 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) and 2 autonomous regions* (regiones autonomistas, singular - region autonoma); Boaco, Carazo, Chinandega, Chontales, Costa Caribe Norte*, Costa Caribe Sur*, Esteli, Granada, Jinotega, Leon, Madriz, Managua, Masaya, Matagalpa, Nueva Segovia, Rio San Juan, Rivas"
"text": "15 departments (<em>departamentos</em>, singular - <em>departamento</em>) and 2 autonomous regions* (<em>regiones autonomistas</em>, singular - <em>region autonoma</em>); Boaco, Carazo, Chinandega, Chontales, Costa Caribe Norte*, Costa Caribe Sur*, Esteli, Granada, Jinotega, Leon, Madriz, Managua, Masaya, Matagalpa, Nueva Segovia, Rio San Juan, Rivas"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; Supreme Court may review administrative acts"
@ -710,18 +710,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Fitch rating": {
"text": "B- (2018)"
},
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "B3 (2020)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "B- (2018)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "15.3% (2023 est.)"

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}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "10 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 4 indigenous regions* (comarcas); Bocas del Toro, Chiriqui, Cocle, Colon, Darien, Embera-Wounaan*, Guna Yala*, Herrera, Los Santos, Naso Tjer Di*, Ngabe-Bugle*, Panama, Panama Oeste, Veraguas"
"text": "10 provinces (<em>provincias</em>, singular - <em>provincia</em>) and 4 indigenous regions* (<em>comarcas</em>); Bocas del Toro, Chiriqui, Cocle, Colon, Darien, Embera-Wounaan*, Guna Yala*, Herrera, Los Santos, Naso Tjer Di*, Ngabe-Bugle*, Panama, Panama Oeste, Veraguas"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; Supreme Court of Justice reviews legislative acts"
@ -721,18 +721,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Fitch rating": {
"text": "BBB (2011)"
},
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "Baa1 (2019)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "BBB (2020)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "2.5% (2023 est.)"

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}
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "most of the population is found along the coast, with a largest concentrations around the capital Marigot, Orleans, and Grand-Case"
"text": "most of the population is found along the coast, with the largest concentration around the capital of Marigot, as well as Orleans and Grand-Case"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "subject to hurricanes from July to November"
@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
"text": "-6.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "most of the population is found along the coast, with a largest concentrations around the capital Marigot, Orleans, and Grand-Case"
"text": "most of the population is found along the coast, with the largest concentration around the capital of Marigot, as well as Orleans and Grand-Case"
},
"Sex ratio": {
"at birth": {

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"text": "220 sq km (2012)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population clusters tend to be found along the coast, the largest of these is found in and around San Juan; an exception to this is a sizeable population located in the interior of the island immediately south of the capital around Caguas; most of the interior, particularly in the western half of the island, is dominated by the Cordillera Central mountains, where population density is low"
"text": "population clusters tend to be found along the coast, with the largest of these in and around San Juan; an exception is a sizeable population located in the interior of the island immediately south of the capital around Caguas; most of the interior, particularly in the western half of the island, is dominated by the Cordillera Central mountains, where population density is low"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "periodic droughts; hurricanes"
@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
"text": "-9.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population clusters tend to be found along the coast, the largest of these is found in and around San Juan; an exception to this is a sizeable population located in the interior of the island immediately south of the capital around Caguas; most of the interior, particularly in the western half of the island, is dominated by the Cordillera Central mountains, where population density is low"
"text": "population clusters tend to be found along the coast, with the largest of these in and around San Juan; an exception is a sizeable population located in the interior of the island immediately south of the capital around Caguas; most of the interior, particularly in the western half of the island, is dominated by the Cordillera Central mountains, where population density is low"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -414,7 +414,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "none (territory of the US); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 78 municipalities (municipios, singular - municipio) at the second order; Adjuntas, Aguada, Aguadilla, Aguas Buenas, Aibonito, Anasco, Arecibo, Arroyo, Barceloneta, Barranquitas, Bayamon, Cabo Rojo, Caguas, Camuy, Canovanas, Carolina, Catano, Cayey, Ceiba, Ciales, Cidra, Coamo, Comerio, Corozal, Culebra, Dorado, Fajardo, Florida, Guanica, Guayama, Guayanilla, Guaynabo, Gurabo, Hatillo, Hormigueros, Humacao, Isabela, Jayuya, Juana Diaz, Juncos, Lajas, Lares, Las Marias, Las Piedras, Loiza, Luquillo, Manati, Maricao, Maunabo, Mayaguez, Moca, Morovis, Naguabo, Naranjito, Orocovis, Patillas, Penuelas, Ponce, Quebradillas, Rincon, Rio Grande, Sabana Grande, Salinas, San German, San Juan, San Lorenzo, San Sebastian, Santa Isabel, Toa Alta, Toa Baja, Trujillo Alto, Utuado, Vega Alta, Vega Baja, Vieques, Villalba, Yabucoa, Yauco"
"text": "none (territory of the US); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US government, but 78 municipalities (<em>municipios</em>, singular - <em>municipio</em>) are considered second-order: Adjuntas, Aguada, Aguadilla, Aguas Buenas, Aibonito, Anasco, Arecibo, Arroyo, Barceloneta, Barranquitas, Bayamon, Cabo Rojo, Caguas, Camuy, Canovanas, Carolina, Catano, Cayey, Ceiba, Ciales, Cidra, Coamo, Comerio, Corozal, Culebra, Dorado, Fajardo, Florida, Guanica, Guayama, Guayanilla, Guaynabo, Gurabo, Hatillo, Hormigueros, Humacao, Isabela, Jayuya, Juana Diaz, Juncos, Lajas, Lares, Las Marias, Las Piedras, Loiza, Luquillo, Manati, Maricao, Maunabo, Mayaguez, Moca, Morovis, Naguabo, Naranjito, Orocovis, Patillas, Penuelas, Ponce, Quebradillas, Rincon, Rio Grande, Sabana Grande, Salinas, San German, San Juan, San Lorenzo, San Sebastian, Santa Isabel, Toa Alta, Toa Baja, Trujillo Alto, Utuado, Vega Alta, Vega Baja, Vieques, Villalba, Yabucoa, Yauco"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on the Spanish civil code, within the framework of the US federal system"
@ -631,12 +631,6 @@
"text": "-0.3% (2016 est.)"
}
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "D (2015)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "0.7% (2023 est.)"

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}
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "most of the populace concentrated in and around the capital of Gustavia, but scattered settlements exist around the island periphery"
"text": "most of the populace is concentrated in and around the capital of Gustavia, but scattered settlements exist around the island's periphery"
},
"Geography - note": {
"text": "a 1,200-hectare (3,000-acre) marine nature reserve, the Reserve Naturelle, is made up of five zones around the island that form a network to protect the island's coral reefs, seagrass, and endangered marine species"
@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
"text": "-1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "most of the populace concentrated in and around the capital of Gustavia, but scattered settlements exist around the island periphery"
"text": "most of the populace is concentrated in and around the capital of Gustavia, but scattered settlements exist around the island's periphery"
},
"Sex ratio": {
"at birth": {
@ -305,12 +305,6 @@
"text": "named in honor of King GUSTAV III of Sweden, who was ruler when Sweden bought the island from France in 1784; the name was retained when the island was sold back to France in 1878&nbsp;"
}
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (overseas collectivity of France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "F&ecirc;te de la F&eacute;d&eacute;ration, 14 July (1790); note - local holiday is St. Barthelemy Day, 24 August (1572)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "French civil law"
},
@ -378,9 +372,6 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "All for Saint Barth (Tous pour Saint-Barth)<br>Saint Barth Action Equilibre<br>Saint Barth First! (Saint-Barth d'Abord!) or SBA (affiliated with France's Republican party, Les Republicans)<br>Saint Barth United (Unis pour Saint-Barthelemy)"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACS (associate), UPU"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"text": "none (overseas collectivity of France)"
},
@ -389,6 +380,15 @@
"text": "<p>none (overseas collectivity of France)</p>"
}
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ACS (associate), UPU"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (overseas collectivity of France)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "F&ecirc;te de la F&eacute;d&eacute;ration, 14 July (1790); note - local holiday is St. Barthelemy Day, 24 August (1572)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "the flag of France is used"
},

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},
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "no regular military forces; Curaçao Militia (CURMIL); Curaçao Volunteer Corps; Curacao Police Force (Korps Politie Curacao) (2025)"
"text": "Curaçao Militia (CURMIL); Curaçao Volunteer Corps; Curacao Police Force (Korps Politie Curacao) (2025)"
},
"Military - note": {
"text": "defense is the responsibility of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; the Dutch Government controls foreign and defense policy; local security forces are supported by the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee (Gendarmerie), the Dutch Caribbean Police Force (Korps Politie Caribisch Nederland, KPCN), and the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard (DCCG or Kustwacht Caribisch Gebied (KWCARIB)); there are two Dutch naval bases on Cura&ccedil;ao, and the Dutch Army maintains a small unit on a rotational basis (2025)"

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"text": "1 sq km (2012)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "while overall population density throughout the islands is relatively low, concentrations appear around Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas and Christiansted on St. Croix"
"text": "overall population density throughout the islands is relatively low, but concentrations appear around Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas and Christiansted on St. Croix"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "several hurricanes in recent years; frequent and severe droughts and floods; occasional earthquakes"
@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
"text": "-7.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "while overall population density throughout the islands is relatively low, concentrations appear around Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas and Christiansted on St. Croix"
"text": "overall population density throughout the islands is relatively low, but concentrations appear around Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas and Christiansted on St. Croix"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -369,13 +369,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "none (territory of the US); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 3 islands at the second order; Saint Croix, Saint John, Saint Thomas"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (territory of the US)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Transfer Day (from Denmark to the US), 31 March (1917)"
"text": "none (territory of the US); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US government, but 3 islands are considered second-order: Saint Croix, Saint John, Saint Thomas"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "US common law"
@ -425,15 +419,21 @@
"Political parties": {
"text": "Democratic Party<br>Independent Citizens' Movement or ICM<br>Republican Party"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "AOSIS (observer), Interpol (subbureau), IOC, UPU, WFTU (NGOs)"
},
"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
"text": "none (territory of the US)"
},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"text": "none (territory of the US)"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "AOSIS (observer), Interpol (subbureau), IOC, UPU, WFTU (NGOs)"
},
"Independence": {
"text": "none (territory of the US)"
},
"National holiday": {
"text": "Transfer Day (from Denmark to the US), 31 March (1917)"
},
"Flag description": {
"text": "white field with a modified US coat of arms in the center between the large blue initials V and I; the coat of arms shows a yellow eagle holding an olive branch in its right talon and three arrows in the left, with a shield of seven red and six white vertical stripes below a blue panel; white is a symbol of purity, and the letters stand for the Virgin Islands"
},

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"text": "Internal <em>(endorheic basin) </em>drainage: Tarim Basin (1,152,448 sq km), <em>(Aral Sea basin)</em> Amu Darya (534,739 sq km), Syr Darya (782,617 sq km)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the vast majority of Kyrgyzstanis live in rural areas; densest population settlement is to the north in and around the capital, Bishkek, followed by Osh in the west; the least densely populated area is the east, southeast in the Tien Shan mountains"
"text": "the vast majority of Kyrgyzstanis live in rural areas; densest population settlement is to the north in and around the capital, Bishkek, followed by Osh in the west; the least densely populated area is the east, in the Tien Shan mountains"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "major flooding during snow melt; prone to earthquakes"
@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
"text": "-4.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the vast majority of Kyrgyzstanis live in rural areas; densest population settlement is to the north in and around the capital, Bishkek, followed by Osh in the west; the least densely populated area is the east, southeast in the Tien Shan mountains"
"text": "the vast majority of Kyrgyzstanis live in rural areas; densest population settlement is to the north in and around the capital, Bishkek, followed by Osh in the west; the least densely populated area is the east, in the Tien Shan mountains"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -507,8 +507,8 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "7 provinces (oblustar, singular - oblus) and 2 cities* (shaarlar, singular - shaar); Batken Oblusu, Bishkek Shaary*, Chuy Oblusu (Bishkek), Jalal-Abad Oblusu, Naryn Oblusu, Osh Oblusu, Osh Shaary*, Talas Oblusu, Ysyk-Kol Oblusu (Karakol)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)"
"text": "7 provinces (<em>oblustar</em>, singular - <em>oblus</em>) and 2 cities* (<em>shaarlar</em>, singular - <em>shaar</em>); Batken Oblusu, Bishkek Shaary*, Chuy Oblusu (Bishkek), Jalal-Abad Oblusu, Naryn Oblusu, Osh Oblusu, Osh Shaary*, Talas Oblusu, Ysyk-Kol Oblusu (Karakol)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers; exceptions show the administrative center name in parentheses"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system that includes features of French civil law and Russian Federation laws"
@ -734,15 +734,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "B2 (2015)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "NR (2016)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "9.7% (2023 est.)"

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"note": "<strong>note:</strong> founded in 1830 as Akmoly, the capital city became Akmolinsk in 1832, Tselinograd in 1961, Akmola (Aqmola) in 1992, Astana in 1998, and Nur-Sultan in 2019; the latest name change back to Astana in 2022 occurred just three and a half years after the city was renamed to honor a former president, who subsequently fell out of favor  "
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "17 provinces (oblystar, singular - oblys) and 4 cities* (qalalar, singular - qala); Abay (Semey), Almaty (Qonaev), Almaty*, Aqmola (Kokshetau), Aqtobe, Astana*, Atyrau, Batys Qazaqstan [West Kazakhstan] (Oral), Bayqongyr*, Mangghystau (Aqtau), Pavlodar, Qaraghandy, Qostanay, Qyzylorda, Shyghys Qazaqstan [East Kazakhstan] (Oskemen), Shymkent*, Soltustik Qazaqstan [North Kazakhstan] (Petropavl), Turkistan, Ulytau (Zhezqazghan), Zhambyl (Taraz), Zhetisu (Taldyqorghan)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses); in 1995, the Governments of Kazakhstan and Russia entered into an agreement whereby Russia would lease for a period of 20 years an area of 6,000 sq km enclosing the Baikonur space launch facilities and the city of Bayqongyr (Baikonur, formerly Leninsk); in 2004, a new agreement extended the lease to 2050"
"text": "17 provinces (<em>oblystar</em>, singular - <em>oblys</em>) and 4 cities* (<em>qalalar</em>, singular - <em>qala</em>); Abay (Semey), Almaty (Qonaev), Almaty*, Aqmola (Kokshetau), Aqtobe, Astana*, Atyrau, Batys Qazaqstan [West Kazakhstan] (Oral), Bayqongyr*, Mangghystau (Aqtau), Pavlodar, Qaraghandy, Qostanay, Qyzylorda, Shyghys Qazaqstan [East Kazakhstan] (Oskemen), Shymkent*, Soltustik Qazaqstan [North Kazakhstan] (Petropavl), Turkistan, Ulytau (Zhezqazghan), Zhambyl (Taraz), Zhetisu (Taldyqorghan)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers; exceptions show the administrative center name in parentheses<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> in 1995, the Kazakh and Russian governments agreed that Russia would lease for 20 years an area of 6,000 sq km (2,317 sq mi) around the Baikonur space launch facilities and the city of Bayqongyr (Baikonur, formerly Leninsk); in 2004, the lease was extended to 2050"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system influenced by Roman-Germanic law and by the theory and practice of the Russian Federation"
@ -788,18 +788,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Fitch rating": {
"text": "BBB (2016)"
},
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "Baa3 (2016)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "BBB- (2016)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "3.9% (2023 est.)"

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"text": "Angara-Lena Basin, Pechora Basin, North Caucasus Basin, East European Aquifer System, West Siberian Basin, Tunguss Basin, Yakut Basin"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population is heavily concentrated in the westernmost fifth of the country extending from the Baltic Sea, south to the Caspian Sea, and eastward parallel to the Kazakh border; elsewhere, sizeable pockets are isolated and generally found in the south"
"text": "population is heavily concentrated in the westernmost fifth of the country, extending from the Baltic Sea south to the Caspian Sea, and eastward parallel to the Kazakh border; elsewhere, sizeable population pockets are isolated and generally found in the south"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "<p>permafrost over much of Siberia is a major impediment to development; volcanic activity in the Kuril Islands; volcanoes and earthquakes on the Kamchatka Peninsula; spring floods and summer/autumn forest fires throughout Siberia and parts of European Russia</p><p><strong>volcanism:</strong> significant volcanic activity on the Kamchatka Peninsula and Kuril Islands; the peninsula alone is home to some 29 historically active volcanoes, with dozens more in the Kuril Islands; Kliuchevskoi (4,835 m), which erupted in 2007 and 2010, is Kamchatka's most active volcano; Avachinsky and Koryaksky volcanoes, which pose a threat to the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, have been deemed Decade Volcanoes by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, worthy of study due to their explosive history and close proximity to human populations; other notable historically active volcanoes include Bezymianny, Chikurachki, Ebeko, Gorely, Grozny, Karymsky, Ketoi, Kronotsky, Ksudach, Medvezhia, Mutnovsky, Sarychev Peak, Shiveluch, Tiatia, Tolbachik, and Zheltovsky; see note 2 under \"Geography - note\"</p>"
@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
"text": "0.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "population is heavily concentrated in the westernmost fifth of the country extending from the Baltic Sea, south to the Caspian Sea, and eastward parallel to the Kazakh border; elsewhere, sizeable pockets are isolated and generally found in the south"
"text": "population is heavily concentrated in the westernmost fifth of the country, extending from the Baltic Sea south to the Caspian Sea, and eastward parallel to the Kazakh border; elsewhere, sizeable population pockets are isolated and generally found in the south"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -555,8 +555,8 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "<p>46 provinces (oblasti, singular - oblast), 21 republics (respubliki, singular - respublika), 4 autonomous okrugs (avtonomnyye okrugi, singular - avtonomnyy okrug), 9 krays (kraya, singular - kray), 2 federal cities (goroda, singular - gorod), and 1 autonomous oblast (avtonomnaya oblast')</p> <p><strong>oblasts:</strong> Amur (Blagoveshchensk), Arkhangelsk, Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Chelyabinsk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Kemerovo, Kirov, Kostroma, Kurgan, Kursk, Leningrad (Gatchina), Lipetsk, Magadan, Moscow, Murmansk, Nizhniy Novgorod, Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Orenburg, Orel, Penza, Pskov, Rostov, Ryazan, Sakhalin (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk), Samara, Saratov, Smolensk, Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg), Tambov, Tomsk, Tula, Tver, Tyumen, Ulyanovsk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Vologda, Voronezh, Yaroslavl</p> <p><strong>republics:</strong> Adygeya (Maykop), Altay (Gorno-Altaysk), Bashkortostan (Ufa), Buryatiya (Ulan-Ude), Chechnya (Groznyy), Chuvashiya (Cheboksary), Dagestan (Makhachkala), Ingushetiya (Magas), Kabardino-Balkariya (Nal'chik), Kalmykiya (Elista), Karachayevo-Cherkesiya (Cherkessk), Kareliya (Petrozavodsk), Khakasiya (Abakan), Komi (Syktyvkar), Mariy-El (Yoshkar-Ola), Mordoviya (Saransk), North Ossetia (Vladikavkaz), Sakha [Yakutiya] (Yakutsk), Tatarstan (Kazan), Tyva (Kyzyl), Udmurtiya (Izhevsk)</p> <p><strong>autonomous okrugs:</strong> Chukotka (Anadyr'), Khanty-Mansi-Yugra (Khanty-Mansiysk), Nenets (Nar'yan-Mar), Yamalo-Nenets (Salekhard)</p> <p><strong>krays:</strong> Altay (Barnaul), Kamchatka (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy), Khabarovsk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Perm, Primorskiy [Maritime] (Vladivostok), Stavropol, Zabaykalsk [Transbaikal] (Chita)</p> <p><strong>federal cities:</strong> Moscow [Moskva], Saint Petersburg [Sankt-Peterburg]</p> <strong>autonomous oblast:</strong> Yevreyskaya [Jewish] (Birobidzhan)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses) <br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the United States does not recognize Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the municipality of Sevastopol, nor their redesignation as the \"Republic of Crimea\" and the \"Federal City of Sevastopol\"; it similarly does not recognize the annexation of the Ukrainian oblasts Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson"
"text": "<p>46 provinces (<em>oblasti</em>, singular - <em>oblast</em>), 21 republics (<em>respubliki</em>, singular - <em>respublika</em>), 4 autonomous districts (<em>avtonomnyye okrugi</em>, singular - <em>avtonomnyy okrug</em>), 9 federal subjects (<em>kraya</em>, singular - <em>kray</em>), 2 federal cities (<em>goroda</em>, singular - <em>gorod</em>), and 1 autonomous province (<em>avtonomnaya oblast'</em>)</p> <p><strong>oblasts:</strong> Amur (Blagoveshchensk), Arkhangelsk, Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Chelyabinsk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Kemerovo, Kirov, Kostroma, Kurgan, Kursk, Leningrad (Gatchina), Lipetsk, Magadan, Moscow, Murmansk, Nizhniy Novgorod, Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Orenburg, Orel, Penza, Pskov, Rostov, Ryazan, Sakhalin (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk), Samara, Saratov, Smolensk, Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg), Tambov, Tomsk, Tula, Tver, Tyumen, Ulyanovsk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Vologda, Voronezh, Yaroslavl</p> <p><strong>republics:</strong> Adygeya (Maykop), Altay (Gorno-Altaysk), Bashkortostan (Ufa), Buryatiya (Ulan-Ude), Chechnya (Groznyy), Chuvashiya (Cheboksary), Dagestan (Makhachkala), Ingushetiya (Magas), Kabardino-Balkariya (Nal'chik), Kalmykiya (Elista), Karachayevo-Cherkesiya (Cherkessk), Kareliya (Petrozavodsk), Khakasiya (Abakan), Komi (Syktyvkar), Mariy-El (Yoshkar-Ola), Mordoviya (Saransk), North Ossetia (Vladikavkaz), Sakha [Yakutiya] (Yakutsk), Tatarstan (Kazan), Tyva (Kyzyl), Udmurtiya (Izhevsk)</p> <p><strong>autonomous districts:</strong> Chukotka (Anadyr'), Khanty-Mansi-Yugra (Khanty-Mansiysk), Nenets (Nar'yan-Mar), Yamalo-Nenets (Salekhard)</p> <p><strong>federal subjects:</strong> Altay (Barnaul), Kamchatka (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy), Khabarovsk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Perm, Primorskiy [Maritime] (Vladivostok), Stavropol, Zabaykalsk [Transbaikal] (Chita)</p> <p><strong>federal cities:</strong> Moscow [Moskva], Saint Petersburg [Sankt-Peterburg]</p> <strong>autonomous province:</strong> Yevreyskaya [Jewish] (Birobidzhan)",
"note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers; exceptions show the administrative center name in parentheses <br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the United States does not recognize Russia's annexation or renaming of Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the municipality of Sevastopol; it similarly does not recognize the annexation of the Ukrainian oblasts Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts"

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"text": "Internal <em>(endorheic basin) </em>drainage: Tarim Basin (1,152,448 sq km), <em>(Aral Sea Basin)</em> Amu Darya (534,739 sq km), Syr Darya (782,617 sq km)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the country's population is concentrated at lower elevations, with perhaps as much as 90% of the people living in valleys; overall density increases from east to west"
"text": "the population is concentrated at lower elevations, with perhaps as many as 90% living in valleys; overall density increases from east to west"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "earthquakes; floods"
@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
"text": "-2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "the country's population is concentrated at lower elevations, with perhaps as much as 90% of the people living in valleys; overall density increases from east to west"
"text": "the population is concentrated at lower elevations, with perhaps as many as 90% living in valleys; overall density increases from east to west"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -490,7 +490,7 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "2 provinces (viloyatho, singular - viloyat), 1 autonomous province* (viloyati mukhtor), 1 capital region** (viloyati poytakht), and 1 area referred to as Districts Under Republic Administration***; Dushanbe**, Khatlon (Bokhtar), Kuhistoni Badakhshon [Gorno-Badakhshan]* (Khorugh), Nohiyahoi Tobei Jumhuri***, Sughd (Khujand)",
"text": "2 provinces (<em>viloyatho</em>, singular - <em>viloyat</em>), 1 autonomous province* (<em>viloyati mukhtor</em>), 1 capital region** (<em>viloyati poytakht</em>), and 1 area referred to as Districts Under Republic Administration***; Dushanbe**, Khatlon (Bokhtar), Kuhistoni Badakhshon [Gorno-Badakhshan]* (Khorugh), Nohiyahoi Tobei Jumhuri***, Sughd (Khujand)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the administrative center name follows in parentheses"
},
"Legal system": {
@ -744,15 +744,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "B3 (2017)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "B- (2017)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "22.9% (2022 est.)"

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}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "5 provinces (velayatlar, singular - velayat) and 1 independent city*: Ahal Velayat (Arkadag), Ashgabat*, Balkan Velayat (Balkanabat), Dashoguz Velayat, Lebap Velayat (Turkmenabat), Mary Velayat",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)"
"text": "5 provinces (<em>velayatlar</em>, singular - <em>velayat</em>) and 1 independent city*: Ahal Velayat (Arkadag), Ashgabat*, Balkan Velayat (Balkanabat), Dashoguz Velayat, Lebap Velayat (Turkmenabat), Mary Velayat",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers; exceptions show the administrative center name in parentheses"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system with Islamic (sharia) law influences"

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"text": "Internal <em>(endorheic basin) </em>drainage: <em>(Aral Sea basin)</em> Amu Darya (534,739 sq km), Syr Darya (782,617 sq km)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "most of the population is concentrated in the fertile Fergana Valley in the easternmost arm of the country; the south has significant clusters of people, while the central and western deserts are sparsely populated"
"text": "most of the population is concentrated in the fertile Fergana Valley in the easternmost arm of the country; the south has significant clusters of people, but the central and western deserts are sparsely populated"
},
"Natural hazards": {
"text": "earthquakes; floods; landslides or mudslides; avalanches; droughts"
@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
"text": "-1.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)"
},
"Population distribution": {
"text": "most of the population is concentrated in the fertile Fergana Valley in the easternmost arm of the country; the south has significant clusters of people, while the central and western deserts are sparsely populated"
"text": "most of the population is concentrated in the fertile Fergana Valley in the easternmost arm of the country; the south has significant clusters of people, but the central and western deserts are sparsely populated"
},
"Urbanization": {
"urban population": {
@ -508,8 +508,8 @@
}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "12 provinces (viloyatlar, singular - viloyat), 1 autonomous republic* (avtonom respublikasi), and 3 cities** (shahar); Andijon Viloyati, Buxoro Viloyati [Bukhara Province], Farg'ona Viloyati [Fergana Province], Jizzax Viloyati, Namangan Shahri, Namangan Viloyati, Navoiy Viloyati, Qashqadaryo Viloyati (Qarshi), Qoraqalpog'iston Respublikasi [Karakalpakstan Republic]* (Nukus), Samarqand Shahri [Samarkand City], Samarqand Viloyati [Samarkand Province], Sirdaryo Viloyati (Guliston), Surxondaryo Viloyati (Termiz), Toshkent Shahri [Tashkent City]**, Toshkent Viloyati [Nurafshon], Xorazm Viloyati (Urganch)  ",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses) "
"text": "12 provinces (<em>viloyatlar</em>, singular - <em>viloyat</em>), 1 autonomous republic* (<em>avtonom respublikasi</em>), and 3 cities** (<em>shahar</em>); Andijon Viloyati, Buxoro Viloyati [Bukhara Province], Farg'ona Viloyati [Fergana Province], Jizzax Viloyati, Namangan Shahri, Namangan Viloyati, Navoiy Viloyati, Qashqadaryo Viloyati (Qarshi), Qoraqalpog'iston Respublikasi [Karakalpakstan Republic]* (Nukus), Samarqand Shahri [Samarkand City], Samarqand Viloyati [Samarkand Province], Sirdaryo Viloyati (Guliston), Surxondaryo Viloyati (Termiz), Toshkent Shahri [Tashkent City]**, Toshkent Viloyati [Nurafshon], Xorazm Viloyati (Urganch)  ",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> administrative divisions show the same names as their administrative centers; exceptions show the administrative center name in parentheses"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system",
@ -766,18 +766,6 @@
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> annual % change based on consumer prices"
},
"Credit ratings": {
"Fitch rating": {
"text": "BB- (2018)"
},
"Moody's rating": {
"text": "B1 (2019)"
},
"Standard & Poors rating": {
"text": "BB- (2018)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
},
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
"agriculture": {
"text": "20.6% (2023 est.)"

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}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "<p>7 regions (taing-myar, singular - taing), 7 states (pyi ne-myar, singular - pyi ne), 1 union territory</p> <p><strong>regions:</strong> Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy), Bago, Magway, Mandalay, Sagaing, Tanintharyi, Yangon (Rangoon)</p> <p><strong>states:</strong> Chin, Kachin, Kayah, Karen, Mon, Rakhine, Shan</p> <p><strong>union territory:</strong> Nay Pyi Taw</p>"
"text": "<p>7 regions (<em>taing-myar</em>, singular - <em>taing</em>), 7 states (<em>pyi ne-myar</em>, singular - <em>pyi ne</em>), 1 union territory</p> <p><strong>regions:</strong> Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy), Bago, Magway, Mandalay, Sagaing, Tanintharyi, Yangon (Rangoon)</p> <p><strong>states:</strong> Chin, Kachin, Kayah, Karen, Mon, Rakhine, Shan</p> <p><strong>union territory:</strong> Nay Pyi Taw</p>"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system of English common law (as introduced in codifications designed for colonial India) and customary law"

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}
},
"Administrative divisions": {
"text": "4 districts (daerah-daerah, singular - daerah); Belait, Brunei dan Muara, Temburong, Tutong"
"text": "4 districts (<em>daerah-daerah</em>, singular - <em>daerah</em>); Belait, Brunei dan Muara, Temburong, Tutong"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "mixed legal system based on English common law and Islamic law",

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