Austria:2.6 million (2000)
Azerbaijan:8,000 (2000)
Bahamas, The:15,000 (2000)
Bahrain:37,500 (2000)
Bangladesh:30,000 (2000)
Barbados:6,000 (2000)
Belarus:10,000 (2000)
Belgium:2.7 million (2000)
Belize:12,000 (2000)
Benin:10,000 (2000)
Bermuda:25,000 (2000)
Bhutan:500 (2000)
Bolivia:35,000 (2000)
Bosnia and Herzegovina:3,500 (2000)
Botswana:12,000 (2000)
Brazil:8.65 million (2000)
British Virgin Islands:NA
Brunei:28,000 (2001)
Bulgaria:200,000 (2000)
Burkina Faso:4,000 (2000)
Burma:500 (2000)
Burundi:2,000 (2000)
Cambodia:NA
Cameroon:20,000 (2000)
Canada:13.28 million (1999)
Cape Verde:5,000 (2000)
Cayman Islands:NA
Central African Republic:1,000 (2000)
Chad:1,000 (2000)
Chile:625,000 (2000)
China:22 million (January 2001)
Christmas Island:NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands:NA
Colombia:600,000 (2000)
Comoros:800 (2000)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the:1,500 (1999)
Congo, Republic of the:500 (2000)
Cook Islands:NA
Costa Rica:150,000 (2000)
Cote d'Ivoire:20,000 (2000)
Croatia:100,000 (1999)
Cuba:60,000 (2000)
Cyprus:80,000 (2000)
Czech Republic:900,000 (2000)
Denmark:2.3 million (2000)
Djibouti:1,000 (2000)
Dominica:2,000 (2000)
Dominican Republic:25,000 (1999)
Ecuador:20,000 (2000)
Egypt:300,000 (2000)
El Salvador:40,000 (2000)
Equatorial Guinea:500 (2000)
Eritrea:500 (2000)
Estonia:309,000 (2000)
Ethiopia:7,200 (1999)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):NA
Faroe Islands:3,000 (2000)
Fiji:7,500 (2000)
Finland:2.27 million (2000)
France:9 million (2000)
French Guiana:2,000 (2000)
French Polynesia:5,000 (2000)
Gabon:5,000 (2000)
Gambia, The:5,000 (2001)
Gaza Strip:23,520 (1999) (includes West Bank)
Georgia:20,000 (2000)
Germany:18 million (2000)
Ghana:20,000 (2000)
Gibraltar:NA
Greece:1.33 million (1999)
Greenland:4,008 (1999)
Grenada:2,000 (2000)
Guadeloupe:4,000 (2000)
Guam:5,000 (2000)
Guatemala:65,000 (2000)
Guernsey:NA
Guinea:5,000 (2000)
Guinea-Bissau:1,500 (2000)
Guyana:3,000 (2000)
Haiti:6,000 (2000)
Holy See (Vatican City):NA
Honduras:20,000 (2000)
Hong Kong:1.85 million (2000)
Hungary:650,000 (2000)
Iceland:144,000 (2000)
India:4.5 million (2000)
Indonesia:400,000 (2000)
Iran:100,000 (2000)
Iraq:NA
Ireland:1 million (2001)
Israel:1 million (2000)
Italy:11.6 million (2000)
Jamaica:60,000 (2000)
Japan:27.06 million (2000)
Jersey:NA
Jordan:87,500 (2000)
Kazakhstan:70,000 (2000)
Kenya:45,000 (1999)
Kiribati:1,000 (2000)
Korea, North:NA
Korea, South:15.3 million (2000)
Kuwait:100,000 (2000)
Kyrgyzstan:10,000 (2000)
Laos:2,000 (2000)
Latvia:234,000 (2000)
Lebanon:227,500 (2000)
Lesotho:1,000 (2000)
Liberia:300 (2000)
Libya:7,500 (2000)
Liechtenstein:NA
Lithuania:225,000 (2000)
Luxembourg:86,000 (1999)
Macau:40,000 (2000)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:30,000 (2000)
Madagascar:8,000 (2000)
Malawi:10,000 (2000)
Malaysia:1.5 million (2000)
Maldives:2,000 (2000)
Mali:10,000 (2000)
Malta:40,000 (2000)
Man, Isle of:NA
Marshall Islands:500 (2000)
Martinique:5,000 (2000)
Mauritania:3,500 (2000)
Mauritius:55,000 (2000)
Mayotte:NA
Mexico:2.5 million (2000)
Micronesia, Federated States of:2,000 (2000)
Moldova:15,000 (2000)
Monaco:NA
Mongolia:between 10,000 and 15,000 (2001)
Montserrat:NA
Morocco:120,000 (1999)
Mozambique:6,250
note: 150 corporate accounts and 6,100 individual accounts (2000)
Namibia:9,000 (1999)
Nauru:NA
Nepal:35,000 (2000)
Netherlands:6.8 million (2000)
Netherlands Antilles:2,000 (2000)
New Caledonia:5,000 (2000)
New Zealand:1.34 million (2000)
Nicaragua:20,000 (2000)
Niger:3,000 (2000)
Nigeria:100,000 (2000)
Niue:NA
Norfolk Island:NA
Northern Mariana Islands:NA
Norway:2.36 million (October 2000)
Oman:50,000 (2000)
Pakistan:1.2 million (2000)
Panama:45,000 (2000)
Papua New Guinea:2,000 (2000)
Paraguay:20,000 (2000)
Peru:400,000 (2000)
Philippines:500,000 (2000)
Pitcairn Islands:NA
Poland:2.8 million (2000)
Portugal:700,000 (2000)
Puerto Rico:110,000 (2000)
Qatar:45,000 (2000)
Reunion:10,000 (2000)
Romania:600,000 (2000)
Russia:9.2 million (2000)
Rwanda:1,000 (2000)
Saint Helena:NA
Saint Kitts and Nevis:2,000 (2000)
Saint Lucia:5,000 (2000)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon:NA
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:2,000 (2000)
Samoa:500 (2000)
San Marino:NA
Sao Tome and Principe:500 (2000)
Saudi Arabia:400,000 (2001)
Senegal:30,000 (2000)
Seychelles:5,000 (2000)
Sierra Leone:2,000 (2000)
Singapore:1.74 million (2000)
Slovakia:700,000 (2000)
Slovenia:460,000 (1999)
Solomon Islands:3,000 (2000)
Somalia:200 (2000)
South Africa:1.82 million (2000)
Spain:4.6 million (2000)
Sri Lanka:65,000 (2000)
Sudan:10,000 (2000)
Suriname:10,000 (2000)
Svalbard:NA
Swaziland:4,000 (2000)
Sweden:4.5 million (2000)
Switzerland:2.4 million (2000)
Syria:20,000 (2000)
Tajikistan:2,000 (2000)
Tanzania:25,000 (2000)
Thailand:1 million (2000)
Togo:10,000 (2000)
Tokelau:NA
Tonga:1,000 (2000)
Trinidad and Tobago:30,000 (2000)
Tunisia:110,000 (2000)
Turkey:2 million (2000)
Turkmenistan:2,000 (2000)
Turks and Caicos Islands:NA
Tuvalu:NA
Uganda:25,000 (2000)
Ukraine:200,000 (2000)
United Arab Emirates:400,000 (2000)
United Kingdom:19.47 million (2000)
United States:148 million (2000)
Uruguay:300,000 (2000)
Uzbekistan:7,500 (2000)
Vanuatu:3,000 (2000)
Venezuela:400,000 (2000)
Vietnam:121,000 (2000)
Virgin Islands:12,000 (2000)
Wallis and Futuna:NA
West Bank:23,520 (includes Gaza Strip) (1999)
Western Sahara:NA
World:407.1 million (2000 est.)
Yemen:12,000 (2000)
Yugoslavia:80,000 (2000)
Zambia:15,000 (2000)
Zimbabwe:30,000 (1999)
Taiwan:6.4 million (2000)
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@Irrigated land
Afghanistan:30,000 sq km (1993 est.)
Albania:3,410 sq km (1993 est.)
Algeria:5,550 sq km (1993 est.)
American Samoa:NA sq km
Andorra:NA sq km
Angola:750 sq km (1993 est.)
Anguilla:NA sq km
Antarctica:0 sq km (1993)
Antigua and Barbuda:NA sq km
Argentina:17,000 sq km (1993 est.)
Armenia:2,870 sq km (1993 est.)
Aruba:0.01 sq km
Ashmore and Cartier Islands:0 sq km (1993)
Australia:21,070 sq km (1993 est.)
Austria:457 sq km (1995 est.)
Azerbaijan:10,000 sq km (1993 est.)
Bahamas, The:NA sq km
Bahrain:10 sq km (1993 est.)
Baker Island:0 sq km (1993)
Bangladesh:31,000 sq km (1993 est.)
Barbados:NA sq km
Bassas da India:0 sq km (1993)
Belarus:1,000 sq km (1993 est.)
Belgium:NA sq km
Belize:20 sq km (1993 est.)
Benin:100 sq km (1993 est.)
Bermuda:NA sq km
Bhutan:340 sq km (1993 est.)
Bolivia:1,750 sq km (1993 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina:20 sq km (1993 est.)
Botswana:20 sq km (1993 est.)
Bouvet Island:0 sq km (1993)
Brazil:28,000 sq km (1993 est.)
British Indian Ocean Territory:0 sq km (1993)
British Virgin Islands:NA sq km
Brunei:10 sq km (1993 est.)
Bulgaria:12,370 sq km (1993 est.)
Burkina Faso:200 sq km (1993 est.)
Burma:10,680 sq km (1993 est.)
Burundi:140 sq km (1993 est.)
Cambodia:920 sq km (1993 est.)
Cameroon:210 sq km (1993 est.)
Canada:7,100 sq km (1993 est.)
Cape Verde:1,500 to 2,000 hectares (1999)
Cayman Islands:NA sq km
Central African Republic:NA sq km
Chad:140 sq km (1993 est.)
Chile:12,650 sq km (1993 est.)
China:498,720 sq km (1993 est.)
Christmas Island:NA sq km
Clipperton Island:0 sq km (1993)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands:NA sq km
Colombia:5,300 sq km (1993 est.)
Comoros:NA sq km
Congo, Democratic Republic of the:100 sq km (1993 est.)
Congo, Republic of the:10 sq km (1993 est.)
Cook Islands:NA sq km
Coral Sea Islands:0 sq km (1993)
Costa Rica:1,200 sq km (1993 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire:680 sq km (1993 est.)
Croatia:30 sq km (1993 est.)
Cuba:9,100 sq km (1993 est.)
Cyprus:390 sq km (1993 est.)
Czech Republic:240 sq km (1993 est.)
Denmark:4,350 sq km (1993 est.)
Djibouti:NA sq km
Dominica:NA sq km
Dominican Republic:2,300 sq km (1993 est.)
Ecuador:5,560 sq km (1993 est.)
Egypt:32,460 sq km (1993 est.)
El Salvador:1,200 sq km (1993 est.)
Equatorial Guinea:NA sq km
Eritrea:280 sq km (1993 est.)
Estonia:110 sq km (1996 est.)
Ethiopia:1,900 sq km (1993 est.)
Europa Island:0 sq km (1993)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):NA sq km
Faroe Islands:0 sq km
Fiji:10 sq km (1993 est.)
Finland:640 sq km (1993 est.)
France:16,300 sq km (1995 est.)
French Guiana:20 sq km (1993 est.)
French Polynesia:NA sq km
French Southern and Antarctic Lands:0 sq km (1993)
Gabon:40 sq km (1993 est.)
Gambia, The:150 sq km (1993 est.)
Gaza Strip:120 sq km (1993 est.)
Georgia:4,000 sq km (1993 est.)
Germany:4,750 sq km (1993 est.)
Ghana:60 sq km (1993 est.)
Gibraltar:NA sq km
Glorioso Islands:0 sq km (1993)
Greece:13,140 sq km (1993 est.)
Greenland:NA sq km
Grenada:NA sq km
Guadeloupe:30 sq km (1993 est.)
Guam:NA sq km
Guatemala:1,250 sq km (1993 est.)
Guernsey:NA sq km
Guinea:930 sq km (1993 est.)
Guinea-Bissau:17 sq km (1993 est.)
Guyana:1,300 sq km (1993 est.)
Haiti:750 sq km (1993 est.)
Heard Island and McDonald Islands:0 sq km (1993)
Holy See (Vatican City):0 sq km (1993)
Honduras:740 sq km (1993 est.)
Hong Kong:20 sq km (1997 est.)
Howland Island:0 sq km (1998)
Hungary:2,060 sq km (1993 est.)
Iceland:NA sq km
India:535,100 sq km (1995/96 est.)
Indonesia:45,970 sq km (1993 est.)
Iran:94,000 sq km (1993 est.)
Iraq:25,500 sq km (1993 est.)
Ireland:NA sq km
Israel:1,800 sq km (1993 est.)
Italy:27,100 sq km (1993 est.)
Jamaica:350 sq km (1993 est.)
Jan Mayen:0 sq km (1993)
Japan:27,820 sq km (1993 est.)
Jarvis Island:0 sq km (1998)
Jersey:NA sq km
Johnston Atoll:0 sq km (1998)
Jordan:630 sq km (1993 est.)
Juan de Nova Island:0 sq km (1993)
Kazakhstan:22,000 sq km (1996 est.)
Kenya:660 sq km (1993 est.)
Kingman Reef:0 sq km (1996)
Kiribati:NA sq km
Korea, North:14,600 sq km (1993 est.)
Korea, South:13,350 sq km (1993 est.)
Kuwait:20 sq km (1993 est.)
Kyrgyzstan:9,000 sq km (1993 est.)
Laos:1,250 sq km (1993 est.)
note: rainy season irrigation - 2,169 sq km; dry season irrigation- 750 sq km (1998 est.)
Latvia:160 sq km (1993 est.)
Lebanon:860 sq km (1993 est.)
Lesotho:30 sq km (1993 est.)
Liberia:20 sq km (1993 est.)
Libya:4,700 sq km (1993 est.)
Liechtenstein:NA sq km
Lithuania:430 sq km (1993 est.)
Luxembourg:10 sq km (including Belgium) (1993 est.)
Macau:NA sq km
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:830 sq km (1993 est.)
Madagascar:10,870 sq km (1993 est.)
Malawi:280 sq km (1993 est.)
Malaysia:2,941 sq km (1998 est.)
Maldives:NA sq km
Mali:780 sq km (1993 est.)
Malta:11.45 sq km (2000 est.)
Man, Isle of:0 sq km
Marshall Islands:NA sq km
Martinique:40 sq km (1993 est.)
Mauritania:490 sq km (1993 est.)
Mauritius:170 sq km (1993 est.)
Mayotte:NA sq km
Mexico:61,000 sq km (1993 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of:NA sq km
Midway Islands:0 sq km (1998)
Moldova:3,110 sq km (1993 est.)
Monaco:NA sq km
Mongolia:800 sq km (1993 est.)
Montserrat:NA sq km
Morocco:12,580 sq km (1993 est.)
Mozambique:1,200 sq km (2000 est.)
Namibia:60 sq km (1993 est.)
Nauru:NA sq km
Navassa Island:0 sq km (1998)
Nepal:8,500 sq km (1993 est.)
Netherlands:6,000 sq km (1996 est.)
Netherlands Antilles:NA sq km
New Caledonia:160 sq km (1991)
New Zealand:2,850 sq km (1993 est.)
Nicaragua:880 sq km (1993 est.)
Niger:660 sq km (1993 est.)
Nigeria:9,570 sq km (1993 est.)
Niue:NA sq km
Norfolk Island:NA sq km
Northern Mariana Islands:NA sq km
Norway:970 sq km (1993 est.)
Oman:580 sq km (1993 est.)
Pakistan:171,100 sq km (1993 est.)
Palau:NA sq km
Palmyra Atoll:0 sq km (1993)
Panama:320 sq km (1993 est.)
Papua New Guinea:NA sq km
Paracel Islands:0 sq km (1993)
Paraguay:670 sq km (1993 est.)
Peru:12,800 sq km (1993 est.)
Philippines:15,800 sq km (1993 est.)
Pitcairn Islands:NA sq km
Poland:1,000 sq km (1993 est.)
Portugal:6,300 sq km (1993 est.)
Puerto Rico:390 sq km (1993 est.)
Qatar:80 sq km (1993 est.)
Reunion:60 sq km (1993 est.)
Romania:31,020 sq km (1993 est.)
Russia:40,000 sq km (1993 est.)
Rwanda:40 sq km (1993 est.)
Saint Helena:NA sq km
Saint Kitts and Nevis:NA sq km
Saint Lucia:10 sq km (1993 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon:NA sq km
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:10 sq km (1993 est.)
Samoa:NA sq km
San Marino:NA sq km
Sao Tome and Principe:100 sq km (1993 est.)
Saudi Arabia:4,350 sq km (1993 est.)
Senegal:710 sq km (1993 est.)
Seychelles:NA sq km
Sierra Leone:290 sq km (1993 est.)
Singapore:NA sq km
Slovakia:800 sq km (1993 est.)
Slovenia:20 sq km (1993 est.)
Solomon Islands:NA sq km
Somalia:1,800 sq km (1993 est.)
South Africa:12,700 sq km (1993 est.)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands:0 sq km (1993)
Spain:34,530 sq km (1993 est.)
Spratly Islands:0 sq km (1993)
Sri Lanka:5,500 sq km (1993 est.)
Sudan:19,460 sq km (1993 est.)
Suriname:600 sq km (1993 est.)
Svalbard:NA sq km
Swaziland:670 sq km (1993 est.)
Sweden:1,150 sq km (1993 est.)
Switzerland:250 sq km (1993 est.)
Syria:9,060 sq km (1993 est.)
Tajikistan:6,390 sq km (1993 est.)
Tanzania:1,500 sq km (1993 est.)
Thailand:44,000 sq km (1993 est.)
Togo:70 sq km (1993 est.)
Tokelau:NA sq km
Tonga:NA sq km
Trinidad and Tobago:220 sq km (1993 est.)
Tromelin Island:0 sq km (1993)
Tunisia:3,850 sq km (1993 est.)
Turkey:36,740 sq km (1993 est.)
Turkmenistan:13,000 sq km (1993 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands:NA sq km
Tuvalu:NA sq km
Uganda:90 sq km (1993 est.)
Ukraine:26,050 sq km (1993 est.)
United Arab Emirates:50 sq km (1993 est.)
United Kingdom:1,080 sq km (1993 est.)
United States:207,000 sq km (1993 est.)
Uruguay:7,700 sq km (1997 est.)
Uzbekistan:40,000 sq km (1993 est.)
Vanuatu:NA sq km
Venezuela:1,900 sq km (1993 est.)
Vietnam:18,600 sq km (1993 est.)
Virgin Islands:NA sq km
Wake Island:0 sq km (1998)
Wallis and Futuna:NA sq km
West Bank:NA sq km
Western Sahara:NA sq km
World:2,481,250 sq km (1993 est.)
Yemen:5,674 sq km (1999)
Yugoslavia:NA sq km
Zambia:460 sq km (1993 est.)
Zimbabwe:1,930 sq km (1993 est.)
Taiwan:NA sq km
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@Judicial branch
Afghanistan:upper courts were non-functioning as of March 1995(local Shari'a or Islamic law courts are functioning throughout thecountry)
Albania:Supreme Court (chairman is elected by the People's Assemblyfor a four-year term)
Algeria:Supreme Court or Cour Supreme
American Samoa:High Court (chief justice and associate justices areappointed by the US Secretary of the Interior)
Andorra:Tribunal of Judges or Tribunal de Batlles; Tribunal of theCourts or Tribunal de Corts; Supreme Court of Justice of Andorra orTribunal Superior de Justicia d'Andorra; Supreme Council of Justiceor Consell Superior de la Justicia; Fiscal Ministry or MinisteriFiscal; Constitutional Tribunal or Tribunal Constitucional
Angola:Supreme Court or Tribunal da Relacao (judges are appointedby the president)
Anguilla:High Court (judge provided by Eastern Caribbean SupremeCourt)
Antigua and Barbuda:Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based in SaintLucia; one judge of the Supreme Court is a resident of the islandsand presides over the Court of Summary Jurisdiction)
Argentina:Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (the nine Supreme Courtjudges are appointed by the president with approval by the Senate)
Armenia:Supreme Court; Constitutional Court
Aruba:Joint High Court of Justice (judges are appointed by themonarch)
Australia:High Court (the chief justice and six other justices areappointed by the governor general)
Austria:Supreme Judicial Court or Oberster Gerichtshof;Administrative Court or Verwaltungsgerichtshof; Constitutional Courtor Verfassungsgerichtshof
Azerbaijan:Supreme Court
Bahamas, The:Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; magistrates courts
Bahrain:High Civil Appeals Court
Bangladesh:Supreme Court (the chief justices and other judges areappointed by the president)
Barbados:Supreme Court of Judicature (judges are appointed by theService Commissions for the Judicial and Legal Services)
Belarus:Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president);Constitutional Court (half of the judges appointed by the presidentand half appointed by the Chamber of Representatives)
Belgium:Supreme Court of Justice or Hof van Cassatie (in Dutch) orCour de Cassation (in French) (judges are appointed for life by themonarch)
Belize:Supreme Court (the chief justice is appointed by thegovernor general on the advice of the prime minister)
Benin:Constitutional Court or Cour Constitutionnelle; Supreme Courtor Cour Supreme; High Court of Justice
Bermuda:Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; Magistrate Courts
Bhutan:Supreme Court of Appeal (the monarch); High Court (judgesappointed by the monarch)
Bolivia:Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges appointed for10-year terms by National Congress); District Courts (one in eachdepartment); provincial and local courts (to try minor cases)
Bosnia and Herzegovina:BiH Constitutional Court (consists of ninemembers: four members are selected by the Bosniak/Croat Federation'sHouse of Representatives, two members by the Republika Srpska'sNational Assembly, and three non-Bosnian members by the president ofthe European Court of Human Rights)
note: a new state court, established in November 1999, has jurisdiction over cases related to state-level law and appellate jurisdiction over cases initiated in the entities; the entities each have a Supreme Court; each entity also has a number of lower courts; there are ten cantonal courts in the Federation, plus a number of municipal courts; the Republika Srpska has five municipal courts
Botswana:High Court; Court of Appeal; Magistrates' Courts (one ineach district)
Brazil:Supreme Federal Tribunal (11 ministers are appointed by thepresident and confirmed by the Senate); Higher Tribunal of Justice;Regional Federal Tribunals (judges are appointed for life)
British Virgin Islands:Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, consistingof the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal (one judge ofthe Supreme Court is a resident of the islands and presides over theHigh Court); Magistrate's Court; Juvenile Court; Court of SummaryJurisdiction
Brunei:Supreme Court (chief justice and judges are sworn in by themonarch for three-year terms)
Bulgaria:Supreme Administrative Court; Supreme Court of Cassation;Constitutional Court (12 justices appointed or elected for nine-yearterms); Supreme Judicial Council (consists of the chairmen of thetwo Supreme Courts, the Chief Prosecutor, and 22 other members;responsible for appointing the justices, prosecutors, andinvestigating magistrates in the justice system; members of theSupreme Judicial Council elected for five-year terms, 11 elected bythe National Assembly and 11 by bodies of the judiciary)
Burkina Faso:Supreme Court; Appeals Court
Burma:remnants of the British-era legal system are in place, butthere is no guarantee of a fair public trial; the judiciary is notindependent of the executive
Burundi:Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; Constitutional Court; Courtsof Appeal (there are three in separate locations); Tribunals ofFirst Instance (17 at the province level and 123 small localtribunals)
Cambodia:Supreme Council of the Magistracy (provided for in theconstitution and formed in December 1997); Supreme Court (and lowercourts) exercises judicial authority
Cameroon:Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president);High Court of Justice (consists of nine judges and 6 substitutejudges, elected by the National Assembly)
Canada:Supreme Court of Canada (judges are appointed by the primeminister through the governor general); Federal Court of Canada;Federal Court of Appeal; Provincial Courts (these are namedvariously Court of Appeal, Court of Queens Bench, Superior Court,Supreme Court, and Court of Justice)
Cape Verde:Supreme Tribunal of Justice or Supremo Tribunal de Justia
Cayman Islands:Summary Court; Grand Court; Cayman Islands Court ofAppeal
Central African Republic:Supreme Court or Cour Supreme;Constitutional Court (all judges appointed by the president); Courtof Appeal; Criminal Courts
Chad:Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; Criminal Courts; MagistrateCourts
Chile:Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges are appointed by thepresident and ratified by the Senate from lists of candidatesprovided by the court itself; the president of the Supreme Court iselected by the 21-member court); Constitutional Tribunal
China:Supreme People's Court (judges appointed by the NationalPeople's Congress); Local Peoples Courts (comprise higher,intermediate and local courts); Special Peoples Courts (primarilymilitary, maritime, and railway transport courts)
Christmas Island:Supreme Court; District Court; Magistrate's Court
Cocos (Keeling) Islands:Supreme Court; Magistrate's Court
Colombia:four, coequal, supreme judicial organs; Supreme Court ofJustice or Corte Suprema de Justical (highest court of criminal law;judges are selected from the nominees of the Higher Council ofJustice for eight-year terms); Council of State (highest court ofadministrative law, judges are selected from the nominees of theHigher Council of Justice for eight-year terms); ConstitutionalCourt (guards integrity and supremacy of the constitution, rules onconstitutionality of laws, amendments to the constitution, andinternational treaties); Higher Council of Justice (administers anddisciplines the civilian judiciary; members of the disciplinarychamber resolve jurisdictional conflicts arising between othercourts; members are elected by three sister courts and Congress foreight-year terms)
Comoros:Supreme Court or Cour Supremes (two members appointed bythe president, two members elected by the Federal Assembly, oneelected by the Council of each island, and others are formerpresidents of the republic)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the:Supreme Court or Cour Supreme
Congo, Republic of the:Supreme Court or Cour Supreme
Cook Islands:High Court
Costa Rica:Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (22 justices are electedfor eight-year terms by the Legislative Assembly)
Cote d'Ivoire:Supreme Court or Cour Supreme consists of fourchambers: Judicial Chamber for criminal cases, Audit Chamber forfinancial cases, Constitutional Chamber for judicial review cases,and Administrative Chamber for civil cases; there is no legal limitto the number of members
Croatia:Supreme Court; Constitutional Court; judges for both courtsappointed for eight-year terms by the Judicial Council of theRepublic, which is elected by the House of Representatives
Cuba:People's Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo Popular (president,vice president, and other judges are elected by the NationalAssembly)
Cyprus:Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the Supreme Councilof Judicature)
note: there is also a Supreme Court in the Turkish Cypriot area
Czech Republic:Supreme Court; Constitutional Court; chairman anddeputy chairmen are appointed by the president for a 10-year term
Denmark:Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the monarch for life)
Djibouti:Supreme Court or Cour Supreme
Dominica:Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, consisting of the Courtof Appeal and the High Court (located in Saint Lucia; one of the sixjudges must reside in Dominica and preside over the Court of SummaryJurisdiction)
Dominican Republic:Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges areelected by a Council made up of members of the legislative andexecutive branches with the president presiding)
Ecuador:Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (new justices are elected bythe full Supreme Court)
Egypt:Supreme Constitutional Court
El Salvador:Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges are selected bythe Legislative Assembly)
Equatorial Guinea:Supreme Tribunal
Eritrea:Supreme Court; 10 provincial courts; 29 district courts
Estonia:National Court (chairman appointed by Parliament for life)
Ethiopia:Federal Supreme Court (the president and vice president ofthe Federal Supreme Court are recommended by the prime minister andappointed by the House of People's Representatives; for otherfederal judges, the prime minister submits to the House of People'sRepresentatives for appointment candidates selected by the FederalJudicial Administrative Council)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): Supreme Court (chief justice is a nonresident); Magistrates Court (senior magistrate presides over civil and criminal divisions)
Faroe Islands:none
Fiji:Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)
Finland:Supreme Court or Korkein Oikeus (judges appointed by thepresident)
France:Supreme Court of Appeals or Cour de Cassation (judges areappointed by the president from nominations of the High Council ofthe Judiciary); Constitutional Council or Conseil Constitutionnel(three members appointed by the president, three appointed by thepresident of the National Assembly, and three appointed by thepresident of the Senate); Council of State or Conseil d'Etat
French Guiana:Court of Appeals or Cour d'Appel (highest local courtbased in Martinique with jurisdiction over Martinique, Guadeloupe,and French Guiana)
French Polynesia:Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; Court of theFirst Instance or Tribunal de Premiere Instance; Court ofAdministrative Law or Tribunal Administratif
Gabon:Supreme Court or Cour Supreme consisting of three chambers -Judicial, Administrative, and Accounts; Constitutional Court; Courtsof Appeal; Court of State Security; County Courts
Gambia, The:Supreme Court
Georgia:Supreme Court (judges elected by the Supreme Council on thepresident's recommendation); Constitutional Court
Germany:Federal Constitutional Court or Bundesverfassungsgericht(half the judges are elected by the Bundestag and half by theBundesrat)
Ghana:Supreme Court
Gibraltar:Supreme Court; Court of Appeal
Greece:Supreme Judicial Court; Special Supreme Tribunal; all judgesappointed for life by the president after consultation with ajudicial council
Greenland:High Court or Landsret (appeals can be made to the OstreLandsret or Eastern Division of the High Court or Supreme Court inCopenhagen)
Grenada:West Indies Associate States Supreme Court (an associatejudge resides in Grenada)
Guadeloupe:Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel with jurisdiction overGuadeloupe, French Guiana, and Martinique
Guam:Federal District Court (judge is appointed by the president);Territorial Superior Court (judges appointed for eight-year terms bythe governor)
Guatemala:Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia(thirteen members serve concurrent five-year terms and elect apresident of the Court each year from among their number; thepresident of the Supreme Court of Justice also supervises trialjudges around the country, who are named to five-year terms);Constitutional Court or Corte de Constitutcionalidad (five judgesare elected for concurrent five-year terms by Congress, each servingone year as president of the Constitutional Court; one is elected byCongress, one elected by the Supreme Court of Justice, one appointedby the President, one elected by Superior Counsel of Universidad SanCarlos de Guatemala, and one by Colegio de Abogados)
Guernsey:Royal Court
Guinea:Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel
Guinea-Bissau:Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal da Justica(consists of nine justices who are appointed by the president andserve at his pleasure; final court of appeals in criminal and civilcases); Regional Courts (one in each of nine regions; first court ofappeals for Sectoral Court decisions; hear all felony cases andcivil cases valued at over $1,000); 24 Sectoral Courts (judges arenot necessarily trained lawyers; they hear civil cases under $1,000and misdemeanor criminal cases)
Guyana:Supreme Court of Judicature; Judicial Court of Appeal; HighCourt
Haiti:Supreme Court or Cour de Cassation
Holy See (Vatican City):none; normally handled by Italy
Honduras:Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia(judges are elected for four-year terms by the National Congress)
Hong Kong:The Court of Final Appeal in the Hong Kong SpecialAdministrative Region
Hungary:Constitutional Court (judges are elected by the NationalAssembly for nine-year terms)
Iceland:Supreme Court or Haestirettur (justices are appointed forlife by the president)
India:Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president andremain in office until they reach the age of 65)
Indonesia:Supreme Court or Mahkamah Agung (justices appointed bythe president from a list of candidates approved by the legislature)
Iran:Supreme Court
Iraq:Court of Cassation
Ireland:Supreme Court (judges appointed by the president on theadvice of the prime minister and cabinet)
Israel:Supreme Court (justices appointed for life by the president)
Italy:Constitutional Court or Corte Costituzionale (composed of 15judges: one-third appointed by the president, one-third elected byParliament, one-third elected by the ordinary and administrativeSupreme Courts)
Jamaica:Supreme Court (judges appointed by the governor general onthe advice of the prime minister); Court of Appeal
Japan:Supreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the monarchafter designation by the cabinet; all other justices are appointedby the cabinet)
Jersey:Royal Court (judges elected by an electoral college and thebailiff)
Jordan:Court of Cassation; Supreme Court (court of final appeal)
Kazakhstan:Supreme Court (44 members); Constitutional Council (7members)
Kenya:Court of Appeal (chief justice is appointed by thepresident); High Court
Kiribati:Court of Appeal; High Court; 26 Magistrates' courts;judges at all levels are appointed by the president
Korea, North:Central Court (judges are elected by the SupremePeople's Assembly)
Korea, South:Supreme Court (justices are appointed by the presidentwith the consent of the National Assembly)
Kuwait:High Court of Appeal
Kyrgyzstan:Supreme Court (judges are appointed for 10-year terms bythe Supreme Council on the recommendation of the president);Constitutional Court; Higher Court of Arbitration
Laos:People's Supreme Court (the president of the People's SupremeCourt is elected by the National Assembly on the recommendation ofthe National Assembly Standing Committee; the vice president of thePeople's Supreme Court and the judges are appointed by the NationalAssembly Standing Committee)
Latvia:Supreme Court (judges' appointments are confirmed byParliament)
Lebanon:four Courts of Cassation (three courts for civil andcommercial cases and one court for criminal cases); ConstitutionalCouncil (called for in Ta'if Accord - rules on constitutionality oflaws); Supreme Council (hears charges against the president andprime minister as needed)
Lesotho:High Court (chief justice appointed by the monarch); Courtof Appeal; Magistrate's Court; customary or traditional court
Liberia:Supreme Court
Libya:Supreme Court
Liechtenstein:Supreme Court or Oberster Gerichtshof; Superior Courtor Obergericht
Lithuania:Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; judges for both courtsappointed by the Parliament
Luxembourg:judicial courts and tribunals (3 Justices of the Peace,2 district courts, and 1 Supreme Court of Appeals); administrativecourts and tribunals (State Prosecutor's Office, administrativecourts and tribunals, and the Constitutional Court); judges for allcourts are appointed for life by the monarch
Macau:The Court of Final Appeal in the Macau Special AdministrativeRegion
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:Constitutional Court;Judicial Court of the Republic; judges for both courts are electedby the Judicial Council
Madagascar:Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; High Constitutional Courtor Haute Cour Constitutionnelle
Malawi:Supreme Court of Appeal; High Court (chief justice appointedby the president, puisne judges appointed on the advice of theJudicial Service Commission); magistrate's courts
Malaysia:Federal Court (judges appointed by the paramount ruler onthe advice of the prime minister)
Maldives:High Court
Mali:Supreme Court or Cour Supreme
Malta:Constitutional Court; Court of Appeal; judges for both courtsare appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister
Man, Isle of:High Court of Justice (justices are appointed by theLord Chancellor of England on the nomination of the lieutenantgovernor)
Marshall Islands:Supreme Court; High Court
Martinique:Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel
Mauritania:Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; Court of Appeals; lowercourts
Mauritius:Supreme Court
Mayotte:Supreme Court or Tribunal Superieur d'Appel
Mexico:Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia(judges are appointed by the president with consent of the Senate)
Micronesia, Federated States of:Supreme Court
Moldova:Supreme Court; Constitutional Court (the sole authority forconstitutional judicature)
Monaco:Supreme Court or Tribunal Supreme (judges appointed by themonarch on the basis of nominations by the National Council)
Mongolia:Supreme Court (serves as appeals court for people's andprovincial courts, but rarely overturns verdicts of lower courts;judges are nominated by the General Council of Courts for approvalby the president)