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Greece:1.33 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Greenland:2.44 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Grenada:2.54 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Guadeloupe:1.93 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Guam:3.85 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Guatemala:4.58 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Guernsey:1.36 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Guinea:5.39 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Guinea-Bissau:5.2 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Guyana:2.1 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Haiti:4.4 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Honduras:4.15 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Hong Kong:1.29 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Hungary:1.25 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Iceland:2.01 children born/woman (2001 est.)

India:3.04 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Indonesia:2.58 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Iran:2.02 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Iraq:4.75 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Ireland:1.9 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Israel:2.57 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Italy:1.18 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Jamaica:2.08 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Japan:1.41 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Jersey:1.56 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Jordan:3.29 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Kazakhstan:2.07 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Kenya:3.5 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Kiribati:4.36 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Korea, North:2.26 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Korea, South:1.72 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Kuwait:3.2 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Kyrgyzstan:3.19 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Laos:5.12 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Latvia:1.15 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Lebanon:2.05 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Lesotho:4.08 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Liberia:6.36 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Libya:3.64 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Liechtenstein:1.5 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Lithuania:1.37 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Luxembourg:1.7 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Macau:1.31 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 1.79 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Madagascar:5.8 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Malawi:5.18 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Malaysia:3.24 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Maldives:5.5 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Mali:6.81 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Malta:1.92 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Man, Isle of:1.65 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Marshall Islands:6.55 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Martinique:1.8 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Mauritania:6.22 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Mauritius:2.01 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Mayotte:6.24 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Mexico:2.62 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Moldova:1.67 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Monaco:1.76 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Mongolia:2.39 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Montserrat:1.82 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Morocco:3.05 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Mozambique:4.82 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Namibia:4.83 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Nauru:3.61 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Nepal:4.58 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Netherlands:1.65 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Netherlands Antilles:2.07 children born/woman (2001 est.)

New Caledonia:2.48 children born/woman (2001 est.)

New Zealand:1.8 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Nicaragua:3.18 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Niger:7.08 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Nigeria:5.57 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Niue:NA children born/woman

Norfolk Island:NA children born/woman

Northern Mariana Islands:1.76 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Norway:1.81 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Oman:6.04 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Pakistan:4.41 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Palau:2.47 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Panama:2.27 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Papua New Guinea:4.3 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Paraguay:4.11 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Peru:2.96 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Philippines:3.42 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Pitcairn Islands:NA children born/woman

Poland:1.37 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Portugal:1.48 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Puerto Rico:1.9 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Qatar:3.17 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Reunion:2.58 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Romania:1.35 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Russia:1.27 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Rwanda:4.89 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Saint Helena:1.53 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis:2.41 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Saint Lucia:2.38 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:2.12 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 2.06 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Samoa:3.4 children born/woman (2001 est.)

San Marino:1.3 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe:6.02 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Saudi Arabia:6.25 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Senegal:5.12 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Seychelles:1.83 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Sierra Leone:6.01 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Singapore:1.22 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Slovakia:1.25 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Slovenia:1.28 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Solomon Islands:4.65 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Somalia:7.11 children born/woman (2001 est.)

South Africa:2.43 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Spain:1.15 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Sri Lanka:1.95 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Sudan:5.35 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Suriname:2.47 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Svalbard:NA children born/woman

Swaziland:5.82 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Sweden:1.53 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Switzerland:1.47 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Syria:3.95 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Tajikistan:4.29 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Tanzania:5.42 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Thailand:1.87 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Togo:5.32 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Tokelau:NA children born/woman

Tonga:3 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago:1.81 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Tunisia:1.99 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Turkey:2.12 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Turkmenistan:3.58 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands:3.22 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Tuvalu:3.09 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Uganda:6.88 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Ukraine:1.29 children born/woman (2001 est.)

United Arab Emirates:3.23 children born/woman (2001 est.)

United Kingdom:1.73 children born/woman (2001 est.)

United States:2.06 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Uruguay:2.36 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Uzbekistan:3.06 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Vanuatu:3.19 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Venezuela:2.46 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Vietnam:2.49 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Virgin Islands:2.25 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Wallis and Futuna:NA children born/woman

West Bank:4.9 children born/woman (2001 est.)

World:2.73 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Yemen:6.97 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Yugoslavia:1.75 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Zambia:5.53 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Zimbabwe:3.28 children born/woman (2001 est.)

Taiwan:1.76 children born/woman (2001 est.)

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@Transportation - note

Arctic Ocean:sparse network of air, ocean, river, and land routes;the Northwest Passage (North America) and Northern Sea Route(Eurasia) are important seasonal waterways

Atlantic Ocean:Kiel Canal and Saint Lawrence Seaway are twoimportant waterways; significant domestic commercial andrecreational use of Intracoastal Waterway on central and southAtlantic seaboard and Gulf of Mexico coast of US

Baker Island:there is a day beacon near the middle of the west coast

Georgia:transportation network is in poor condition resulting fromethnic conflict, criminal activities, and fuel shortages; networklacks maintenance and repair

Howland Island:Earhart Light is a day beacon near the middle of thewest coast that was partially destroyed during World War II, but hassince been rebuilt; named in memory of famed aviatrix Amelia EARHART

Jarvis Island:there is a day beacon near the middle of the westcoast

Pacific Ocean:Inside Passage offers protected waters from southeastAlaska to Puget Sound (Washington state)

Southern Ocean:Drake Passage offers alternative to transit throughthe Panama Canal

Wake Island:formerly an important commercial aviation base, nowused by US military, some commercial cargo planes, and for emergencylandings

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@Unemployment rate

Afghanistan:NA%

Albania:16% (2000 est.) officially; may be as high as 25%

Algeria:30% (1999 est.)

American Samoa:16% (1993)

Andorra:0%

Angola:extensive unemployment and underemployment affecting morethan half the population (2000 est.)

Anguilla:7% (1992 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda:7% (1999 est.)

Argentina:15% (December 2000)

Armenia:20% (1998 est.)

note: official rate is 9.3% for 1998

Aruba:0.6% (1999 est.)

Australia:6.4% (2000)

Austria:5.4% (2000 est.)

Azerbaijan:20% (1999 est.)

Bahamas, The:9% (1998 est.)

Bahrain:15% (1998 est.)

Bangladesh:35.2% (1996)

Barbados:11% (1999 est.)

Belarus:2.1% officially registered unemployed (December 2000);large number of underemployed workers

Belgium:8.4% (2000 est.)

Belize:12.8% (1999)

Benin:NA%

Bermuda:NEGL% (1995)

Bhutan:NA%

Bolivia:11.4% (1997)

note: widespread underemployment

Bosnia and Herzegovina:35%-40% (1999 est.)

Botswana:40% (2000 est.)

Brazil:7.1% (2000 est.)

British Virgin Islands:3% (1995)

Brunei:4.9% (1995 est.)

Bulgaria:17.7% (2000 est.)

Burkina Faso:NA%

Burma:7.1% (official FY97/98 est.)

Burundi:NA%

Cambodia:2.8% (1999 est.)

Cameroon:30% (1998 est.)

Canada:6.8% (2000 est.)

Cape Verde:24% (1999 est.)

Cayman Islands:4.1% (1997)

Central African Republic:6% (1993)

Chad:NA%

Chile:9% (December 2000)

China:urban unemployment roughly 10%; substantial unemployment andunderemployment in rural areas (2000 est.)

Christmas Island:NA%

Colombia:20% (2000 est.)

Comoros:20% (1996 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:NA%

Congo, Republic of the:NA%

Cook Islands:NA%

Costa Rica:5.2% (2000 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire:13% in urban areas (1998 est.)

Croatia:22% (October 2000)

Cuba:5.5% (2000 est.)

Cyprus:Greek Cypriot area: 3.6% (2000 est.); Turkish Cypriot area:6% (1998 est.)

Czech Republic:8.7% (2000 est.)

Denmark:5.3% (2000)

Djibouti:50% (2000 est.)

Dominica:20% (1999 est.)

Dominican Republic:13.8% (1999 est.)

Ecuador:13%; note - widespread underemployment (2000 est.)

Egypt:11.5% (2000 est.)

El Salvador:10% (2000 est.)

Equatorial Guinea:30% (1998 est.)

Eritrea:NA%

Estonia:11.7% (1999 est.)

Ethiopia:NA%

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):full employment; labor shortage

Faroe Islands:1% (October 2000)

Fiji:6% (1997 est.)

Finland:9.8% (2000 est.)

France:9.7% (2000 est.)

French Guiana:21.4% (1998)

French Polynesia:15% (1992 est.)

Gabon:21% (1997 est.)

Gambia, The:NA%

Gaza Strip:40% (includes West Bank) (yearend 2000)

Georgia:14.9% (1999 est.)

Germany:9.9% (2000 est.)

Ghana:20% (1997 est.)

Gibraltar:13.5% (1996)

Greece:11.3% (2000 est.)

Greenland:7% (1999 est.)

Grenada:15% (1997)

Guadeloupe:27.8% (1998)

Guam:15% (2000 est.)

Guatemala:7.5% (1999 est.)

Guernsey:0.5% (1999 est.)

Guinea:NA%

Guinea-Bissau:NA%

Guyana:12% (1992 est.)

Haiti:widespread unemployment and underemployment; more thantwo-thirds of the labor force do not have formal jobs (1999)

Honduras:28% (2000 est.)

Hong Kong:4.5% (2000 est.)

Hungary:9.4% (2000 est.)

Iceland:2.7% (January 2001)

India:NA%

Indonesia:15%-20% (1998 est.)

Iran:14% (1999 est.)

Iraq:NA%

Ireland:4.1% (2000)

Israel:9% (2000 est.)

Italy:10.4% (2000 est.)

Jamaica:16% (2000 est.)

Japan:4.7% (2000)

Jersey:0.7% (1998 est.)

Jordan:15% official rate; actual rate is 25%-30% (1999 est.)

Kazakhstan:13.7% (1998 est.)

Kenya:50% (1998 est.)

Kiribati:2%; underemployment 70% (1992 est.)

Korea, North:NA%

Korea, South:4.1% (2000 est.)

Kuwait:1.8% (official 1996 est.)

Kyrgyzstan:6% (1998 est.)

Laos:5.7% (1997 est.)

Latvia:7.8% (2000 est.)

Lebanon:18% (1997 est.)

Lesotho:45% (2000 est.)

Liberia:70%

Libya:30% (2000 est.)

Liechtenstein:1.8% (February 1999)

Lithuania:10.8% (2000)

Luxembourg:2.7% (2000 est.)

Macau:6.6% (2000)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:32% (2000)

Madagascar:NA%

Malawi:NA%

Malaysia:2.8% (2000 est.)

Maldives:NEGL%

Mali:NA%

Malta:4.5% (3rd Quarter 2000)

Man, Isle of:0.6% (August 2000)

Marshall Islands:16% (1991 est.)

Martinique:27.2% (1998)

Mauritania:23% (1995 est.)

Mauritius:6.4% (1999 est.)

Mayotte:45% (1997)

Mexico:urban - 2.2% (2000); plus considerable underemployment

Micronesia, Federated States of:16% (1999 est.)

Moldova:1.9% (includes only officially registered unemployed; largenumbers of underemployed workers) (November 2000)

Monaco:3.1% (1998)

Mongolia:NA%

Montserrat:20% (1996 est.)

Morocco:23% (1999 est.)

Mozambique:21% (1997 est.)

Namibia:30% to 40%, including underemployment (1997 est.)

Nauru:0%

Nepal:NA%; substantial underemployment (1999)

Netherlands:2.6% (2000 est.)

Netherlands Antilles:14.9% (1998 est.)

New Caledonia:19% (1996)

New Zealand:6.3% (2000 est.)

Nicaragua:20% plus considerable underemployment (1999 est.)

Niger:NA%

Nigeria:28% (1992 est.)

Niue:NA%

Norfolk Island:NA%

Northern Mariana Islands:NA%

Norway:3% (2000 est.)

Oman:NA%

Pakistan:6% (FY99/00 est.)

Palau:2.3% (2000 est.)

Panama:13% (2000 est.)

Papua New Guinea:NA%

Paraguay:16% (2000 est.)

Peru:7.7%; extensive underemployment (1997)

Philippines:10% (2000)

Pitcairn Islands:NA%

Poland:12% (1999)

Portugal:4.3% (2000 est.)

Puerto Rico:9.5% (2000)

Qatar:NA%

Reunion:42.8% (1998)

Romania:11.5% (1999)

Russia:10.5% (2000 est.), plus considerable underemployment

Rwanda:NA%

Saint Helena:14% (1998 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis:4.5% (1997)

Saint Lucia:15% (1996 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:9.8% (1997)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:22% (1997 est.)

Samoa:NA%; note - substantial underemployment

San Marino:3% (1999)

Sao Tome and Principe:NA%

Saudi Arabia:NA%

Senegal:NA%; urban youth 40%

Seychelles:NA%

Sierra Leone:NA%

Singapore:3% (2000 est.)

Slovakia:17% (2000 est.)

Slovenia:7.1% (1997 est.)

Solomon Islands:NA%

Somalia:NA%

South Africa:30% (2000 est.)

Spain:14% (2000 est.)

Sri Lanka:8.8% (1999 est.)

Sudan:4% (1996 est.)

Suriname:20% (1997)

Swaziland:22% (1995 est.)

Sweden:6% (2000 est.)

Switzerland:1.9% (2000 est.)

Syria:20% (2000 est.)

Tajikistan:5.7% includes only officially registered unemployed;also large numbers of underemployed workers and unregisteredunemployed people (December 1998)

Tanzania:NA%

Thailand:3.7% (2000 est.)

Togo:NA%

Tokelau:NA%

Tonga:13.3% (FY96/97)

Trinidad and Tobago:12.8% (2000)

Tunisia:15.6% (2000 est.)

Turkey:5.6% (plus underemployment of 5.6%) (2000 est.)

Turkmenistan:NA%

Turks and Caicos Islands:10% (1997 est.)

Tuvalu:NA%

Uganda:NA%

Ukraine:4.3% officially registered; large number of unregistered orunderemployed workers (December 1999)

United Arab Emirates:NA%

United Kingdom:5.5% (2000 est.)

United States:4% (2000)

Uruguay:14% (2000 est.)

Uzbekistan:10% plus another 20% underemployed (1999 est.)

Vanuatu:NA%

Venezuela:14% (2000 est.)

Vietnam:25% (1995 est.)

Virgin Islands:4.9% (March 1999)

Wallis and Futuna:NA%

West Bank:40% (includes Gaza Strip) (yearend 2000)

Western Sahara:NA%

World:30% combined unemployment and underemployment in manynon-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12%unemployment (2000 est.)

Yemen:30% (1995 est.)

Yugoslavia:30% (2000 est.)

Zambia:50% (2000 est.)

Zimbabwe:50% (2000 est.)

Taiwan:3% (2000 est.)

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@Waterways

Afghanistan:1,200 km

note: chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels with DWT up to about500 (2001)

Albania:43 km

note: includes Albanian sections of Lake Scutari, Lake Ohrid, andLake Prespa (1990)

Algeria:none

American Samoa:none

Andorra:none

Angola:1,295 km

Anguilla:none

Antigua and Barbuda:none

Argentina:10,950 km

Armenia:NA km

Aruba:none

Ashmore and Cartier Islands:none

Australia:8,368 km (mainly used by small, shallow-draft craft)

Austria:358 km (1999)

Azerbaijan:none

Bahamas, The:none

Bahrain:none

Baker Island:none

Bangladesh:up to 8,046 km depending on season

note: includes 3,058 km main cargo routes

Barbados:none

Bassas da India:none

Belarus:NA km; note - Belarus has extensive and widely used canaland river systems

Belgium:2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use)

Belize:825 km (river network used by shallow-draft craft;seasonally navigable)

Benin:streams navigable along small sections, important only locally

Bermuda:none

Bhutan:none

Bolivia:10,000 km (commercially navigable)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:NA km; large sections of the Sava blocked bydowned bridges, silt, and debris

Botswana:none

Bouvet Island:none

Brazil:50,000 km

British Indian Ocean Territory:none

British Virgin Islands:none

Brunei:209 km; navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2 m

Bulgaria:470 km (1987)

Burkina Faso:none

Burma:12,800 km

note: 3,200 km navigable by large commercial vessels

Burundi:Lake Tanganyika

Cambodia:3,700 km

note: navigable all year to craft drawing 0.6 m or less; 282 kmnavigable to craft drawing as much as 1.8 m

Cameroon:2,090 km (of decreasing importance)

Canada:3,000 km (including Saint Lawrence Seaway)

Cape Verde:none

Cayman Islands:none

Central African Republic:900 km

note: traditional trade carried on by means of shallow-draft dugouts; Oubangui is the most important river, navigable all year to craft drawing 0.6 m or less; 282 km navigable to craft drawing as much as 1.8 m

Chad:2,000 km

Chile:725 km

China:110,000 km (1999)

Christmas Island:none

Clipperton Island:none

Cocos (Keeling) Islands:none

Colombia:18,140 km (navigable by river boats) (April 1996)

Comoros:none

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 15,000 km (including the Congo and its tributaries, and unconnected lakes)

Congo, Republic of the: 1,120 km

note: the Congo and Ubangi (Oubangui) rivers provide 1,120 km of commercially navigable water transport; other rivers are used for local traffic only

Cook Islands:none

Coral Sea Islands:none

Costa Rica:730 km (seasonally navigable)

Cote d'Ivoire:980 km (navigable rivers, canals, and numerouscoastal lagoons)

Croatia:785 km

note: (perennially navigable; large sections of Sava blocked bydowned bridges, silt, and debris)

Cuba:240 km

Cyprus:none

Czech Republic:303 km

note: (the Labe (Elbe) is the principal river) (2000)

Denmark:417 km

Djibouti:none

Dominica:none

Dominican Republic:none

Ecuador:1,500 km

Egypt:3,500 km

note: including the Nile, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway, and numerous smaller canals in the delta; Suez Canal (193.5 km including approaches), used by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 16.1 m of water

El Salvador:Rio Lempa partially navigable

Equatorial Guinea:none

Eritrea:none

Estonia:320 km (perennially navigable)

Ethiopia:none

Europa Island:none

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):none

Faroe Islands:none

Fiji:203 km

note: 122 km navigable by motorized craft and 200-metric-ton barges

Finland: 6,675 km

note: includes Saimaa Canal; 3,700 km suitable for large ships

France:14,932 km (6,969 km heavily traveled)

French Guiana:3,300 km navigable by native craft

note: 460 km navigable by small oceangoing vessels and coastal andriver steamers

French Polynesia:none

French Southern and Antarctic Lands:none

Gabon:1,600 km (perennially navigable)

Gambia, The:400 km

Gaza Strip:none

Georgia:none

Germany:7,500 km

note: major rivers include the Rhine and Elbe; Kiel Canal is animportant connection between the Baltic Sea and North Sea (1999)

Ghana:1,293 km

note: Volta, Ankobra, and Tano Rivers provide 168 km of perennial navigation for launches and lighters; Lake Volta provides 1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways

Gibraltar:none

Glorioso Islands:none

Greece:80 km

note: system consists of three coastal canals including the Corinth Canal (6 km) which crosses the Isthmus of Corinth connecting the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf and shortens the sea voyage from the Adriatic to Peiraiefs (Piraeus) by 325 km; there are also three unconnected rivers

Greenland:none

Grenada:none

Guadeloupe:none

Guam:none

Guatemala:990 km

note: 260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigableduring highwater season

Guernsey:none

Guinea:1,295 km (navigable by shallow-draft native craft)

Guinea-Bissau:several rivers are accessible to coastal shipping

Guyana:5,900 km (total length of navigable waterways)

note: Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo rivers are navigable byoceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km, respectively

Haiti:NEGL; less than 100 km navigable

Heard Island and McDonald Islands:none

Holy See (Vatican City):none

Honduras:465 km (navigable by small craft)

Hong Kong:none

Howland Island:none

Hungary:1,373 km (permanently navigable) (1997)

Iceland:none

India:16,180 km

note: 3,631 km navigable by large vessels

Indonesia:21,579 km total

note: Sumatra 5,471 km, Java and Madura 820 km, Kalimantan 10,460km, Sulawesi (Celebes) 241 km, Irian Jaya 4,587 km

Iran:904 km

note: the Shatt al Arab is usually navigable by maritime trafficfor about 130 km; channel has been dredged to 3 m and is in use

Iraq:1,015 km

note: Shatt al Arab is usually navigable by maritime traffic for about 130 km; channel has been dredged to 3 m and is in use; Tigris and Euphrates Rivers have navigable sections for shallow-draft boats; Shatt al Basrah canal was navigable by shallow-draft craft before closing in 1991 because of the Gulf war

Ireland:700 km (limited facilities for commercial traffic) (1998)

Israel:none

Italy:2,400 km

note: for various types of commercial traffic, although of limitedoverall value

Jamaica:none

Jan Mayen:none

Japan:1,770 km approximately

note: seagoing craft ply all coastal inland seas

Jarvis Island:none

Jersey:none

Johnston Atoll:none

Jordan:none

Juan de Nova Island:none

Kazakhstan:3,900 km

note: on the Syrdariya (Syr Darya) and Ertis (Irtysh) rivers

Kenya:NA

note: part of the Lake Victoria system is within the boundaries ofKenya

Kingman Reef:none

Kiribati:5 km (small network of canals in Line Islands)

Korea, North:2,253 km

note: mostly navigable by small craft only

Korea, South: 1,609 km

note: restricted to small native craft

Kuwait:none

Kyrgyzstan:600 km (1990)

Laos:4,587 km approximately

note: primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,897 additional km areintermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m

Latvia:300 km (perennially navigable)

Lebanon:none

Lesotho:none

Liberia:none

Libya:none

Liechtenstein:none

Lithuania:600 km (perennially navigable)

Luxembourg:37 km (on the Moselle)

Macau:none

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: note: lake transport only, on the Greek and Albanian borders

Madagascar:note: of local importance only

Malawi:144 km

note: on Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) and Shire Riverall

Malaysia: 7,296 km

note: Peninsular Malaysia 3,209 km, Sabah 1,569 km, Sarawak 2,518 km

Maldives:none

Mali:1,815 km

Malta:none

Man, Isle of:none

Marshall Islands:none

Martinique:none

Mauritania:note: ferry traffic on the Senegal River

Mauritius:none

Mayotte:none

Mexico:2,900 km

note: navigable rivers and coastal canals

Micronesia, Federated States of:none

Midway Islands:none

Moldova:424 km (1994)

Monaco:none

Mongolia:400 km (1999)

Montserrat:none

Morocco:none

Mozambique:3,750 km (navigable routes)

Namibia:none

Nauru:none

Navassa Island:none

Nepal:none

Netherlands:5,046 km

note: 47% of total route length is usable by craft of 1,000 metricton capacity or larger

Netherlands Antilles:none

New Caledonia:none

New Zealand:1,609 km

note: of little importance in satisfying total transportationrequirements

Nicaragua:2,220 km (including 2 large lakes)

Niger:300 km

note: the Niger River is navigable from Niamey to Gaya on the Beninfrontier from mid-December through March

Nigeria:8,575 km

note: consisting of the Niger and Benue rivers and smaller riversand creeks

Niue:none

Norfolk Island:none

Northern Mariana Islands:none

Norway:1,577 km (along west coast)

note: navigable by 2.4 m maximum draft vessels

Oman:none

Pakistan:none

Palau:none

Palmyra Atoll:none

Panama:882 km

note: 800 km navigable by shallow draft vessels; 82 km Panama Canal

Papua New Guinea:10,940 km

Paracel Islands:none

Paraguay:3,100 km

Peru:8,808 km

note: 8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon system and 208 kmof Lago Titicaca

Philippines:3,219 km

note: limited to vessels with a draft of less than 1.5 m

Pitcairn Islands:none

Poland:3,812 km (navigable rivers and canals) (1996)

Portugal:820 km

note: relatively unimportant to national economy, used byshallow-draft craft limited to 300 metric-ton or less cargo capacity

Puerto Rico:none

Qatar:none

Reunion:none

Romania:1,724 km (1984)

Russia:95,900 km (total routes in general use)

note: routes with navigation guides serving the Russian RiverFleet-95,900 km; routes with night navigational aids-60,400 km;man-made navigable routes-16,900 km (Jan 1994)

Rwanda:note: Lac Kivu navigable by shallow-draft barges and nativecraft

Saint Helena:none

Saint Kitts and Nevis:none

Saint Lucia:none

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:none

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:none

Samoa:none

San Marino:none

Sao Tome and Principe:none

Saudi Arabia:none

Senegal:897 km

note: 785 km on the Senegal river, and 112 km on the Saloum river

Seychelles:none

Sierra Leone:800 km (of which 600 km navigable year round)

Singapore:none

Slovakia:172 km (all on the Danube)

Slovenia:NA

Solomon Islands:none

Somalia:none

South Africa:NA

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands:none

Spain:1,045 km (of minor economic importance)

Spratly Islands:none

Sri Lanka:430 km (navigable by shallow-draft craft)

Sudan:5,310 km

Suriname:1,200 km

note: most important means of transport; oceangoing vessels withdrafts ranging up to 7 m can navigate many of the principal waterways

Svalbard:none

Swaziland:none

Sweden:2,052 km

note: navigable for small steamers and barges

Switzerland:65 km

note: The Rhine carries heavy traffic on the Basel-Rheinfelden andSchaffhausen-Bodensee stretches; there are also 12 navigable lakes

Syria:870 km (minimal economic importance)

Tajikistan:none

Tanzania:note: Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, and Lake Nyasa areprincipal avenues of commerce between Tanzania and its neighbors onthose lakes

Thailand:4,000 km

note: 3,701 km are navigable throughout the year by boats with drafts up to 0.9 meters; numerous minor waterways serve shallow-draft native craft

Togo:50 km (Mono river)

Tokelau:none

Tonga:none

Trinidad and Tobago:none

Tromelin Island:none

Tunisia:none

Turkey:1,200 km (approximately)

Turkmenistan:the Amu Darya is an important inland waterway forTurkmenistan

Turks and Caicos Islands:none

Tuvalu:none

Uganda:Lake Victoria, Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga, Lake George, LakeEdward, Victoria Nile, Albert Nile

Ukraine:4,499 km

note: (1,672 km are on the Pryp'yat' and Dnistr) (1990)

United Arab Emirates:none

United Kingdom:3,200 km

United States:41,009 km

note: navigable inland channels, exclusive of the Great Lakes

Uruguay:1,600 km ( used by coastal and shallow-draft river craft)

Uzbekistan:1,100 km (1990)

Vanuatu:none

Venezuela:7,100 km

note: Rio Orinoco and Lago de Maracaibo accept oceangoing vessels

Vietnam:17,702 km

note: more than 5,149 km are navigable at all times by vessels upto 1.8 m draft

Virgin Islands:none

Wake Island:none

Wallis and Futuna:none

West Bank:none

Western Sahara:none

Yemen:none

Yugoslavia:587 km

note: The Danube River, which connects Europe with the Black Sea, runs through Serbia; since early 2000, a pontoon bridge, replacing a destroyed conventional bridge, has obstructed river traffic at Novi Sad; the obstruction can be bypassed by a canal system but inadequate lock size limits the size of vessels which may pass (2001)

Zambia: 2,250 km

note: includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula rivers

Zimbabwe:the Mazoe and Zambezi rivers are used for transportingchrome ore from Harare to Mozambique

Taiwan:NA


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