Independence:24 October 1964 (from UK)
National holiday:Independence Day, 24 October (1964)
Constitution:2 August 1991
Legal system:based on English common law and customary law; judicial review oflegislative acts in an ad hoc constitutional council; has notaccepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Suffrage:18 years of age; universal
Executive branch:chief of state: President Levy MWANAWASA (since 2 January 2002);Vice President Nevers MUMBA (since May 2003); note - the presidentis both the chief of state and head of governmenthead of government: President Levy MWANAWASA (since 2 January 2002);Vice President Nevers MUMBA (since May 2003); note - the presidentis both the chief of state and head of governmentcabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president from among the membersof the National Assemblyelections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term;election last held 27 December 2001 (next to be held NA December2006); vice president appointed by the presidentelection results: Levy MWANAWASA elected president; percent of vote- Levy MWANAWASA 29%, Anderson MAZOKA 27%, Christon TEMBO 13%,Tilyenji KAUNDA 10%, Godfrey MIYANDA 8%, Benjamin MWILA 5%, MichaelSATA 3%, other 5%
Legislative branch:unicameral National Assembly (150 seats; members are elected bypopular vote to serve five-year terms)elections: last held 27 December 2001 (next to be held NA December2006)election results: percent of vote by party - MMD 45.9%, UPND 32.4%,UNIP 8.8%, FDD 8.1%, HP 2.7%, PF 0.7%, ZRP 0.7%, independents 0.7%;seats by party - MMD 68, UPND 48, UNIP 13, FDD 12, HP 4, PF 1, ZRP1, independents 1; seats not determined 2
Judicial branch:Supreme Court (the final court of appeal; justices are appointed bythe president); High Court (has unlimited jurisdiction to hear civiland criminal cases)
Political parties and leaders:Agenda for Zambia or AZ [Inonge MBIKUSITA-LEWANIKA]; Forum forDemocracy and Development or FDD [Christon TEMBO]; Heritage Party orHP [Godfrey MIYANDA]; Liberal Progressive Front or LPF [RogerCHONGWE, president]; Movement for Multiparty Democracy or MMD [LevyMWANAWASA, acting president]; National Leadership for Development orNLD [Yobert SHAMAPANDE]; National Party or NP [Dr. Sam CHIPUNGU];Patriotic Front or PF [Michael SATA]; Zambian Republican Party orZRP [Benjamin MWILA]; Social Democratic Party or SDP [GwendolineKONIE]; United National Independence Party or UNIP [Francis NKHOMA,president]; United Party for National Development or UPND [AndersonMAZOKA]
Political pressure groups and leaders:NA
International organization participation:ACP, AfDB, C, ECA, FAO, G-19, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICFTU,ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU,MONUC, NAM, OAU, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNAMSIL, UNCTAD, UNESCO,UNIDO, UNMEE, UNMIK, UPU, WCL, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
Diplomatic representation in the US:chief of mission: Ambassador Inonge MBIKUSITA-LEWANIKAFAX: [1] (202) 332-0826telephone: [1] (202) 265-9717 through 9719chancery: 2419 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Martin George BRENNAN embassy: corner of Independence and United Nations Avenues mailing address: P. O. Box 31617, Lusaka telephone: [260] (1) 250-955 FAX: [260] (1) 252-225
Flag description:green with a panel of three vertical bands of red (hoist side),black, and orange below a soaring orange eagle, on the outer edge ofthe flag
Economy Zambia
Economy - overview:Despite progress in privatization and budgetary reform, Zambia'seconomic growth remains below the 5% to 7% necessary to reducepoverty significantly. Privatization of government-owned coppermines relieved the government from covering mammoth losses generatedby the industry and greatly improved the chances for copper miningto return to profitability and spur economic growth. However, lowmineral prices have slowed the benefits of privatizing the mines andhave reduced incentives for further private investment in thesector. Cooperation continues with international bodies on programsto reduce poverty.
GDP:purchasing power parity - $8.24 billion (2002 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:2.3% (2002 est.)
GDP - per capita:purchasing power parity - $800 (2002 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 22% industry: 26% services: 52% (2001)
Population below poverty line: 86% (1993)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.1% highest 10%: 41% (1998)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:52.6 (1998)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):21% (2002 est.)
Labor force:4.29 million (2000)
Labor force - by occupation:agriculture 85%, industry 6%, services 9%
Unemployment rate:50% (2000 est.)
Budget:revenues: $1.2 billionexpenditures: $1.25 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2001 est.)
Industries:copper mining and processing, construction, foodstuffs, beverages,chemicals, textiles, fertilizer, horticulture
Industrial production growth rate:5.1% (2001 est.)
Electricity - production:7.751 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 0.5% hydro: 99.5% other: 0% (2001) nuclear: 0%
Electricity - consumption:5.458 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - exports:1.75 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - imports:0 kWh (2001)
Oil - production:0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - consumption:11,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - exports:NA (2001)
Oil - imports:NA (2001)
Agriculture - products:corn, sorghum, rice, peanuts, sunflower seed, vegetables, flowers,tobacco, cotton, sugarcane, cassava (tapioca); cattle, goats, pigs,poultry, milk, eggs, hides; coffee
Exports:$709 million f.o.b. (2001)
Exports - commodities:copper 55%, cobalt, electricity, tobacco, flowers, cotton
Exports - partners:Malawi 10.3%, Thailand 9.2%, Japan 9.1%, Saint Pierre and Miquelon9.1%, Taiwan 8.5%, South Africa 7.8%, Egypt 6.4%, China 6.3%,Netherlands 5.5%, Tanzania 4.5% (2002)
Imports:$1.123 billion f.o.b. (2001)
Imports - commodities:machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products,electricity, fertilizer; foodstuffs, clothing
Imports - partners:South Africa 64.4%, US 3.7%, China 3.6% (2002)
Debt - external:$5.8 billion (2001)
Economic aid - recipient:$651 million (2000 est.)
Currency:Zambian kwacha (ZMK)
Currency code:ZMK
Exchange rates:Zambian kwacha per US dollar - NA (2002), 3,610.93 (2001), 3,110.84(2000), 2,388.02 (1999), 1,862.07 (1998)
Fiscal year:calendar year
Communications Zambia
Telephones - main lines in use: 130,000 (including approximately 40,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:90,000 (2002)
Telephone system:general assessment: facilities are aging but still among the bestin Sub-Saharan Africadomestic: high-capacity microwave radio relay connects most largertowns and cities; several cellular telephone services in operation;Internet service is widely available; very small aperture terminal(VSAT) networks are operated by private firmsinternational: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Oceanand 1 Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:AM 19, FM 5, shortwave 4 (2001)
Radios:1.2 million (2001)
Television broadcast stations:9 (2002)
Televisions:277,000 (1997)
Internet country code:.zm
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):5 (2001)
Internet users:25,000 (2002)
Transportation Zambia
Railways:total: 2,173 kmnarrow gauge: 2,173 km 1.067-m gaugenote: includes 891 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority(TAZARA) (2002)
Highways: total: 66,781 km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km (1999 est.)
Waterways: 2,250 km note: includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula rivers
Pipelines:oil 771 km (2003)
Ports and harbors:Mpulungu
Airports:109 (2002)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 11 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 1 (2002)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 98 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 63 under 914 m: 30 (2002)
Military Zambia
Military branches:Army, Air Force, Police, paramilitary forces
Military manpower - availability:males age 15-49: 2,418,776 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:males age 15-49: 1,279,846 (2003 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:$33.46 million (FY02)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:0.9% (FY02)
Transnational Issues Zambia
Disputes - international:dormant dispute remains where Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, andZimbabwe boundaries converge
Illicit drugs:transshipment point for moderate amounts of methaqualone, smallamounts of heroin, and cocaine bound for Southern Africa andpossibly Europe; a poorly developed financial infrastructure coupledwith a government commitment to combating money laundering make itan unattractive venue for money launderers
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@Zimbabwe
Introduction Zimbabwe
Background:The UK annexed Southern Rhodesia from the South Africa Company in1923. A 1961 constitution was formulated that favored whites inpower. In 1965 the government unilaterally declared itsindependence, but the UK did not recognize the act and demanded morecomplete voting rights for the black African majority in the country(then called Rhodesia). UN sanctions and a guerrilla uprisingfinally led to free elections in 1979 and independence (as Zimbabwe)in 1980. Robert MUGABE, the nation's first prime minister, has beenthe country's only ruler (as president since 1987) and has dominatedthe country's political system since independence. His chaotic landredistribution campaign begun in 2000 caused an exodus of whitefarmers, crippled the economy, and ushered in widespread shortagesof basic commodities. Ignoring international condemnation, MUGABErigged the 2002 presidential election to ensure his reelection.Opposition and labor groups launched general strikes in 2003 topressure MUGABE to retire early; security forces continued theirbrutal repression of regime opponents.
Geography Zimbabwe
Location:Southern Africa, between South Africa and Zambia
Geographic coordinates:20 00 S, 30 00 E
Map references:Africa
Area:total: 390,580 sq kmwater: 3,910 sq kmland: 386,670 sq km
Area - comparative:slightly larger than Montana
Land boundaries:total: 3,066 kmborder countries: Botswana 813 km, Mozambique 1,231 km, South Africa225 km, Zambia 797 km
Coastline:0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims:none (landlocked)
Climate:tropical; moderated by altitude; rainy season (November to March)
Terrain:mostly high plateau with higher central plateau (high veld);mountains in east
Elevation extremes:lowest point: junction of the Runde and Save rivers 162 mhighest point: Inyangani 2,592 m
Natural resources:coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron ore,vanadium, lithium, tin, platinum group metals
Land use: arable land: 8.4% permanent crops: 0.34% other: 91.26% (1998 est.)
Irrigated land:1,170 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards:recurring droughts; floods and severe storms are rare
Environment - current issues: deforestation; soil erosion; land degradation; air and water pollution; the black rhinoceros herd - once the largest concentration of the species in the world - has been significantly reduced by poaching; poor mining practices have led to toxic waste and heavy metal pollution
Environment - international agreements:party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, EndangeredSpecies, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protectionsigned, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography - note:landlocked; the Zambezi forms a natural riverine boundary withZambia; in full flood (February-April) the massive Victoria Falls onthe river forms the world's largest curtain of falling water
People Zimbabwe
Population:12,576,742note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account theeffects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lowerlife expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lowerpopulation and growth rates, and changes in the distribution ofpopulation by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July2003 est.)
Age structure:0-14 years: 39.7% (male 2,517,608; female 2,471,342)15-64 years: 56.8% (male 3,600,832; female 3,542,497)65 years and over: 3.5% (male 224,631; female 219,832) (2003 est.)
Median age:total: 18.9 yearsfemale: 18.9 years (2002)male: 18.9 years
Population growth rate:0.83% (2003 est.)
Birth rate:30.34 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Death rate:22.02 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Net migration rate:NEGL migrant(s)/1,000 populationnote: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africaand Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2003 est.)
Sex ratio:at birth: 1.03 male(s)/femaleunder 15 years: 1.02 male(s)/female15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female65 years and over: 1.02 male(s)/femaletotal population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2003 est.)
Infant mortality rate:total: 66.47 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 63.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)male: 69.17 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:total population: 39.01 yearsmale: 40.09 yearsfemale: 37.89 years (2003 est.)
Total fertility rate:3.66 children born/woman (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:33.7% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:2.3 million (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:200,000 (2001 est.)
Nationality:noun: Zimbabwean(s)adjective: Zimbabwean
Ethnic groups:African 98% (Shona 82%, Ndebele 14%, other 2%), mixed and Asian 1%,white less than 1%
Religions:syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1%
Languages:English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele,sometimes called Ndebele), numerous but minor tribal dialects
Literacy:definition: age 15 and over can read and write Englishtotal population: 90.7%male: 94.2%female: 87.2% (2003 est.)
Government Zimbabwe
Country name:conventional long form: Republic of Zimbabweconventional short form: Zimbabweformer: Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia
Government type:parliamentary democracy
Capital:Harare
Administrative divisions:8 provinces and 2 cities* with provincial status; Bulawayo*,Harare*, Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East,Mashonaland West, Masvingo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South,Midlands
Independence:18 April 1980 (from UK)
National holiday:Independence Day, 18 April (1980)
Constitution:21 December 1979
Legal system:mixture of Roman-Dutch and English common law
Suffrage:18 years of age; universal
Executive branch:chief of state: Executive President Robert Gabriel MUGABE (since 31December 1987); Joseph MSIKA (since 23 December 1999); note - thepresident is both the chief of state and head of governmenthead of government: Executive President Robert Gabriel MUGABE (since31 December 1987); Joseph MSIKA (since 23 December 1999); note - thepresident is both the chief of state and head of governmentcabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president; responsible to theHouse of Assemblyelections: presidential candidates nominated with a nomination papersigned by at least 10 registered voters (at least one from eachprovince) and elected by popular vote; election last held 9-11 March2002 (next to be held NA March 2008); co-vice presidents appointedby the presidentelection results: Robert Gabriel MUGABE reelected president; percentof vote - Robert Gabriel MUGABE 56.2%, Morgan TSVANGIRAI 41.9%
Legislative branch:unicameral House of Assembly (150 seats - 120 elected by popularvote for five-year terms, 12 nominated by the president, 10 occupiedby traditional chiefs chosen by their peers, and 8 occupied byprovincial governors appointed by the president)elections: last held 24-25 June 2000 (next to be held NA 2005)election results: percent of vote by party - ZANU-PF 48.6%, MDC47.0%, other 4.4%; seats by party - ZANU-PF 62, MDC 57, ZANU-Ndonga 1
Judicial branch:Supreme Court; High Court
Political parties and leaders:Movement for Democratic Change or MDC [Morgan TSVANGIRAI]; NationalAlliance for Good Governance or NAGG [Shakespeare MAYA]; UnitedParties [Abel MUZOREWA]; Zimbabwe African National Union-Ndonga orZANU-Ndonga [Wilson KUMBULA]; Zimbabwe African NationalUnion-Patriotic Front or ZANU-PF [Robert Gabriel MUGABE]; ZimbabweAfrican Peoples Union or ZAPU [Agrippa MADLELA]
Political pressure groups and leaders:National Constitutional Assembly or NCA [Lovemore MADHUKU]; Crisisin Zimbabwe Coalition [Brian KAGORO]; Zimbabwe Congress of TradeUnions or ZCTU [Lovemore MATOMBO]
International organization participation:ACP, AfDB, C, ECA, FAO, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt(signatory), ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol,IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, NAM, OAU, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,UNIDO, UNMIK, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
Diplomatic representation in the US:chief of mission: Ambassador Simbi Veke MUBAKOFAX: [1] (202) 483-9326telephone: [1] (202) 332-7100chancery: 1608 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009
Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Joseph G. SULLIVAN embassy: 172 Herbert Chitepo Avenue, Harare mailing address: P. O. Box 3340, Harare telephone: [263] (4) 250-593 and 250-594 FAX: [263] (4) 796488
Flag description:seven equal horizontal bands of green, yellow, red, black, red,yellow, and green with a white isosceles triangle edged in blackwith its base on the hoist side; a yellow Zimbabwe bird representingthe long history of the country is superimposed on a redfive-pointed star in the center of the triangle, which symbolizespeace; green symbolizes agriculture, yellow - mineral wealth, red -blood shed to achieve independence, and black stands for the nativepeople
Economy Zimbabwe
Economy - overview:The government of Zimbabwe faces a wide variety of difficulteconomic problems as it struggles with an unsustainable fiscaldeficit, an overvalued exchange rate, soaring inflation, and bareshelves. Its 1998-2002 involvement in the war in the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo, for example, drained hundreds of millions ofdollars from the economy. Badly needed support from the IMF has beensuspended because of the country's failure to meet budgetary goals.Inflation rose from an annual rate of 32% in 1998 to 59% in 1999, to60% in 2000, to over 100% by yearend 2001, to 228% in early 2003.The government's land reform program, characterized by chaos andviolence, has nearly destroyed the commercial farming sector, thetraditional source of exports and foreign exchange and the providerof 400,000 jobs.
GDP:purchasing power parity - $26.07 billion (2002 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:-13% (2002 est.)
GDP - per capita:purchasing power parity - $2,100 (2002 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 18% industry: 24% services: 58% (2001)
Population below poverty line: 70% (2002 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.97% highest 10%: 40.42% (1995)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:50.1 (1995)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):134.5% (2002 est.)
Labor force:5.8 million (2000 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:agriculture 66%, services 24%, industry 10% (1996)
Unemployment rate:70% (2002 est.)
Budget:revenues: $2.5 billionexpenditures: $2.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA(2000)
Industries:mining (coal, gold, copper, nickel, tin, clay, numerous metallicand nonmetallic ores), steel, wood products, cement, chemicals,fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages
Industrial production growth rate:-3.1% (2002 est.)
Electricity - production:6.735 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 47% hydro: 53% other: 0% (2001) nuclear: 0%
Electricity - consumption:9.813 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - exports:0 kWh (2001)
Electricity - imports:3.55 billion kWh (2001)
Oil - production:0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - consumption:23,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - exports:NA (2001)
Oil - imports:NA (2001)
Agriculture - products: corn, cotton, tobacco, wheat, coffee, sugarcane, peanuts; cattle, sheep, goats, pigs
Exports:$1.57 billion f.o.b. (2001 est.)
Exports - commodities:tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, textiles/clothing
Exports - partners:China 6%, South Africa 5.7%, Germany 5.4%, UK 4.8%, Japan 4.7%,Netherlands 4.4%, US 4.1% (2002)
Imports:$1.739 billion f.o.b. (2001 est.)
Imports - commodities:machinery and transport equipment, other manufactures, chemicals,fuels
Imports - partners:South Africa 47.7%, Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5.7%,Mozambique 5.3% (2002)
Debt - external:$3.9 billion (2002 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:$178 million (2000 est.)
Currency:Zimbabwean dollar (ZWD)
Currency code:ZWD
Exchange rates:Zimbabwean dollars per US dollar - 55 (2002), 55.05 (2001), 44.42(2000), 38.3 (1999), 23.68 (1998)
Fiscal year:1 January - 31 December
Communications Zimbabwe
Telephones - main lines in use: 212,000 (in addition, there are about 20,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular:111,000 (2001)
Telephone system:general assessment: system was once one of the best in Africa, butnow suffers from poor maintenance; more than 100,000 outstandingrequests for connection despite an equally large number of installedbut unused main linesdomestic: consists of microwave radio relay links, open-wire lines,radiotelephone communication stations, fixed wireless local loopinstallations, and a substantial mobile cellular network; Internetconnection is available in Harare and planned for all major townsand for some of the smaller onesinternational: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat; twointernational digital gateway exchanges (in Harare and Gweru)
Radio broadcast stations:AM 7, FM 20 (plus 17 repeater stations), shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios:1.14 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:16 (1997)
Televisions:370,000 (1997)
Internet country code:.zw
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):6 (2000)
Internet users:100,000 (2002)
Transportation Zimbabwe
Railways:total: 3,077 kmnarrow gauge: 3,077 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified)note: includes the 318 km Bulawayo-Beitbridge Railway Company line(2002)
Highways:total: 18,338 kmpaved: 8,692 kmunpaved: 9,646 km (1999 est.)
Waterways:chrome ore is transported from Harare - by way of the Mazoe River -to the Zambezi River in Mozambique
Pipelines:refined products 261 km (2003)
Ports and harbors:Binga, Kariba
Airports:430 (2002)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 17 over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 8 (2002)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 413 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 197 under 914 m: 212 (2002)
Military Zimbabwe
Military branches:Zimbabwe National Army, Air Force of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe RepublicPolice (includes Police Support Unit, Paramilitary Police)
Military manpower - availability:males age 15-49: 3,236,042 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:males age 15-49: 2,003,572 (2003 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:$625.1 million (FY02)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:3.2% (FY02)
Transnational Issues Zimbabwe
Disputes - international:dormant dispute remains where Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, andZimbabwe boundaries converge
Illicit drugs:transit point for African cannabis and South Asian heroin, mandrax,and methamphetamines destined for the South African and Europeanmarkets
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Albaniapurchasing power parity - $15.69 billion (2002 est.)
Algeriapurchasing power parity - $173.8 billion (2002 est.)
American Samoapurchasing power parity - $500 million (2000 est.)
Andorrapurchasing power parity - $1.3 billion (2000 est.)
Angolapurchasing power parity - $18.36 billion (2002 est.)
Anguillapurchasing power parity - $104 million (2001 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda purchasing power parity - $750 million (2002 est.)
Argentinapurchasing power parity - $403.8 billion (2002 est.)
Armeniapurchasing power parity - $12.13 billion (2002 est.)
Arubapurchasing power parity - $1.94 billion (2002 est.)
Australiapurchasing power parity - $525.5 billion (2002 est.)
Austriapurchasing power parity - $227.7 billion (2002 est.)
Azerbaijanpurchasing power parity - $28.61 billion (2002 est.)
Bahamas, Thepurchasing power parity - $4.59 billion (2002 est.)
Bahrainpurchasing power parity - $9.91 billion (2002 est.)
Bangladeshpurchasing power parity - $238.2 billion (2002 est.)
Barbadospurchasing power parity - $4.153 billion (2002 est.)
Belaruspurchasing power parity - $90.19 billion (2002 est.)
Belgiumpurchasing power parity - $299.7 billion (2002 est.)
Belizepurchasing power parity - $1.28 billion (2002 est.)
Beninpurchasing power parity - $7.38 billion (2002 est.)
Bermudapurchasing power parity - $2.25 billion (2002 est.)
Bhutanpurchasing power parity - $2.7 billion (2002 est.)
Boliviapurchasing power parity - $21.15 billion (2002 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina purchasing power parity - $7.3 billion (2002 est.)
Botswanapurchasing power parity - $13.48 billion (2002 est.)
Brazilpurchasing power parity - $1.376 trillion (2002 est.)
British Virgin Islands purchasing power parity - $320 million (2002 est.)
Bruneipurchasing power parity - $6.5 billion (2002 est.)
Bulgariapurchasing power parity - $49.23 billion (2002 est.)
Burkina Fasopurchasing power parity - $14.51 billion (2002 est.)
Burmapurchasing power parity - $73.69 billion (2002 est.)
Burundipurchasing power parity - $3.146 billion (2002 est.)
Cambodiapurchasing power parity - $20.42 billion (2002 est.)
Cameroonpurchasing power parity - $26.84 billion (2002 est.)
Canadapurchasing power parity - $934.1 billion (2002 est.)
Cape Verdepurchasing power parity - $600 million (2002 est.)
Cayman Islandspurchasing power parity - $1.27 billion (2002 est.)
Central African Republic purchasing power parity - $4.296 billion (2002 est.)
Chadpurchasing power parity - $9.297 billion (2002 est.)
Chilepurchasing power parity - $156.1 billion (2002 est.)
Chinapurchasing power parity - $5.989 trillion (2002 est.)
Christmas Islandpurchasing power parity - $NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islandspurchasing power parity - $NA
Colombiapurchasing power parity - $251.6 billion (2002 est.)
Comorospurchasing power parity - $441 million (2002 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of thepurchasing power parity - $34billion (2002 est.)
Congo, Republic of thepurchasing power parity - $2.5 billion (2002est.)
Cook Islandspurchasing power parity - $105 million (2001 est.)
Costa Ricapurchasing power parity - $32 billion (2002 est.)
Cote d'Ivoirepurchasing power parity - $24.03 billion (2002 est.)
Croatiapurchasing power parity - $43.12 billion (2002 est.)
Cubapurchasing power parity - $30.69 billion (2002 est.)
CyprusGreek Cypriot area: purchasing power parity - $9.4 billion(2001 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: purchasing power parity - $787million (2002 est.)
Czech Republicpurchasing power parity - $157.1 billion (2002 est.)
Denmarkpurchasing power parity - $155.3 billion (2002 est.)
Djiboutipurchasing power parity - $619 million (2002 est.)
Dominicapurchasing power parity - $380 million (2002 est.)
Dominican Republic purchasing power parity - $53.78 billion (2002 est.)
East Timorpurchasing power parity - $440 million (2001 est.)
Ecuadorpurchasing power parity - $42.65 billion (2002 est.)
Egyptpurchasing power parity - $289.8 billion (2002 est.)
El Salvadorpurchasing power parity - $29.41 billion (2002 est.)
Equatorial Guineapurchasing power parity - $1.27 billion (2002 est.)
Eritreapurchasing power parity - $3.3 billion (2002 est.)
Estoniapurchasing power parity - $15.52 billion (2002 est.)
Ethiopiapurchasing power parity - $48.53 billion (2002 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) purchasing power parity - $75 million (2002 est.)
Faroe Islandspurchasing power parity - $1 billion (2001 est.)
Fijipurchasing power parity - $4.822 billion (2002 est.)
Finlandpurchasing power parity - $133.8 billion (2002 est.)
Francepurchasing power parity - $1.558 trillion (2002 est.)
French Guianapurchasing power parity - $2.26 billion (2002 est.)
French Polynesiapurchasing power parity - $1.3 billion (2001 est.)
Gabonpurchasing power parity - $8.354 billion (2002 est.)
Gambia, Thepurchasing power parity - $2.582 billion (2002 est.)
Gaza Strippurchasing power parity - $735 million (2002 est.)
Georgiapurchasing power parity - $16.05 billion (2002 est.)
Germanypurchasing power parity - $2.16 trillion (2002 est.)
Ghanapurchasing power parity - $41.25 billion (2002 est.)
Gibraltarpurchasing power parity - $500 million (1997 est.)
Greecepurchasing power parity - $203.3 billion (2002 est.)
Greenlandpurchasing power parity - $1.1 billion (2001 est.)
Grenadapurchasing power parity - $440 million (2002 est.)
Guadeloupepurchasing power parity - $3.7 billion (1997 est.)
Guampurchasing power parity - $3.2 billion (2000 est.)
Guatemalapurchasing power parity - $53.2 billion (2002 est.)
Guernseypurchasing power parity - $1.3 billion (1999 est.)
Guineapurchasing power parity - $18.69 billion (2002 est.)
Guinea-Bissaupurchasing power parity - $901.4 million (2002 est.)
Guyanapurchasing power parity - $2.628 billion (2002 est.)
Haitipurchasing power parity - $10.6 billion (2002 est.)
Honduraspurchasing power parity - $16.29 billion (2002 est.)
Hong Kongpurchasing power parity - $198.5 billion (2002 est.)
Hungarypurchasing power parity - $134 billion (2002 est.)
Icelandpurchasing power parity - $8.444 billion (2002 est.)
Indiapurchasing power parity - $2.664 trillion (2002 est.)
Indonesiapurchasing power parity - $714.2 billion (2002 est.)
Iranpurchasing power parity - $458.3 billion (2002 est.)
Iraqpurchasing power parity - $58 billion (2002 est.)
Irelandpurchasing power parity - $113.7 billion (2002 est.)
Israelpurchasing power parity - $117.4 billion (2002 est.)
Italypurchasing power parity - $1.455 trillion (2002 est.)
Jamaicapurchasing power parity - $10.08 billion (2002 est.)
Japanpurchasing power parity - $3.651 trillion (2002 est.)
Jerseypurchasing power parity - $2.2 billion (1999 est.)
Jordanpurchasing power parity - $22.63 billion (2002 est.)
Kazakhstanpurchasing power parity - $120 billion (2002 est.)
Kenyapurchasing power parity - $32.89 billion (2002 est.)
Kiribatipurchasing power parity - $79 million - supplemented by anearly equal amount from external sources (2001 est.)
Korea, Northpurchasing power parity - $22.26 billion (2002 est.)
Korea, Southpurchasing power parity - $941.5 billion (2002 est.)
Kuwaitpurchasing power parity - $36.85 billion (2002 est.)
Kyrgyzstanpurchasing power parity - $13.88 billion (2002 est.)
Laospurchasing power parity - $10.4 billion (2002 est.)
Latviapurchasing power parity - $20.99 billion (2002 est.)
Lebanonpurchasing power parity - $17.61 billion (2002 est.)
Lesothopurchasing power parity - $5.106 billion (2002 est.)
Liberiapurchasing power parity - $3.116 billion (2002 est.)
Libyapurchasing power parity - $33.36 billion (2002 est.)
Liechtensteinpurchasing power parity - $825 million (1999 est.)
Lithuaniapurchasing power parity - $30.08 billion (2002 est.)
Luxembourgpurchasing power parity - $21.94 billion (2002 est.)
Macaupurchasing power parity - $8.6 billion (2002 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of purchasing power parity - $10.57 billion (2002 est.)
Madagascarpurchasing power parity - $12.59 billion (2002)
Malawipurchasing power parity - $6.811 billion (2002 est.)
Malaysiapurchasing power parity - $198.4 billion (2002 est.)
Maldivespurchasing power parity - $1.25 billion (2002 est.)
Malipurchasing power parity - $9.775 billion (2002 est.)
Maltapurchasing power parity - $6.818 billion (2002 est.)
Man, Isle ofpurchasing power parity - $1.6 billion (2001 est.)
Marshall Islandspurchasing power parity - $115 million (2001 est.)
Martiniquepurchasing power parity - $4.5 billion (2001 est.)
Mauritaniapurchasing power parity - $4.891 billion (2002 est.)
Mauritiuspurchasing power parity - $12.15 billion (2002 est.)
Mayottepurchasing power parity - $85 million (1998 est.)
Mexicopurchasing power parity - $924.4 billion (2002 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States ofpurchasing power parity - $277millionnote: $277 million $277 million GDP is supplemented by grant aid,averaging perhaps $100 million annually (2002 est.)
Moldovapurchasing power parity - $11.51 billion (2002 est.)
Monacopurchasing power parity - $870 million (1999 est.)
Mongoliapurchasing power parity - $5.06 billion (2002 est.)
Montserratpurchasing power parity - $29 million (2002 est.)
Moroccopurchasing power parity - $121.8 billion (2002 est.)
Mozambiquepurchasing power parity - $19.52 billion (2002 est.)
Namibiapurchasing power parity - $13.15 billion (2002 est.)
Naurupurchasing power parity - $60 million (2001 est.)
Nepalpurchasing power parity - $37.32 billion (2002 est.)
Netherlandspurchasing power parity - $437.8 billion (2002 est.)
Netherlands Antilles purchasing power parity - $2.4 billion (2002 est.)
New Caledoniapurchasing power parity - $3 billion (2002 est.)
New Zealandpurchasing power parity - $78.4 billion (2002 est.)
Nicaraguapurchasing power parity - $11.16 billion (2002 est.)
Nigerpurchasing power parity - $8.713 billion (2002 est.)
Nigeriapurchasing power parity - $112.5 billion (2002 est.)
Niuepurchasing power parity - $7.6 million (2000 est.)
Norfolk Islandpurchasing power parity - $NA
Northern Mariana Islands purchasing power parity - $900 million note: $900 million $900 million GDP estimate includes US subsidy (2000 est.)
Norwaypurchasing power parity - $149.1 billion (2002 est.)
Omanpurchasing power parity - $22.4 billion (2002 est.)
Pakistanpurchasing power parity - $295.3 billion (2002 est.)
Palaupurchasing power parity - $174 millionnote: $174 million $174 million GDP estimate includes US subsidy(2001 est.)
Panamapurchasing power parity - $18.06 billion (2002 est.)
Papua New Guineapurchasing power parity - $10.86 billion (2002 est.)
Paraguaypurchasing power parity - $25.19 billion (2002 est.)
Perupurchasing power parity - $138.8 billion (2002 est.)
Philippinespurchasing power parity - $379.7 billion (2002 est.)
Pitcairn Islandspurchasing power parity - $NA
Polandpurchasing power parity - $373.2 billion (2002 est.)
Portugalpurchasing power parity - $195.2 billion (2002 est.)
Puerto Ricopurchasing power parity - $43.01 billion (2002 est.)
Qatarpurchasing power parity - $15.91 billion (2002 est.)
Reunionpurchasing power parity - $4.174 billion (1999 est.)
Romaniapurchasing power parity - $169.3 billion (2002 est.)
Russiapurchasing power parity - $1.409 trillion (2002 est.)
Rwandapurchasing power parity - $8.92 billion (2002 est.)
Saint Helenapurchasing power parity - $18 million (1998 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis purchasing power parity - $339 million (2002 est.)
Saint Lucia purchasing power parity - $866 million (2002 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon purchasing power parity - $74 million - supplemented by annual payments from France of about $60 million (1996 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines purchasing power parity - $339 million (2002 est.)
Samoapurchasing power parity - $1 billion (2002 est.)
San Marinopurchasing power parity - $940 million (2001 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe purchasing power parity - $200 million (2002 est.)
Saudi Arabiapurchasing power parity - $268.9 billion (2002 est.)
Senegalpurchasing power parity - $15.64 billion (2002 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro purchasing power parity - $23.15 billion (2002 est.)
Seychellespurchasing power parity - $626 million (2002 est.)
Sierra Leonepurchasing power parity - $2.826 billion (2002 est.)
Singaporepurchasing power parity - $112.4 billion (2002 est.)
Slovakiapurchasing power parity - $67.34 billion (2002 est.)
Sloveniapurchasing power parity - $37.06 billion (2002 est.)
Solomon Islandspurchasing power parity - $800 million (2001 est.)
Somaliapurchasing power parity - $4.27 billion (2001 est.)
South Africapurchasing power parity - $427.7 billion (2002 est.)
Spainpurchasing power parity - $850.7 billion (2002 est.)
Sri Lankapurchasing power parity - $73.7 billion (2002 est.)
Sudanpurchasing power parity - $52.9 billion (2002 est.)
Surinamepurchasing power parity - $1.469 billion (2002 est.)
Svalbardpurchasing power parity - $NA
Swazilandpurchasing power parity - $5.542 billion (2002 est.)
Swedenpurchasing power parity - $230.7 billion (2002 est.)
Switzerlandpurchasing power parity - $233.4 billion (2002 est.)
Syriapurchasing power parity - $63.48 billion (2002 est.)
Taiwanpurchasing power parity - $406 billion (2002 est.)
Tajikistanpurchasing power parity - $8.476 billion (2002 est.)
Tanzaniapurchasing power parity - $20.42 billion (2002 est.)
Thailandpurchasing power parity - $445.8 billion (2002 est.)
Togopurchasing power parity - $7.594 billion (2002 est.)
Tokelaupurchasing power parity - $1.5 million (1993 est.)
Tongapurchasing power parity - $236 million (2001 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago purchasing power parity - $11.07 billion (2002 est.)
Tunisiapurchasing power parity - $67.13 billion (2002 est.)
Turkeypurchasing power parity - $489.7 billion (2002 est.)
Turkmenistanpurchasing power parity - $31.34 billion (2002 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands purchasing power parity - $231 million (2000 est.)
Tuvalupurchasing power parity - $12.2 million (2000 est.)
Ugandapurchasing power parity - $30.49 billion (2002 est.)
Ukrainepurchasing power parity - $218 billion (2002 est.)
United Arab Emirates purchasing power parity - $53.97 billion (2002 est.)
United Kingdompurchasing power parity - $1.528 trillion (2002 est.)
United Statespurchasing power parity - $10.45 trillion (2002 est.)
Uruguaypurchasing power parity - $26.82 billion (2002 est.)
Uzbekistanpurchasing power parity - $66.06 billion (2002 est.)
Vanuatupurchasing power parity - $563 million (2002 est.)
Venezuelapurchasing power parity - $131.7 billion (2002 est.)
Vietnampurchasing power parity - $183.8 billion (2002 est.)
Virgin Islandspurchasing power parity - $2.4 billion (2001 est.)
Wallis and Futunapurchasing power parity - $30 million (2000 est.)
West Bankpurchasing power parity - $1.7 billion (2002 est.)
Western Saharapurchasing power parity - $NA
WorldGWP (gross world product) - purchasing power parity - $49trillion (2002 est.)
Yemenpurchasing power parity - $15.07 billion (2002 est.)
Zambiapurchasing power parity - $8.24 billion (2002 est.)
Zimbabwepurchasing power parity - $26.07 billion (2002 est.)
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@2002 Population growth rate (%)
Afghanistan3.38%note: this rate does not take into consideration the recent war andits continuing impact (2003 est.)
Albania1.03% (2003 est.)
Algeria1.65% (2003 est.)
American Samoa2.22% (2003 est.)
Andorra1.06% (2003 est.)
Angola1.97% (2003 est.)
Anguilla2.21% (2003 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda0.64% (2003 est.)
Argentina1.05% (2003 est.)
Armenia-0.07% (2003 est.)
Aruba0.55% (2003 est.)
Australia0.93% (2003 est.)
Austria0.22% (2003 est.)
Azerbaijan0.44% (2003 est.)
Bahamas, The0.77% (2003 est.)
Bahrain1.61% (2003 est.)
Bangladesh2.06% (2003 est.)
Barbados0.38% (2003 est.)
Belarus-0.12% (2003 est.)
Belgium0.14% (2003 est.)
Belize2.44% (2003 est.)
Benin2.95% (2003 est.)
Bermuda0.72% (2003 est.)
Bhutan2.14% (2003 est.)
Bolivia1.63% (2003 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.48% (2003 est.)
Botswana-0.55% (2003 est.)
Brazil1.15% (2003 est.)
British Virgin Islands2.1% (2003 est.)
Brunei2% (2003 est.)
Bulgaria-1.09% (2003 est.)
Burkina Faso2.6% (2003 est.)
Burma0.52% (2003 est.)
Burundi2.18% (2003 est.)
Cambodia1.8% (2003 est.)
Cameroon2.02% (2003 est.)
Canada0.94% (2003 est.)
Cape Verde0.79% (2003 est.)
Cayman Islands2.79% (2003 est.)
Central African Republic1.62% (2003 est.)
Chad3.07% (2003 est.)
Chile1.05% (2003 est.)
China0.6% (2003 est.)
Christmas Island-9% (2003 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands0% (2003 est.)
Colombia1.56% (2003 est.)
Comoros2.96% (2003 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the2.9% (2003 est.)
Congo, Republic of the1.53% (2003 est.)
Cook IslandsNA% (2003 est.)
Costa Rica1.56% (2003 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire2.15% (2003 est.)
Croatia0.31% (2003 est.)
Cuba0.34% (2003 est.)