Swazilandlilangeni (SZL)
SwedenSwedish krona (SEK)
SwitzerlandSwiss franc (CHF)
SyriaSyrian pound (SYP)
Taiwannew Taiwan dollar (TWD)
Tajikistansomoni
TanzaniaTanzanian shilling (TZS)
Thailandbaht (THB)
TogoCommunaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsibleauthority is the Central Bank of the West African States
TokelauNew Zealand dollar (NZD)
Tongapa'anga (TOP)
Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago dollar (TTD)
TunisiaTunisian dinar (TND)
TurkeyTurkish lira (YTL); old Turkish lira (TRL) before 1 January2005
TurkmenistanTurkmen manat (TMM)
Turks and Caicos IslandsUS dollar (USD)
TuvaluAustralian dollar (AUD); note - there is also a Tuvaluandollar
UgandaUgandan shilling (UGX)
Ukrainehryvnia (UAH)
United Arab EmiratesEmirati dirham (AED)
United KingdomBritish pound (GBP)
United StatesUS dollar (USD)
UruguayUruguayan peso (UYU)
UzbekistanUzbekistani soum (UZS)
Vanuatuvatu (VUV)
Venezuelabolivar (VEB)
Vietnamdong (VND)
Virgin IslandsUS dollar (USD)
Wallis and FutunaComptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc (XPF)
West Banknew Israeli shekel (ILS); Jordanian dinar (JOD)
Western SaharaMoroccan dirham (MAD)
YemenYemeni rial (YER)
ZambiaZambian kwacha (ZMK)
ZimbabweZimbabwean dollar (ZWD)
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@2066 Death rate (deaths/1,000 population)
Afghanistan20.34 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Albania5.22 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Algeria4.61 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
American Samoa3.27 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Andorra6.25 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Angola24.2 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Anguilla5.34 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda5.37 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Argentina7.55 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Armenia8.23 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Aruba6.68 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Australia7.51 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Austria9.76 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Azerbaijan9.75 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Bahamas, The9.05 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Bahrain4.14 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Bangladesh8.27 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Barbados8.67 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Belarus14.02 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Belgium10.27 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Belize5.72 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Benin12.22 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Bermuda7.74 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Bhutan12.7 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Bolivia7.53 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina8.27 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Botswana29.5 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Brazil6.17 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
British Virgin Islands4.42 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Brunei3.45 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Bulgaria14.27 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Burkina Faso15.6 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Burma9.83 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Burundi13.46 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Cambodia9.06 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Cameroon13.47 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Canada7.8 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Cape Verde6.55 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Cayman Islands4.89 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Central African Republic18.65 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Chad16.38 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Chile5.81 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
China6.97 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Christmas IslandNA
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsNA deaths/1,000 population
Colombia5.58 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Comoros8.2 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 13.27 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Congo, Republic of the12.93 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Cook IslandsNA deaths/1,000 population
Costa Rica4.36 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire14.84 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Croatia11.48 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Cuba7.22 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Cyprus7.68 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Czech Republic10.59 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Denmark10.36 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Djibouti19.31 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Dominica6.73 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Dominican Republic5.73 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
East Timor6.24 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Ecuador4.23 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Egypt5.23 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
El Salvador5.78 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Equatorial Guinea15.06 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Eritrea9.6 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Estonia13.25 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Ethiopia14.86 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
European Union10.1 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)NA deaths/1,000 population
Faroe Islands8.7 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Fiji5.65 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Finland9.86 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
France9.14 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
French Guiana4.88 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
French Polynesia4.69 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Gabon12.25 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Gambia, The12.25 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Gaza Strip3.8 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Georgia9.23 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Germany10.62 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Ghana9.72 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Gibraltar9.31 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Greece10.24 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Greenland7.84 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Grenada6.88 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Guadeloupe6.09 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Guam4.48 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Guatemala5.2 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Guernsey10.01 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Guinea15.48 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Guinea-Bissau16.53 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Guyana8.28 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Haiti12.17 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Honduras5.28 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Hong Kong6.29 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Hungary13.11 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Iceland6.72 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
India8.18 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Indonesia6.25 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Iran5.55 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Iraq5.37 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Ireland7.82 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Isle of Man11.19 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Israel6.18 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Italy10.4 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Jamaica6.52 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Japan9.16 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Jersey9.28 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Jordan2.65 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Kazakhstan9.42 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Kenya14.02 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Kiribati8.26 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Korea, North7.13 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Korea, South5.85 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Kuwait2.41 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Kyrgyzstan7.08 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Laos11.55 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Latvia13.66 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Lebanon6.21 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Lesotho28.71 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Liberia23.1 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Libya3.48 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Liechtenstein7.18 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Lithuania10.98 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Luxembourg8.41 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Macau4.47 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Macedonia8.77 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Madagascar11.11 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Malawi19.33 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Malaysia5.05 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Maldives7.06 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Mali16.89 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Malta8.1 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Marshall Islands4.78 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Martinique6.48 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Mauritania12.16 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Mauritius6.86 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Mayotte7.7 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Mexico4.74 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of 4.75 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Moldova12.64 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Monaco12.91 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Mongolia6.95 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Montenegro9.2 deaths/1,000 population (2004)
Montserrat7.1 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Morocco5.58 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Mozambique21.35 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Namibia18.86 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Nauru6.7 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Nepal9.31 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Netherlands8.68 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Netherlands Antilles6.45 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
New Caledonia5.69 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
New Zealand7.53 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Nicaragua4.45 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Niger20.91 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Nigeria16.94 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
NiueNA deaths/1,000 population
Norfolk IslandNA deaths/1,000 population
Northern Mariana Islands2.29 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Norway9.4 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Oman3.81 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Pakistan8.23 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Palau6.8 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Panama5.36 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Papua New Guinea7.25 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Paraguay4.49 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Peru6.23 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Philippines5.41 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Pitcairn IslandsNA deaths/1,000 population
Poland9.89 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Portugal10.5 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Puerto Rico7.65 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Qatar4.72 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Reunion5.49 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Romania11.77 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Russia14.65 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Rwanda16.09 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Saint Helena6.53 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis8.33 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Saint Lucia5.08 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon6.83 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.98 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Samoa6.62 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
San Marino8.17 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe6.47 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Saudi Arabia2.58 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Senegal9.42 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Seychelles6.29 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Sierra Leone23.03 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Singapore4.28 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Slovakia9.45 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Slovenia10.31 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Solomon Islands3.92 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Somalia16.63 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
South Africa22 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Spain9.72 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Sri Lanka6.52 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Sudan8.97 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Suriname7.27 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
SvalbardNA deaths/1,000 population
Swaziland29.74 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Sweden10.31 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Switzerland8.49 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Syria4.81 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Taiwan6.48 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Tajikistan8.25 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Tanzania16.39 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Thailand7.04 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Togo9.83 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
TokelauNA deaths/1,000 population
Tonga5.28 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago10.57 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Tunisia5.13 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Turkey5.97 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Turkmenistan8.6 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands4.21 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Tuvalu7.11 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Uganda12.24 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Ukraine14.39 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
United Arab Emirates4.4 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
United Kingdom10.13 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
United States8.26 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Uruguay9.05 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Uzbekistan7.84 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Vanuatu7.82 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Venezuela4.92 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Vietnam6.22 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Virgin Islands6.43 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Wallis and FutunaNA deaths/1,000 population
West Bank3.92 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Western SaharaNA deaths/1,000 population
World8.67 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Yemen8.3 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Zambia19.93 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Zimbabwe21.84 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
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@2067 Military expenditures - dollar figure
Afghanistan$122.4 million (2005 est.)
Albania$56.5 million (FY02)
Algeria$3 billion (2005 est.)
Angola$2 billion (2005 est.)
Antigua and BarbudaNA
Argentina$4.3 billion (FY99)
Armenia$135 million (FY01)
Australia$17.84 billion (2005 est.)
Austria$1.497 billion (FY01/02)
Azerbaijan$121 million (FY99)
Bahamas, TheNA
Bahrain$627.7 million (2005 est.)
Bangladesh$1.01 billion (2005 est.)
BarbadosNA
Belarus$420.5 million (2006)
Belgium$3.999 billion (2003)
Belize$19 million (2005 est.)
Benin$100.9 million (2005 est.)
Bermuda$4.03 million (2001)
Bhutan$8.29 million (2005 est.)
Bolivia$130 million (2005 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina$234.3 million (FY02)
Botswana$325.5 million (2005 est.)
Brazil$9.94 billion (2005 est.)
Brunei$290.7 million (2003 est.)
Bulgaria$356 million (FY02)
Burkina Faso$74.83 million (2005 est.)
Burma$39 million (FY97)
Burundi$43.9 million (2005 est.)
Cambodia$112 million (FY01 est.)
Cameroon$230.2 million (2005 est.)
Canada$9,801.7 million (2003)
Cape Verde$7.18 million (2005 est.)
Central African Republic$16.37 million (2005 est.)
Chad$68.95 million (2005 est.)
Chile$3.91 billion (2005 est.)
China$81.48 billion (2005 est.)
Colombia$3.3 billion (FY01)
Comoros$12.87 million (2005 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the$103.7 million (2005 est.)
Congo, Republic of the$85.22 million (2005 est.)
Costa Rica$83.46 million (2005 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire$246.6 million (2005 est.)
Croatia$620 million (2004)
Cuba$694 million (2005 est.)
Cyprus$384 million (FY02)
Czech Republic$2.17 billion (2004)
Denmark$3,271.6 million (2003)
Djibouti$29.05 million (2005 est.)
DominicaNA
Dominican Republic$0 (2002 est.)
East Timor$4.4 million (FY03)
Ecuador$650 million (2005 est.)
Egypt$2.44 billion (2003)
El Salvador$161.7 million (2005 est.)
Equatorial Guinea$152.2 million (2005 est.)
Eritrea$220.1 million (2005 est.)
Estonia$155 million (2002 est.)
Ethiopia$295.9 million (2005 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)NA
Faroe IslandsNA
Fiji$36 million (2004)
Finland$1.8 billion (FY98/99)
France$45 billion FY06 (2005)
French GuianaNA
Gabon$253.5 million (2005 est.)
Gambia, The$1.55 million (2005 est.)
Gaza StripNA
Georgia$23 million (FY00)
Germany$35.063 billion (2003)
Ghana$83.65 million (2005 est.)
Greece$5.89 billion (2004)
GrenadaNA
Guatemala$169.8 million (2005 est.)
Guinea$119.7 million (2005 est.)
Guinea-Bissau$9.46 million (2005 est.)
Guyana$6.48 million (2003 est.)
Haiti$25.96 million (2003 est.)
Honduras$52.8 million (2005 est.)
Hong KongHong Kong garrison is funded by China; figures are NA
Hungary$1.08 billion (2002 est.)
Iceland0
India$19.04 billion (2005 est.)
Indonesia$1.3 billion (2004)
Iran$4.3 billion (2003 est.)
Iraq$1.34 billion (2005 est.)
Ireland$700 million (FY00/01)
Israel$9.45 billion (2005 est.)
Italy$28,182.8 million (2003)
Jamaica$31.17 million (2003 est.)
Japan$44.31 billion (2005 est.)
Jordan$1.4 billion (2005 est.)
Kazakhstan$221.8 million (Ministry of Defense expenditures) (FY02)
Kenya$280.5 million (2005 est.)
KiribatiNA
Korea, North$5,217.4 million (FY02)
Korea, South$21.06 billion FY05 (2005 est.)
Kuwait$3.01 billion (2005 est.)
Kyrgyzstan$19.2 million (FY01)
Laos$11.04 million (2005 est.)
Latvia$87 million (FY01)
Lebanon$540.6 million (2004)
Lesotho$41.1 million (2005 est.)
Liberia$67.4 million (2005 est.)
Libya$1.3 billion (FY99)
Lithuania$230.8 million (FY01)
Luxembourg$231.6 million (2003)
Macedonia$200 million (FY01/02 est.)
Madagascar$329 million (2005 est.)
Malawi$15.81 million (2005 est.)
Malaysia$1.69 billion (FY00 est.)
Maldives$45.07 million (2005 est.)
Mali$106.3 million (2005 est.)
Malta$38.168 million (2005 est.)
Marshall IslandsNA
Mauritania$19.32 million (2005 est.)
Mauritius$12.04 million (2005 est.)
Mexico$6.07 billion (2005 est.)
Moldova$8.7 million (2004)
Mongolia$23.1 million (FY02)
Montenegro$2.306 billion
Morocco$2.31 billion (2003 est.)
Mozambique$78.03 million (2005 est.)
Namibia$149.5 million (2005 est.)
NauruNA
Nepal$104.9 million (2005 est.)
Netherlands$9.408 billion (2004)
New CaledoniaNA
New Zealand$1.147 billion (FY03/04)
Nicaragua$32.27 million (2005 est.)
Niger$44.78 million (2005 est.)
Nigeria$737.6 million (2005 est.)
Norway$4,033.5 million (2003)
Oman$252.99 million (2004)
Pakistan$4.26 billion (2005 est.)
PalauNA
Panama$150 million (2005 est.)
Papua New Guinea$16.9 million (2003)
Paraguay$53.1 million (2003 est.)
Peru$829.3 million (2003 est.)
Philippines$836.9 million (2005 est.)
Poland$3.5 billion (2002)
Portugal$3,497.8 million (2003)
Qatar$723 million (FY00)
Romania$985 million (2002)
RussiaNA
Rwanda$53.66 million (2005 est.)
Saint Kitts and NevisNA
Saint LuciaNA
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesNA
SamoaNA
San Marino$700,000 (FY00/01)
Sao Tome and Principe$581,729 (2005 est.)
Saudi Arabia$18 billion (2002)
Senegal$117.3 million (2005 est.)
Serbia$14.85 million
Seychelles$14.85 million (2005 est.)
Sierra Leone$14.25 million (2005 est.)
Singapore$4.47 billion (FY01 est.)
Slovakia$406 million (2002)
Slovenia$370 million (FY00)
Solomon IslandsNA
Somalia$22.34 million (2005 est.)
South Africa$3.55 billion (2005 est.)
Spain$9,906.5 million (2003)
Sri Lanka$606.2 million (2005 est.)
Sudan$587 million (2001 est.) (2004)
Suriname$7.5 million (2003 est.)
Svalbard$5.501 billion
Swaziland$41.6 million (2005 est.)
Sweden$5.51 billion (2005 est.)
Switzerland$2.548 billion (FY01)
Syria$858 million (FY00 est.); note - based on official budget datathat may understate actual spending
Taiwan$7.93 billion (2005 est.)
Tajikistan$35.4 million (FY01)
Tanzania$21.2 million (2005 est.)
Thailand$1.775 billion (FY00)
Togo$29.98 million (2005 est.)
Tokelau$66.72 million
TongaNA
Trinidad and Tobago$66.72 million (2003 est.)
Tunisia$356 million (FY99)
Turkey$12.155 billion (2003)
Turkmenistan$90 million (FY99)
Turks and Caicos Islands$192.8 million
TuvaluNA
Uganda$192.8 million (2005 est.)
Ukraine$617.9 million (FY02)
United Arab Emirates$1.6 billion (FY00)
United Kingdom$42,836.5 million (2003)
United States$518.1 billion (FY04 est.) (2005 est.)
Uruguay$371.2 million (2005 est.)
Uzbekistan$200 million (FY97)
VanuatuNA
Venezuela$1.61 billion (2005 est.)
Vietnam$650 million (FY98)
West BankNA
Western Sahara$992.2 million
Worldaggregate real expenditure on arms worldwide has increased inthe beginning of the 21st century, with the largest increase in theUS; a rough estimate for 2005 is $1.2 trillion (at puchasing powerparity) (2005 est.)
Yemen$992.2 million (2005 est.)
Zambia$121.7 million (2005 est.)
Zimbabwe$124.7 million (2005 est.)
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@2068 Dependent areas
AustraliaAshmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos(Keeling) Islands, Coral Sea Islands, Heard Island and McDonaldIslands, Norfolk Island, Macquarie Island
FranceBassas da India, Clipperton Island, Europa Island, FrenchPolynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Glorioso Islands,Juan de Nova Island, New Caledonia, Tromelin Island, Wallis andFutunanote: the US does not recognize claims to Antarctica
NetherlandsAruba, Netherlands Antilles
New ZealandCook Islands, Niue, Tokelau
NorwayBouvet Island, Jan Mayen, Svalbard
United KingdomAnguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory,British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar,Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena and Ascension, SouthGeorgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands
United StatesAmerican Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island,Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, NavassaIsland, Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll, Puerto Rico, VirginIslands, Wake Islandnote: from 18 July 1947 until 1 October 1994, the US administeredthe Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; it entered into apolitical relationship with all four political units: the NorthernMariana Islands is a commonwealth in political union with the US(effective 3 November 1986); the Republic of the Marshall Islandssigned a Compact of Free Association with the US (effective 21October 1986); the Federated States of Micronesia signed a Compactof Free Association with the US (effective 3 November 1986); Palauconcluded a Compact of Free Association with the US (effective 1October 1994)
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@2070 Disputes - international
Afghanistanmost Afghan refugees in Pakistan have been repatriated,but thousands still remain in Iran, many at their own choosing;Coalition and Pakistani forces continue to patrol remote tribalareas to control the borders and stem organized terrorist and otherillegal cross-border activities; regular meetings between Pakistaniand Coalition allies aim to resolve periodic claims of boundaryencroachments; regional conflicts over water-sharing arrangementswith Amu Darya and Helmand River states
Albaniathe Albanian Government calls for the protection of therights of ethnic Albanians in neighboring countries, and thepeaceful resolution of interethnic disputes; some ethnic Albaniangroups in neighboring countries advocate for a "greater Albania,"but the idea has little appeal among Albanian nationals; thousandsof unemployed Albanians emigrate annually to nearby Italy and otherdeveloped countries
AlgeriaAlgeria supports the exiled Sahrawi Polisario Front andrejects Moroccan administration of Western Sahara; most of theapproximately 102,000 Western Saharan Sahrawi refugees are shelteredin camps in Tindouf, Algeria; Algeria's border with Morocco remainsan irritant to bilateral relations, each nation accusing the otherof harboring militants and arms smuggling; in an attempt to improverelations, Morocco, in mid-2004, unilaterally lifted the requirementthat Algerians visiting Morocco possess entry visas - a gesture notreciprocated by Algeria; Algeria remains concerned about armedbandits operating throughout the Sahel who sometimes destabilizesouthern Algerian towns; dormant disputes include Libyan claims ofabout 32,000 sq km still reflected on its maps of southeasternAlgeria and the FLN's assertions of a claim to Chirac Pastures insoutheastern Morocco
American Samoanone
Andorranone
Angolamany Cabinda exclave secessionists have sought shelter inneighboring states
Anguillanone
AntarcticaAntarctic Treaty freezes claims (see Antarctic TreatySummary in government type entry); Argentina, Australia, Chile,France, NZ, Norway, and UK claim land and maritime sectors (someoverlapping) for a large portion of the continent; the US and manyother states do not recognize these territorial claims and have madeno claims themselves (the US and Russia reserve the right to do so);no claims have been made in the sector between 90 degrees west and150 degrees west; several states with territorial claims inAntarctica have expressed their intention to submit data to the UNCommission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf to extend theircontinental shelf claims to adjoining undersea ridges
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Arctic Oceansome maritime disputes (see littoral states)
ArgentinaArgentina continues to assert its claims to theUK-administered Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) and South Georgiaand the South Sandwich Islands in its constitution, forciblyoccupying the Falklands in 1982, but in 1995 agreed no longer toseek settlement by force; territorial claim in Antarctica partiallyoverlaps UK and Chilean claims (see Antarctic disputes); unrulyregion at convergence of Argentina-Brazil-Paraguay borders is locusof money laundering, smuggling, arms and illegal narcoticstrafficking, and fundraising for extremist organizations;uncontested dispute between Brazil and Uruguay over BrazilieraIsland in the Quarai/Cuareim River leaves the tripoint withArgentina in question; action by the joint boundary commission,established by Chile and Argentina in 2001, for mapping anddemarcating the disputed boundary in the Andean Southern Ice Field(Campo de Hielo Sur) remains pending
ArmeniaArmenia supports ethnic Armenian secessionists inNagorno-Karabakh and since the early 1990s, has militarily occupied16% of Azerbaijan - Organization for Security and Cooperation inEurope (OSCE) continues to mediate dispute; over 800,000 mostlyethnic Azerbaijanis were driven from the occupied lands and Armenia;about 230,000 ethnic Armenians were driven from their homes inAzerbaijan into Armenia; Azerbaijan seeks transit route throughArmenia to connect to Naxcivan exclave; border with Turkey remainsclosed over Nagorno-Karabakh dispute; ethnic Armenian groups inJavakheti region of Georgia seek greater autonomy; tens of thousandsof Armenians emigrate, primarily to Russia, to seek employment
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Ashmore and Cartier Islands Indonesian groups challenge Australia's claim to Ashmore Reef; Australia has closed the surrounding waters to Indonesian traditional fishing and created a national park in the region while continuing to prospect for hydrocarbons in the vicinity
Atlantic Oceansome maritime disputes (see littoral states)
AustraliaEast Timor and Australia agreed in 2005 to defer thedisputed portion of the boundary for fifty years and to splithydrocarbon revenues evenly outside the Joint Petroleum DevelopmentArea covered by the 2002 Timor Sea Treaty; East Timor disputehampers creation of a revised maritime boundary with Indonesia (seealso Ashmore and Cartier Islands dispute); regional states expressconcern over Australia's 2004 declaration of a 1,000-nauticalmile-wide maritime identification zone; Australia asserts land andmaritime claims to Antarctica (see Antarctica); in 2004 Australiasubmitted its claims to UN Commission on the Limits of theContinental Shelf (CLCS) to extend its continental margin from bothits mainland and Antarctic claims
AustriaAustrian anti-nuclear activists have revived blockades ofthe Czech-Austrian border to protest operation of the Temelinnuclear power plant in the Czech Republic
AzerbaijanArmenia supports ethnic Armenian secessionists inNagorno-Karabakh and since the early 1990s has militarily occupied16% of Azerbaijan; over 800,000 mostly ethnic Azerbaijanis weredriven from the occupied lands and Armenia; about 230,000 ethnicArmenians were driven from their homes in Azerbaijan into Armenia;Azerbaijan seeks transit route through Armenia to connect toNaxcivan exclave; Organization for Security and Cooperation inEurope (OSCE) continues to mediate dispute; Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan,and Russia ratify Caspian seabed delimitation treaties based onequidistance, while Iran continues to insist on an even one-fifthallocation and challenges Azerbaijan's hydrocarbon exploration indisputed waters; bilateral talks continue with Turkmenistan ondividing the seabed and contested oilfields in the middle of theCaspian; Azerbaijan and Georgia continue to discuss the alignment oftheir boundary at certain crossing areas
Bahamas, Thedisagrees with the US on the alignment of the maritimeboundary; continues to monitor and interdict Haitian refugeesfleeing economic privation and political instability
Bahrainnone
Baker Islandnone
Bangladeshdiscussions with India remain stalled to delimit a smallsection of river boundary, exchange 162 miniscule enclaves in bothcountries, allocate divided villages, and stop illegal cross-bordertrade, migration, violence, and transit of terrorists through theporous border; Bangladesh resists India's attempts to fence or walloff high-traffic sections of the porous boundary; a jointBangladesh-India boundary inspection in 2005 revealed 92 pillars aremissing; dispute with India over New Moore/South Talpatty/PurbashaIsland in the Bay of Bengal deters maritime boundary delimitation;Burmese Muslim refugees strain Bangladesh's meager resources
Barbadosin 2005, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago agreed tocompulsory international arbitration that will result in a bindingaward challenging whether the northern limit of Trinidad andTobago's and Venezuela's maritime boundary extends into Barbadianwaters and the southern limit of Barbadian traditional fishing;joins other Caribbean states to counter Venezuela's claim that AvesIsland sustains human habitation, a criterion under the UNConvention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which permits Venezuelato extend its EEZ/continental shelf over a large portion of theCaribbean Sea
Bassas da Indiaclaimed by Madagascar
Belarus1997 boundary treaty with Ukraine remains unratified overunresolved financial claims, preventing demarcation and diminishingborder security; the whole boundary with Latvia and more than halfthe boundary with Lithuania remains undemarcated; discussions towardeconomic and political union with Russia proceed slowly
Belgiumnone
BelizeGuatemalan squatters continue to settle in the largelyuninhabited rain forests of Belize's border region; OAS seeks torevive the 2002 failed Belize-Guatemala Differendum that created asmall adjustment to land boundary, a Guatemalan maritime corridor inCaribbean, joint ecological park for disputed Sapodilla Cays, andsubstantial US-UK financial package
BeninBenin and Burkina Faso military clash in 2006 over sections ofriverine boundary involving disputed villages and squatters; much ofBenin-Niger boundary, including tripoint with Nigeria, remainsundemarcated; in 2005, Nigeria ceded thirteen villages to Benin as aconsequence of a 2004 joint task force to resolve maritime and landboundary disputes, but clashes among rival gangs along the borderpersist; a joint boundary commission continues to resurvey theboundary with Togo to verify Benin's claim that Togo moved boundarystones
Bermudanone
Bhutanapproximately 105,000 Bhutanese have lived decades asrefugees in Nepal, 90% of whom reside in seven UN Office of the HighCommissioner for Refugees camps; Bhutan cooperates with India toexpel Indian separatists
BoliviaChile rebuffs Bolivia's reactivated claim to restore theAtacama corridor, ceded to Chile in 1884, offering insteadunrestricted but not sovereign maritime access through Chile forBolivian natural gas and other commodities
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia andMontenegro have delimited most of their boundary, but sections alongthe Drina River remain in dispute; discussions continue with Croatiaon several small disputed sections of the boundary related tomaritime access that hinder ratification of the 1999 border agreement
Botswanacommission established with Namibia has yet to resolvesmall residual disputes along the Caprivi Strip, including theSitungu marshlands along the Linyanti River; downstream Botswanaresidents protest Namibia's planned construction of the Okavangohydroelectric dam at Popavalle (Popa Falls); Botswana has builtelectric fences to stem the thousands of Zimbabweans who flee tofind work and escape political persecution; Namibia has longsupported and in 2004 Zimbabwe dropped objections to plans betweenBotswana and Zambia to build a bridge over the Zambezi River,thereby de facto recognizing their short, but not clearly delimitedBotswana-Zambia boundary
Bouvet Islandnone
Brazilunruly region at convergence of Argentina-Brazil-Paraguayborders is locus of money laundering, smuggling, arms and illegalnarcotics trafficking, and fundraising for extremist organizations;uncontested dispute with Uruguay over certain islands in theQuarai/Cuareim and Invernada boundary streams and the resultingtripoint with Argentina; in 2004 Brazil submitted its claims to theUnited Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to extendits maritime continental margin
British Indian Ocean TerritoryMauritius and Seychelles claim theChagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia; in 2001 the formerinhabitants of the Chagos Archipelago, evicted in 1965 and nowresiding chiefly in Mauritius, were granted UK citizenship and theright to repatriation; the UK resists the Chagossians' demand for animmediate return to the islands; repatriation is complicated by theexclusive US military lease of Diego Garcia that restricts access tothe largest island in the chain;
British Virgin Islandsnone
Bruneiin 2003 Brunei and Malaysia ceased gas and oil exploration intheir disputed offshore and deepwater seabeds and negotiations havestalemated prompting consideration of international legaladjudication; Malaysia's land boundary with Brunei around Limbang isin dispute; Brunei established an exclusive economic fishing zoneencompassing Louisa Reef in southern Spratly Islands in 1984 butmakes no public territorial claim to the offshore reefs; the 2002"Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea" haseased tensions in the Spratly Islands but falls short of a legallybinding "code of conduct" desired by several of the disputants
Bulgarianone
Burkina Fasotwo villages are in dispute along the border withBenin; Benin accuses Burkina Faso of moving boundary pillars;Burkina Faso border regions remain a staging area for Liberia andCote d'Ivoire rebels and an asylum for refugees caught in localfighting; the Ivoirian Government accuses Burkina Faso of shelteringIvoirian rebels
Burmaover half of Burma's population consists of diverse ethnicgroups with substantial numbers of kin beyond its borders; despitecontinuing border committee talks, significant differences remainwith Thailand over boundary alignment and the handling of ethnicrebels, refugees, and illegal cross-border activities; ethnic Karensflee into Thailand to escape fighting between Karen rebels andBurmese troops; in 2005 Thailand sheltered about 121,000 Burmeserefugees; Karens also protest Thai support for a Burmesehydroelectric dam on the Salween River near the border;environmentalists in Burma and Thailand continue to voice concernover China's construction of hydroelectric dams upstream on theNujiang/Salween River in Yunnan Province; India seeks cooperationfrom Burma to keep Indian Nagaland separatists from hiding in remoteBurmese uplands
BurundiTutsi, Hutu, other conflicting ethnic groups, associatedpolitical rebels, armed gangs, and various government forcescontinue fighting in the Great Lakes region, transcending theboundaries of Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, andUganda in an effort to gain control over populated and naturalresource areas; government heads pledge to end conflict, butlocalized violence continues despite the presence of about 6,000peacekeepers from the UN Operation in Burundi (ONUB) since 2004;although some 150,000 Burundian refugees have been repatriated, asof February 2005, Burundian refugees still reside in camps inwestern Tanzania as well as the Democratic Republic of the Congo
CambodiaSoutheast Asian states have enhanced border surveillance tocheck the spread of avian flu; Cambodia and Thailand disputesections of boundary with missing boundary markers and Thaiencroachments into Cambodian territory; maritime boundary withVietnam is hampered by unresolved dispute over offshore islands;Cambodia accuses Thailand of obstructing access to Preah Viheartemple ruins awarded to Cambodia by ICJ decision in 1962; in 2004,Cambodian-Laotian and Laotian-Vietnamese boundary commissionsre-erected missing markers completing most of their demarcations
CameroonICJ ruled in 2002 on the entire Cameroon-Nigeria land andmaritime boundary but the parties formed a Joint Border Commission,which continues to meet regularly to resolve differences bilaterallyand have commenced with demarcation in less-contested sections ofthe boundary, starting in Lake Chad in the north; implementation ofthe ICJ ruling on the Cameroon-Equatorial Guinea-Nigeria maritimeboundary in the Gulf of Guinea is impeded by imprecisely definedcoordinates and a sovereignty dispute between Equatorial Guinea andCameroon over an island at the mouth of the Ntem River; Nigeriainitially rejected cession of the Bakassi Peninsula, then agreed,but much of the indigenous population opposes cession; only Nigeriaand Cameroon have heeded the Lake Chad Commission's admonition toratify the delimitation treaty which also includes the Chad-Nigerand Niger-Nigeria boundaries
Canadamanaged maritime boundary disputes with the US at DixonEntrance, Beaufort Sea, Strait of Juan de Fuca, and around thedisputed Machias Seal Island and North Rock; working toward greatercooperation with US in monitoring people and commodities crossingthe border; uncontested sovereignty dispute with Denmark over HansIsland in the Kennedy Channel between Ellesmere Island and Greenland
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Cayman Islandsnone
Central African Republicabout 30,000 refugees fleeing the 2002civil conflict in the CAR still reside in southern Chad; periodicskirmishes over water and grazing rights among related pastoralpopulations along the border with southern Sudan persist
Chadsince the expulsions of residents from Darfur in 2003 byJanjawid armed militia and Sudanese military, about 200,000 refugeesremain in eastern Chad; Chad remains an important mediator in theSudanese civil conflict, reducing tensions with Sudan arising fromcross-border banditry; Chadian Aozou rebels reside in southernLibya; only Nigeria and Cameroon have heeded the Lake ChadCommission's admonition to ratify the delimitation treaty, whichalso includes the Chad-Niger and Niger-Nigeria boundaries