Cook Islands21,388 (July 2006 est.)
Coral Sea Islandsno indigenous inhabitantsnote: there is a staff of three to four at the meteorologicalstation (2005 est.)
Costa Rica4,075,261 (July 2006 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire17,654,843note: 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 (July2006 est.)
Croatia4,494,749 (July 2006 est.)
Cuba11,382,820 (July 2006 est.)
Cyprus784,301 (July 2006 est.)
Czech Republic10,235,455 (July 2006 est.)
Denmark5,450,661 (July 2006 est.)
Dhekeliano indigenous personnelnote: approximately 2,200 military personnel are on the base; thereare another 5,000 British citizens who are families of militarypersonnel or civilian staff on both the bases of Akrotiri andDhekelia; Cyprus citizens work on the base, but do not live there
Djibouti486,530 (July 2006 est.)
Dominica68,910 (July 2006 est.)
Dominican Republic9,183,984 (July 2006 est.)
East Timor 1,062,777 note: other estimates range as low as 800,000 (July 2006 est.)
Ecuador13,547,510 (July 2006 est.)
Egypt78,887,007 (July 2006 est.)
El Salvador6,822,378 (July 2006 est.)
Equatorial Guinea540,109 (July 2006 est.)
Eritrea4,786,994 (July 2006 est.)
Estonia1,324,333 (July 2006 est.)
Ethiopia74,777,981note: 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 (July2006 est.)
Europa Islandno indigenous inhabitantsnote: there is a small French military garrison and a fewmeteorologists; visited by scientists (July 2006 est.)
European Union486,642,177 (July 2006 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)2,967 (July 2006 est.)
Faroe Islands47,246 (July 2006 est.)
Fiji905,949 (July 2006 est.)
Finland5,231,372 (July 2006 est.)
Francetotal: 62,752,136note: 60,876,136 in metropolitan France (July 2006 est.)
French Polynesia274,578 (July 2006 est.)
French Southern and Antarctic Landsno indigenous inhabitantsnote: in 2002, there were 145 researchers whose numbers vary fromwinter (July) to summer (January) (July 2006 est.)
Gabon1,424,906note: 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 (July2006 est.)
Gambia, The1,641,564 (July 2006 est.)
Gaza Strip1,428,757 (July 2006 est.)
Georgia4,661,473 (July 2006 est.)
Germany82,422,299 (July 2006 est.)
Ghana22,409,572note: 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 (July2006 est.)
Gibraltar27,928 (July 2006 est.)
Glorioso Islandsno indigenous inhabitantsnote: there is a small French military garrison along with a fewmeteorologists; visited by scientists (July 2006 est.)
Greece10,688,058 (July 2006 est.)
Greenland56,361 (July 2006 est.)
Grenada89,703 (July 2006 est.)
Guam171,019 (July 2006 est.)
Guatemala12,293,545 (July 2006 est.)
Guernsey65,409 (July 2006 est.)
Guinea9,690,222 (July 2006 est.)
Guinea-Bissau1,442,029 (July 2006 est.)
Guyana767,245note: 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 (July2006 est.)
Haiti8,308,504note: 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 (July2006 est.)
Heard Island and McDonald Islandsuninhabited (July 2006 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City)932 (July 2006 est.)
Honduras7,326,496note: 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 (July2006 est.)
Hong Kong6,940,432 (July 2006 est.)
Howland Islanduninhabitednote: American civilians evacuated in 1942 after Japanese air andnaval attacks during World War II; occupied by US military duringWorld War II, but abandoned after the war; public entry is byspecial-use permit from US Fish and Wildlife Service only andgenerally restricted to scientists and educators; visited annuallyby US Fish and Wildlife Service (July 2006 est.)
Hungary9,981,334 (July 2006 est.)
Iceland299,388 (July 2006 est.)
Iles EparsesBassas da India: uninhabitableEuropa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island: a small Frenchmilitary garrison and a few meteorologists on each possession;visited by scientistsTromelin Island: uninhabited, except for visits by scientists
India1,095,351,995 (July 2006 est.)
Indonesia245,452,739 (July 2006 est.)
Iran68,688,433 (July 2006 est.)
Iraq26,783,383 (July 2006 est.)
Ireland4,062,235 (July 2006 est.)
Isle of Man75,441 (July 2006 est.)
Israel6,352,117note: includes about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank,about 20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and fewer than177,000 in East Jerusalem (July 2006 est.)
Italy58,133,509 (July 2006 est.)
Jamaica2,758,124 (July 2006 est.)
Jan Mayenno indigenous inhabitantsnote: personnel operate the Long Range Navigation (Loran-C) base andthe weather and coastal services radio station (July 2006 est.)
Japan127,463,611 (July 2006 est.)
Jarvis Islanduninhabitednote: Millersville settlement on western side of island occasionallyused as a weather station from 1935 until World War II, when it wasabandoned; reoccupied in 1957 during the International GeophysicalYear by scientists who left in 1958; public entry is by special-usepermit from US Fish and Wildlife Service only and generallyrestricted to scientists and educators; visited annually by US Fishand Wildlife Service (July 2006 est.)
Jersey91,084 (July 2006 est.)
Johnston Atolluninhabitednote: in previous years, there was an average of 1,100 US militaryand civilian contractor personnel present; as of September 2001,population had decreased significantly when US Army ChemicalActivity Pacific (USACAP) departed; as of May 2005 all US governmentpersonnel had left the island (July 2006 est.)
Jordan5,906,760 (July 2006 est.)
Juan de Nova Island no indigenous inhabitants note: there is a small French military garrison along with a few meteorologists; occasionally visited by scientists (July 2006 est.)
Kazakhstan15,233,244 (July 2006 est.)
Kenya34,707,817note: 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 (July2006 est.)
Kingman Reefuninhabited (July 2006 est.)
Kiribati105,432 (July 2006 est.)
Korea, North23,113,019 (July 2006 est.)
Korea, South48,846,823 (July 2006 est.)
Kuwait 2,418,393 note: includes 1,291,354 non-nationals (July 2006 est.)
Kyrgyzstan5,213,898 (July 2006 est.)
Laos6,368,481 (July 2006 est.)
Latvia2,274,735 (July 2006 est.)
Lebanon3,874,050 (July 2006 est.)
Lesotho2,022,331note: 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 (July2006 est.)
Liberia3,042,004 (July 2006 est.)
Libya 5,900,754 note: includes 166,510 non-nationals (July 2006 est.)
Liechtenstein33,987 (July 2006 est.)
Lithuania3,585,906 (July 2006 est.)
Luxembourg474,413 (July 2006 est.)
Macau453,125 (July 2006 est.)
Macedonia2,050,554 (July 2006 est.)
Madagascar18,595,469 (July 2006 est.)
Malawi13,013,926note: 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 (July2006 est.)
Malaysia24,385,858 (July 2006 est.)
Maldives359,008 (July 2006 est.)
Mali11,716,829 (July 2006 est.)
Malta400,214 (July 2006 est.)
Marshall Islands60,422 (July 2006 est.)
Mauritania3,177,388 (July 2006 est.)
Mauritius1,240,827 (July 2006 est.)
Mayotte201,234 (July 2006 est.)
Mexico107,449,525 (July 2006 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of108,004 (July 2006 est.)
Midway Islandsno indigenous inhabitants; approximately 40 peoplemake up the staff of US Fish and Wildlife Service and their servicescontractor living at the atoll (July 2006 est.)
Moldova4,466,706 (July 2006 est.)
Monaco32,543 (July 2006 est.)
Mongolia2,832,224 (July 2006 est.)
Montenegro630,548 (2004)
Montserrat9,439note: an estimated 8,000 refugees left the island following theresumption of volcanic activity in July 1995; some have returned(July 2006 est.)
Morocco33,241,259 (July 2006 est.)
Mozambique19,686,505note: 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; the 1997Mozambican census reported a population of 16,099,246 (July 2006est.)
Namibia2,044,147note: 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 (July2006 est.)
Nauru13,287 (July 2006 est.)
Navassa Islanduninhabitednote: transient Haitian fishermen and others camp on the island(July 2006 est.)
Nepal28,287,147 (July 2006 est.)
Netherlands16,491,461 (July 2006 est.)
Netherlands Antilles221,736 (July 2006 est.)
New Caledonia219,246 (July 2006 est.)
New Zealand4,076,140 (July 2006 est.)
Nicaragua5,570,129 (July 2006 est.)
Niger12,525,094 (July 2006 est.)
Nigeria131,859,731note: 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 (July2006 est.)
Niue2,166 (July 2006 est.)
Norfolk Island1,828 (July 2006 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands82,459 (July 2006 est.)
Norway4,610,820 (July 2006 est.)
Oman 3,102,229 note: includes 577,293 non-nationals (July 2006 est.)
Pakistan165,803,560 (July 2006 est.)
Palau20,579 (July 2006 est.)
Palmyra Atollno indigenous inhabitants; 4 to 20 Nature Conservancystaff, US Fish and Wildlife staff (July 2006 est.)
Panama3,191,319 (July 2006 est.)
Papua New Guinea5,670,544 (July 2006 est.)
Paracel Islands no indigenous inhabitants note: there are scattered Chinese garrisons
Paraguay6,506,464 (July 2006 est.)
Peru28,302,603 (July 2006 est.)
Philippines89,468,677 (July 2006 est.)
Pitcairn Islands45 (July 2006 est.)
Poland38,536,869 (July 2006 est.)
Portugal10,605,870 (July 2006 est.)
Puerto Rico3,927,188 (July 2006 est.)
Qatar885,359 (July 2006 est.)
Romania22,303,552 (July 2006 est.)
Russia142,893,540 (July 2006 est.)
Rwanda8,648,248note: 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 (July2006 est.)
Saint Helena7,502note: only Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha islands areinhabited (July 2006 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis39,129 (July 2006 est.)
Saint Lucia168,458 (July 2006 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon7,026 (July 2006 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines117,848 (July 2006 est.)
Samoa176,908 (July 2006 est.)
San Marino29,251 (July 2006 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe193,413 (July 2006 est.)
Saudi Arabia 27,019,731 note: includes 5,576,076 non-nationals (July 2006 est.)
Senegal11,987,121 (July 2006 est.)
Serbia9,396,411 (2002 census)
Seychelles81,541 (July 2006 est.)
Sierra Leone6,005,250 (July 2006 est.)
Singapore4,492,150 (July 2006 est.)
Slovakia5,439,448 (July 2006 est.)
Slovenia2,010,347 (July 2006 est.)
Solomon Islands552,438 (July 2006 est.)
Somalia8,863,338note: this estimate was derived from an official census taken in1975 by the Somali Government; population counting in Somalia iscomplicated by the large number of nomads and by refugee movementsin response to famine and clan warfare (July 2006 est.)
South Africa44,187,637note: 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 (July2006 est.)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islandsno indigenousinhabitantsnote: the small military garrison on South Georgia withdrew in March2001, to be replaced by a permanent group of scientists of theBritish Antarctic Survey, which also has a biological station onBird Island; the South Sandwich Islands are uninhabited (July 2006est.)
Spain40,397,842 (July 2006 est.)
Spratly Islandsno indigenous inhabitantsnote: there are scattered garrisons occupied by personnel of severalclaimant states (2004)
Sri Lanka20,222,240note: since the outbreak of hostilities between the government andarmed Tamil separatists in the mid-1980s, several hundred thousandTamil civilians have fled the island and more than 200,000 Tamilshave sought refuge in the West (July 2006 est.)
Sudan41,236,378 (July 2006 est.)
Suriname439,117 (July 2006 est.)
Svalbard2,701 (July 2006 est.)
Swaziland1,136,334note: 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 (July2006 est.)
Sweden9,016,596 (July 2006 est.)
Switzerland7,523,934 (July 2006 est.)
Syria18,881,361note: in addition, about 40,000 people live in the Israeli-occupiedGolan Heights - 20,000 Arabs (18,000 Druze and 2,000 Alawites) andabout 20,000 Israeli settlers (July 2006 est.)
Taiwan23,036,087 (July 2006 est.)
Tajikistan7,320,815 (July 2006 est.)
Tanzania37,445,392note: 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 (July2006 est.)
Thailand64,631,595note: 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 (July2006 est.)
Togo5,548,702note: 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 (July2006 est.)
Tokelau1,392 (July 2006 est.)
Tonga114,689 (July 2006 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago1,065,842 (July 2006 est.)
Tromelin Islanduninhabited, except for visits by scientists (July2006 est.)
Tunisia10,175,014 (July 2006 est.)
Turkey70,413,958 (July 2006 est.)
Turkmenistan5,042,920 (July 2006 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands21,152 (July 2006 est.)
Tuvalu11,810 (July 2006 est.)
Uganda28,195,754note: 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 (July2006 est.)
Ukraine46,710,816 (July 2006 est.)
United Arab Emirates2,602,713 (July 2006 est.)
United Kingdom60,609,153 (July 2006 est.)
United States298,444,215 (July 2006 est.)
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refugesno indigenousinhabitantsnote: public entry is by special-use permit from US Fish andWildlife Service only and generally restricted to scientists andeducators; visited annually by US Fish and Wildlife ServiceJohnston Atoll: in previous years, an average of 1,100 US militaryand civilian contractor personnel were present; as of May 2005 allUS government personnel had left the islandMidway Islands: approximately 40 people make up the staff of US Fishand Wildlife Service and their services contractor living at theatollPalmyra Atoll: four to 20 Nature Conservancy and US Fish andWildlife staff
Uruguay3,431,932 (July 2006 est.)
Uzbekistan27,307,134 (July 2006 est.)
Vanuatu208,869 (July 2006 est.)
Venezuela25,730,435 (July 2006 est.)
Vietnam84,402,966 (July 2006 est.)
Virgin Islands108,605 (July 2006 est.)
Wake Islandno indigenous inhabitantsnote: since super typhoon IOKE, a small military contingent alongwith 75 contractor personnel have returned to the island to conductclean-up and restore basic operations on the island (July 2006 est.)
Wallis and Futuna16,025 (July 2006 est.)
West Bank2,460,492note: in addition, there are about 187,000 Israeli settlers in theWest Bank and fewer than 177,000 in East Jerusalem (July 2004 est.)
Western Sahara273,008 (July 2006 est.)
World6,525,170,264 (July 2006 est.)
Yemen21,456,188 (July 2006 est.)
Zambia11,502,010note: 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 (July2006 est.)
Zimbabwe12,236,805note: 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 (July2006 est.)
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AfghanistanKheyrabad, Shir Khan
AlbaniaDurres, Sarande, Shengjin, Vlore
AlgeriaAlgiers, Annaba, Arzew, Bejaia, Djendjene, Jijel,Mostaganem, Oran, Skikda
American SamoaPago Pago
AngolaCabinda, Luanda, Soyo
AnguillaBlowing Point, Road Bay
Antarcticathere are no developed ports and harbors in Antarctica;most coastal stations have offshore anchorages, and supplies aretransferred from ship to shore by small boats, barges, andhelicopters; a few stations have a basic wharf facility; US coastalstations include McMurdo (77 51 S, 166 40 E), and Palmer (64 43 S,64 03 W); government use only except by permit (see Permit Officeunder "Legal System"); all ships at port are subject to inspectionin accordance with Article 7, Antarctic Treaty; offshore anchorageis sparse and intermittent; relevant legal instruments andauthorization procedures adopted by the states parties to theAntarctic Treaty regulating access to the Antarctic Treaty area, toall areas between 60 and 90 degrees of latitude south, have to becomplied with (see "Legal System"); The Hydrographic Committee onAntarctica (HCA), a special hydrographic commission of InternationalHydrographic Organization (IHO), is responsible for hydrographicsurveying and nautical charting matters in Antarctic Treaty area; itcoordinates and facilitates provision of accurate and appropriatecharts and other aids to navigation in support of safety ofnavigation in region; membership of HCA is open to any IHO MemberState whose government has acceded to the Antarctic Treaty and whichcontributes resources and/or data to IHO Chart coverage of the area;members of HCA are Argentina, Australia, Chile, China, France,Germany, Greece, India, Italy, NZ, Norway, Russia, South Africa,Spain, and the UK (2005)
Antigua and BarbudaSaint John's
Arctic OceanChurchill (Canada), Murmansk (Russia), Prudhoe Bay (US)
ArgentinaBahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Concepcion del Uruguay, LaPlata, Punta Colorada, Rosario, San Lorenzo-San Martin, San Nicolas
ArubaBarcadera, Oranjestad, Sint Nicolaas
Ashmore and Cartier Islandsnone; offshore anchorage only
Atlantic OceanAlexandria (Egypt), Algiers (Algeria), Antwerp(Belgium), Barcelona (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Casablanca(Morocco), Colon (Panama), Copenhagen (Denmark), Dakar (Senegal),Gdansk (Poland), Hamburg (Germany), Helsinki (Finland), Las Palmas(Canary Islands, Spain), Le Havre (France), Lisbon (Portugal),London (UK), Marseille (France), Montevideo (Uruguay), Montreal(Canada), Naples (Italy), New Orleans (US), New York (US), Oran(Algeria), Oslo (Norway), Peiraiefs or Piraeus (Greece), Rio deJaneiro (Brazil), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Saint Petersburg(Russia), Stockholm (Sweden)
AustraliaBrisbane, Dampier, Fremantle, Gladstone, Hay Point,Melbourne, Newcastle, Port Hedland, Port Kembla, Port Walcott, Sydney
AustriaEnns, Krems, Linz, Vienna
AzerbaijanBaku (Baki)
Bahamas, TheFreeport, Nassau, South Riding Point
BahrainMina' Salman, Sitrah
Baker Islandnone; offshore anchorage only; note - there is onesmall boat landing area along the middle of the west coast
BangladeshChittagong, Mongla Port
BarbadosBridgetown
Bassas da Indianone; offshore anchorage only
BelarusMazyr
BelgiumAntwerp, Brussels, Gent, Liege, Oostende, Zeebrugge
BelizeBelize City
BeninCotonou
BermudaHamilton, Saint George
BoliviaPuerto Aguirre (on the Paraguay/Parana waterway, at theBolivia/Brazil border); also, Bolivia has free port privileges inmaritime ports in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosanska Gradiska, Bosanski Brod, BosanskiSamac, and Brcko (all inland waterway ports on the Sava), Orasje
Bouvet Islandnone; offshore anchorage only
BrazilGebig, Itaqui, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande, San Sebasttiao,Santos, Sepetiba Terminal, Tubarao, Vitoria
British Indian Ocean TerritoryDiego Garcia
British Virgin IslandsRoad Town
BruneiLumut, Muara, Seria
BulgariaBurgas, Varna
BurmaMoulmein, Rangoon, Sittwe
BurundiBujumbura
CambodiaPhnom Penh, Preah Seihanu (Sihanoukville)
CameroonDouala, Limboh Terminal
CanadaFraser River Port, Halifax, Montreal, Port Cartier, Quebec,Saint John's (Newfoundland), Sept Isles, Vancouver
Cape VerdeMindelo, Praia, Tarrafal
Cayman IslandsCayman Brac, George Town
Central African RepublicBangui, Nola, Salo, Nzinga
ChileAntofagasta, Arica, Huasco, Iquique, Lirquen, San Antonio, SanVicente, Valparaiso
ChinaDalian, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao,Shanghai
Christmas IslandFlying Fish Cove
Clipperton Islandnone; offshore anchorage only
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsPort Refuge
ColombiaBarranquilla, Buenaventura, Cartagena, Muelles El Bosque,Puerto Bolivar, Santa Marta, Turbo
ComorosMayotte, Moutsamoudou
Congo, Democratic Republic of theBanana, Boma, Bukavu, Bumba, Goma,Kalemie, Kindu, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Matadi, Mbandaka
Congo, Republic of theBrazzaville, Djeno, Impfondo, Ouesso, Oyo,Pointe-Noire
Cook IslandsAvatiu
Coral Sea Islandsnone; offshore anchorage only
Costa RicaCaldera, Puerto Limon
Cote d'IvoireAbidjan, Aboisso, Dabou, San-Pedro
CroatiaOmisalj, Ploce, Rijeka, Sibenik, Vukovar (on Danube)
CubaCienfuegos, Havana, Matanzas
CyprusFamagusta, Kyrenia, Larnaca, Limassol, Vasilikos
Czech RepublicDecin, Prague, Usti nad Labem
DenmarkAalborg, Aarhus, Asnaesvaerkets, Copenhagen, Elsinore,Ensted, Esbjerg, Fredericia, Frederikshavn, Kalundborg, Odense,Roenne
DjiboutiDjibouti
DominicaPortsmouth, Roseau
Dominican RepublicBoca Chica, Puerto Plata, Rio Haina, Santo Domingo
East TimorDili
EcuadorEsmeraldas, Guayaquil, La Libertad, Manta, Puerto Bolivar
EgyptAlexandria, Damietta, El Dekheila, Port Said, Suez, Zeit
El SalvadorAcajutla, Puerto Cutuco
Equatorial GuineaMalabo
EritreaAssab, Massawa
EstoniaKopli, Kuivastu, Muuga, Tallinn, Virtsu
EthiopiaEthiopia is landlocked and uses the port of Djibouti
Europa Islandnone; offshore anchorage only
European UnionAntwerp (Belgium), Barcelona (Spain), Braila(Romania), Bremen (Germany), Burgas (Bulgaria), Constanta (Romania),Copenhagen (Denmark), Galati (Romania), Gdansk (Poland), Hamburg(Germany), Helsinki (Finland), Las Palmas (Canary Islands, Spain),Le Havre (France), Lisbon (Portugal), London (UK), Marseille(France), Naples (Italy), Peiraiefs or Piraeus (Greece), Riga(Latvia), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Stockholm (Sweden), Talinn(Estonia), Tulcea (Romania), Varna (Bulgaria)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)Stanley
Faroe IslandsTorshavn
FijiLambasa, Lautoka, Suva
FinlandHamina, Hanko, Helsinki, Kotka, Naantali, Pori, Porvoo,Raahe, Rauma, Turku
FranceBasse-Terre (Guadeloupe), Bordeaux, Calais, Degrad de Cannes(French Guiana), Dunkerque, Fort-de-France (Martinique), Gustavia(Guadeloupe), La Pallice, La Trinite (Martinique), Le Havre, Le Port(Reunion), Marin (Martinique), Marseille, Nantes, Paris,Pointe-a-Pitre (Guadeloupe), Rouen, Strasbourg
French PolynesiaPapeete
French Southern and Antarctic Landsnone; offshore anchorage only
GabonGamba, Libreville, Lucinda, Owendo, Port-Gentil
Gambia, TheBanjul
Gaza StripGaza
GeorgiaBat'umi, P'ot'i
GermanyBremen, Bremerhaven, Brunsbuttel, Duisburg, Frankfurt,Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Mainz, Rostock, Wilhemshaven
GhanaTakoradi, Tema
GibraltarGibraltar
Glorioso Islandsnone; offshore anchorage only
GreeceAgioitheodoroi, Aspropyrgos, Irakleion, Pachi, Piraeus,Thessaloniki
GreenlandSisimiut
GrenadaSaint George's
GuamApra Harbor
GuatemalaPuerto Quetzal, Santo Tomas de Castilla
GuernseySaint Peter Port, Saint Sampson
GuineaKamsar
Guinea-BissauBissau, Buba, Cacheu, Farim
GuyanaGeorgetown
HaitiCap-Haitien
Heard Island and McDonald Islandsnone; offshore anchorage only
HondurasPuerto Castilla, Puerto Cortes, San Lorenzo, Tela
Hong KongHong Kong
Howland Islandnone; offshore anchorage only; note - there is onesmall boat landing area along the middle of the west coast
HungaryBudapest, Dunaujvaros, Gyor-Gonyu, Csepel, Baja, Mohacs(2003)
IcelandGrundartangi, Hafnarfjordur, Hornafjordhur, Reykjavik,Seydhisfjordhur
Iles Eparsesnone; offshore anchorage only
IndiaChennai, Haldia, Jawaharal Nehru, Kandla, Kolkata (Calcutta),Mumbai (Bombay), New Mangalore, Vishakhapatnam
Indian OceanChennai (Madras; India), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Durban(South Africa), Jakarta (Indonesia), Kolkata (Calcutta; India)Melbourne (Australia), Mumbai (Bombay; India), Richards Bay (SouthAfrica)
IndonesiaBanjarmasin, Belawan, Ciwandan, Krueg Geukueh, Palembang,Panjang, Sungai Pakning, Tanjung Perak, Tanjung Priok
IranAssaluyeh, Bushehr
IraqAl Basrah, Khawr az Zubayr, Umm Qasr
IrelandCork, Dublin, New Ross, Shannon Foynes, Waterford
Isle of ManCastletown, Douglas, Ramsey
IsraelAshdod, Elat (Eilat), Hadera, Haifa
ItalyAugusta, Genoa, Livorno, Melilli Oil Terminal, Ravenna,Taranto, Trieste, Venice
JamaicaKingston, Port Esquivel, Port Kaiser, Port Rhoades, RockyPoint
Jan Mayennone; offshore anchorage only
JapanChiba, Kawasaki, Kiire, Kisarazu, Kobe, Mizushima, Nagoya,Osaka, Tokyo, Yohohama
Jarvis Islandnone; offshore anchorage only; note - there is onesmall boat landing area in the middle of the west coast and anothernear the southwest corner of the island
JerseyGorey, Saint Aubin, Saint Helier
Johnston AtollJohnston Island
JordanAl 'Aqabah
Juan de Nova Islandnone; offshore anchorage only
KazakhstanAqtau (Shevchenko), Atyrau (Gur'yev), Oskemen(Ust-Kamenogorsk), Pavlodar, Semey (Semipalatinsk)
KenyaMombasa
Kingman Reefnone; offshore anchorage only
KiribatiBetio
Korea, NorthCh'ongjin, Haeju, Hungnam (Hamhung), Kimch'aek, Kosong,Najin, Namp'o, Sinuiju, Songnim, Sonbong (formerly Unggi), Ungsang,Wonsan
Korea, SouthInch'on, Masan, P'ohang, Pusan, Ulsan
KuwaitAsh Shu'aybah, Ash Shuwaykh, Az Zawr (Mina' Sa'ud), Mina''Abd Allah, Mina' al Ahmadi
KyrgyzstanBalykchy (Ysyk-Kol or Rybach'ye)
LatviaRiga, Ventspils
LebanonBeirut, Chekka, Jounie, Tripoli
LiberiaBuchanan, Monrovia
LibyaAs Sidrah, Az Zuwaytinah, Marsa al Burayqah, Ra's Lanuf,Tripoli, Zawiyah
Liechtensteinnone
LithuaniaKlaipeda
LuxembourgMertert
MacauMacau
MadagascarAntsiranana, Mahajanga, Toamasina, Toliara
MalawiChipoka, Monkey Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Chilumba
MalaysiaBintulu, Johor, Labuan, Lahad Datu, Lumut, Miri, GeorgeTown (Penang), Port Kelang, Tanjung Pelepas
MaldivesMale
MaliKoulikoro
MaltaMarsaxlokk, Valletta
Marshall IslandsMajuro
MauritaniaNouadhibou, Nouakchott
MauritiusPort Louis
MayotteDzaoudzi
MexicoAltamira, Manzanillo, Morro Redondo, Salina Cruz, Tampico,Topolobampo, Veracruz
Micronesia, Federated States ofTomil Harbor
Midway IslandsSand Island
MonacoMonaco
MontenegroBar
MontserratPlymouth
MoroccoAgadir, Casablanca, Mohammedia, Nador, Safi, Tangier
MozambiqueBeira, Maputo, Nacala
NamibiaLuderitz, Walvis Bay
NauruNauru
Navassa Islandnone; offshore anchorage only
NetherlandsAmsterdam, Groningen, IJmuiden, Rotterdam, Terneuzen,Vlissingen, Zaanstad
Netherlands AntillesBopec Terminal, Fuik Bay, Kralendijk, Willemstad
New CaledoniaNoumea
New ZealandAuckland, Lyttelton, Tauranga, Wellington, Whangarei
NicaraguaBluefields, Corinto, El Bluff
Nigernone
NigeriaBonny Inshore Terminal, Calabar, Lagos, Port Harcourt
Niuenone; offshore anchorage only
Norfolk Islandnone; loading jetties at Kingston and Cascade
Northern Mariana IslandsSaipan, Tinian
NorwayBorg Havn, Bergen, Mo i Rana, Molde, Mongstad, Narvik, Oslo,Sture
OmanMina' Qabus, Salalah
Pacific OceanBangkok (Thailand), Hong Kong (China), Kao-hsiung(Taiwan), Los Angeles (US), Manila (Philippines), Pusan (SouthKorea), San Francisco (US), Seattle (US), Shanghai (China),Singapore, Sydney (Australia), Vladivostok (Russia), Wellington(NZ), Yokohama (Japan)
PakistanKarachi, Port Muhammad Bin Qasim
PalauKoror
Palmyra AtollWest Lagoon
PanamaBalboa, Colon, Cristobal
Papua New GuineaKimbe, Lae, Rabaul
Paracel Islandssmall Chinese port facilities on Woody Island andDuncan Island being expanded
ParaguayAsuncion, Villeta, San Antonio, Encarnacion
PeruCallao, Iquitos, Matarani, Pucallpa, Yurimaguas; note -Iquitos, Pucallpa, and Yurimaguas are on the upper reaches of theAmazon and its tributaries
PhilippinesCagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iligan, Iloilo, Manila,Surigao
Pitcairn IslandsAdamstown (on Bounty Bay)
PolandGdansk, Gdynia, Swinoujscie, Szczecin
PortugalLeixoes, Lisbon, Setubal, Sines
Puerto RicoLas Mareas, Mayaguez, San Juan
QatarDoha
RomaniaBraila, Constanta, Galati, Tulcea
RussiaAnapa, Kaliningrad, Murmansk, Nakhodka, Novorossiysk,Rostov-na-Donu, Saint Petersburg, Taganrog, Vanino, Vostochnyy
RwandaCyangugu, Gisenyi, Kibuye
Saint HelenaSaint Helena: JamestownAscension Island: GeorgetownTristan da Cunha: Calshot Harbor
Saint Kitts and NevisBasseterre, Charlestown
Saint LuciaCastries, Cul-de-Sac, Vieux-Fort
Saint Pierre and MiquelonSaint-Pierre
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesKingstown
SamoaApia
Sao Tome and PrincipeSao Tome
Saudi ArabiaAd Dammam, Al Jubayl, Jiddah, Yanbu' al Sinaiyah
SenegalDakar
SeychellesVictoria
Sierra LeoneFreetown, Pepel, Sherbro Islands
SingaporeSingapore
SlovakiaBratislava, Komarno
SloveniaKoper
Solomon IslandsHoniara, Malloco Bay, Shortland Harbor, Viru Harbor,Yandina
SomaliaBoosaaso, Berbera, Kismaayo, Merca, Mogadishu
South AfricaCape Town, Durban, East London, Port Elizabeth,Richards Bay, Saldanha Bay
South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsGrytviken
Southern OceanMcMurdo, Palmer, and offshore anchorages in Antarcticanote: few ports or harbors exist on southern side of Southern Ocean;ice conditions limit use of most to short periods in midsummer; eventhen some cannot be entered without icebreaker escort; mostAntarctic ports are operated by government research stations and,except in an emergency, are not open to commercial or privatevessels; vessels in any port south of 60 degrees south are subjectto inspection by Antarctic Treaty observers (see Article 7); TheHydrographic Committee on Antarctica (HCA), a special hydrographiccommission of International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), isresponsible for hydrographic surveying and nautical charting mattersin Antarctic Treaty area; it coordinates and facilitates provisionof accurate and appropriate charts and other aids to navigation insupport of safety of navigation in region; membership of HCA is opento any IHO Member State whose government has acceded to theAntarctic Treaty and which contributes resources and/or data to IHOChart coverage of the area; members of HCA are Argentina, Australia,Chile, China, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, NZ, Norway,Russia, South Africa, Spain, and the UK (2005)
SpainAlgeciras, Barcelona, Cartagena, Gijon, Huelva, La Coruna,Tarragona, Valencia
Spratly Islandsnone; offshore anchorage only
Sri LankaColombo, Galle
SudanPort Sudan
SurinameParamaribo
SvalbardBarentsburg, Longyearbyen, Ny-Alesund, Pyramiden
SwedenGoteborg, Helsingborg, Karlshamn, Lulea, Malmo, Oxelosund,Stenungsund, Stockholm, Trelleborg
SwitzerlandBasel
SyriaBaniyas, Latakia
TaiwanChi-lung (Keelung), Hua-lien, Kao-hsiung, Su-ao, T'ai-chung
TanzaniaDar es Salaam, Mtwara, Zanzibar City
ThailandBangkok, Laem Chabang, Prachuap Port, Si Racha
TogoKpeme, Lome
Tokelaunone; offshore anchorage only
TongaNuku'alofa
Trinidad and TobagoPointe-a-Pierre, Point Lisas, Port-of-Spain
Tromelin Islandnone; offshore anchorage only
TunisiaBizerte, Gabes, La Goulette, Skhira
TurkeyAliaga, Ambarli, Eregli, Haydarpasa, Istanbul, Izmir, Kocaeli(Izmit), Toros
TurkmenistanTurkmenbasy
Turks and Caicos IslandsGrand Turk, Providenciales
TuvaluFunafuti
UgandaEntebbe, Jinja, Port Bell
UkraineFeodosiya, Kerch, Kherson, Mariupol', Mykolayiv, Odesa,Reni, Yuzhnyy
United Arab EmiratesAl Fujayrah, Khawr Fakkan, Mina' Jabal 'Ali,Mina' Rashid, Mina' Saqr, Mina' Zayid, Sharjan
United KingdomHound Point, Immingham, Milford Haven, Liverpool,London, Southampton, Sullom Voe, Teesport
United StatesCorpus Christi, Duluth, Hampton Roads, Houston, LongBeach, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Tampa,Texas Citynote: 13 ports north of New Orleans (South Louisiana Ports) on theMississippi River handle 290,000,000 tons of cargo annually
United States Pacific Island Wildlife RefugesBaker, Howland, andJarvis Islands, and Kingman Reef: none; offshore anchorage onlyJohnston Atoll: Johnston IslandMidway Islands: Sand IslandPalmyra Atoll: West Lagoon
UruguayMontevideo, Nueva Palmira, Fray Bentos, Colonia, Juan Lacaze
UzbekistanTermiz (Amu Darya)
VanuatuForari, Port-Vila, Santo (Espiritu Santo)
VenezuelaAmuay, La Guaira, Maracaibo, Puerto Cabello, Punta Cardon
VietnamHai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City
Virgin IslandsCharlotte Amalie, Limetree Bay
Wake Islandnone; two offshore anchorages for large ships
Wallis and FutunaLeava, Mata-Utu
Western SaharaAd Dakhla, Cabo Bojador, Laayoune (El Aaiun)
YemenAden, Nishtun
ZambiaMpulungu
ZimbabweBinga, Kariba
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@2121 Railways (km)
Albania total: 447 km standard gauge: 447 km 1.435-m gauge (2005)
Algeriatotal: 3,973 kmstandard gauge: 2,888 km 1.435-m gauge (283 km electrified)narrow gauge: 1,085 km 1.055-m gauge (2005)
Angolatotal: 2,761 kmnarrow gauge: 2,638 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2005)
Argentinatotal: 31,902 kmbroad gauge: 20,858 km 1.676-m gauge (141 km electrified)standard gauge: 2,885 km 1.435-m gauge (26 km electrified)narrow gauge: 7,922 km 1.000-m gauge; 237 km 0.750-m gauge (2005)
Armeniatotal: 845 kmbroad gauge: 845 km 1.520-m gauge (828 km electrified)note: some lines are out of service (2005)
Australiatotal: 47,738 kmbroad gauge: 4,015 km 1.600-m gaugestandard gauge: 28,662 km 1.435-m gauge (1,397 km electrified)narrow gauge: 14,831 km 1.067-m gauge (2,462 km electrified)dual gauge: 230 km dual gauge (2005)
Austriatotal: 6,011 kmstandard gauge: 5,568 km 1.435-m gauge (3,427 km electrified)narrow gauge: 21 km 1.000-m gauge; 422 km 0.760-m gauge (109 kmelectrified) (2005)
Azerbaijantotal: 2,957 kmbroad gauge: 2,957 km 1.520-m gauge (1,278 km electrified) (2005)
Bangladeshtotal: 2,768 kmbroad gauge: 946 km 1.676-m gaugenarrow gauge: 1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (2005)
Belarustotal: 5,512 kmbroad gauge: 5,497 km 1.520-m gauge (874 km electrified)standard gauge: 15 km 1.435 m (2005)
Belgiumtotal: 3,521 kmstandard gauge: 3,521 km 1.435-m gauge (2,927 km electrified) (2005)
Benintotal: 578 kmnarrow gauge: 578 km 1.000-m gauge (2005)
Boliviatotal: 3,519 kmnarrow gauge: 3,519 km 1.000-m gauge (2005)
Bosnia and Herzegovinatotal: 608 km (777 km electrified)standard gauge: 608 km 1.435-m gauge (2005)
Botswanatotal: 888 kmnarrow gauge: 888 km 1.067-m gauge (2005)
Braziltotal: 29,252 kmbroad gauge: 4,877 km 1.600-m gauge (939 km electrified)standard gauge: 194 km 1.440-m gaugenarrow gauge: 23,785 km 1.000-m gauge (581 km electrified)dual gauge: 396 km 1.000 m and 1.600-m gauges (three rails) (78 kmelectrified) (2005)
Bulgariatotal: 4,294 kmstandard gauge: 4,049 km 1.435-m gauge (2,710 km electrified)narrow gauge: 245 km 0.760-m gauge (2005)
Burkina Fasototal: 622 kmnarrow gauge: 622 km 1.000-m gaugenote:: another 660 km of this railway extends into Cote D'Ivoire(2005)
Burmatotal: 3,955 kmnarrow gauge: 3,955 km 1.000-m gauge (2005)
Cambodiatotal: 602 kmnarrow gauge: 602 km 1.000-m gauge (2005)
Cameroontotal: 987 kmnarrow gauge: 987 km 1.000-m gauge (2005)
Canadatotal: 48,467 kmstandard gauge: 48,467 km 1.435-m gauge (2005)
Chiletotal: 6,585 kmbroad gauge: 2,831 km 1.676-m gauge (1,317 km electrified)narrow gauge: 3,754 km 1.000-m gauge (2005)
Chinatotal: 74,408 kmstandard gauge: 74,408 km 1.435-m gauge (19,303 km electrified)(2004)
Colombiatotal: 3,304 kmstandard gauge: 150 km 1.435-m gaugenarrow gauge: 3,154 km 0.914-m gauge (2005)
Congo, Democratic Republic of thetotal: 5,138 kmnarrow gauge: 3,987 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified); 125 km1.000-m gauge; 1,026 km 0.600-m gauge (2005)
Congo, Republic of thetotal: 894 kmnarrow gauge: 894 km 1.067-m gauge (2005)
Costa Ricatotal: 278 kmnarrow gauge: 278 km 1.067-m gauge (2005)
Cote d'Ivoiretotal: 660 kmnarrow gauge: 660 km 1.000 meter gaugenote: an additional 622 km of this railroad extends into BurkinaFaso (2005)
Croatiatotal: 2,726 kmstandard gauge: 2,726 km 1.435-m gauge (1,199 km electrified) (2005)
Cubatotal: 4,226 kmstandard gauge: 4,226 km 1.435-m gauge (140 km electrified)note: an additional 7,742 km of track is used by sugar plantations;about 65% of this track is standard gauge; the rest is narrow gauge(2005)
Czech Republictotal: 9,572 kmstandard gauge: 9,473 km 1.435-m gauge (2,951 km electrified)narrow gauge: 99 km 0.760-m gauge (2005)