Irantotal: 5,440 kmborder countries: Afghanistan 936 km, Armenia 35 km,Azerbaijan-proper 432 km, Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave 179 km, Iraq1,458 km, Pakistan 909 km, Turkey 499 km, Turkmenistan 992 km
Iraqtotal: 3,650 kmborder countries: Iran 1,458 km, Jordan 181 km, Kuwait 240 km, SaudiArabia 814 km, Syria 605 km, Turkey 352 km
Ireland total: 360 km border countries: UK 360 km
Isle of Man0 km
Israeltotal: 1,017 kmborder countries: Egypt 266 km, Gaza Strip 51 km, Jordan 238 km,Lebanon 79 km, Syria 76 km, West Bank 307 km
Italytotal: 1,899.2 kmborder countries: Austria 430 km, France 488 km, Holy See (VaticanCity) 3.2 km, San Marino 39 km, Slovenia 199 km, Switzerland 740 km
Jamaica0 km
Jan Mayen0 km
Japan0 km
Jersey0 km
Jordantotal: 1,635 kmborder countries: Iraq 181 km, Israel 238 km, Saudi Arabia 744 km,Syria 375 km, West Bank 97 km
Kazakhstantotal: 12,185 kmborder countries: China 1,533 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,224 km, Russia 6,846km, Turkmenistan 379 km, Uzbekistan 2,203 km
Kenyatotal: 3,477 kmborder countries: Ethiopia 861 km, Somalia 682 km, Sudan 232 km,Tanzania 769 km, Uganda 933 km
Kiribati0 km
Korea, Northtotal: 1,673 kmborder countries: China 1,416 km, South Korea 238 km, Russia 19 km
Korea, Southtotal: 238 kmborder countries: North Korea 238 km
Kosovototal: 702 kmborder countries: Albania 112 km, Macedonia 159 km, Montenegro 79km, Serbia 352 km
Kuwaittotal: 462 kmborder countries: Iraq 240 km, Saudi Arabia 222 km
Kyrgyzstantotal: 3,051 kmborder countries: China 858 km, Kazakhstan 1,224 km, Tajikistan 870km, Uzbekistan 1,099 km
Laostotal: 5,083 kmborder countries: Burma 235 km, Cambodia 541 km, China 423 km,Thailand 1,754 km, Vietnam 2,130 km
Latviatotal: 1,382 kmborder countries: Belarus 171 km, Estonia 343 km, Lithuania 576 km,Russia 292 km
Lebanontotal: 454 kmborder countries: Israel 79 km, Syria 375 km
Lesothototal: 909 kmborder countries: South Africa 909 km
Liberiatotal: 1,585 kmborder countries: Guinea 563 km, Cote d'Ivoire 716 km, Sierra Leone306 km
Libyatotal: 4,348 kmborder countries: Algeria 982 km, Chad 1,055 km, Egypt 1,115 km,Niger 354 km, Sudan 383 km, Tunisia 459 km
Liechtensteintotal: 76 kmborder countries: Austria 34.9 km, Switzerland 41.1 km
Lithuaniatotal: 1,574 kmborder countries: Belarus 680 km, Latvia 576 km, Poland 91 km,Russia (Kaliningrad) 227 km
Luxembourgtotal: 359 kmborder countries: Belgium 148 km, France 73 km, Germany 138 km
Macautotal: 0.34 kmregional border: China 0.34 km
Macedoniatotal: 766 kmborder countries: Albania 151 km, Bulgaria 148 km, Greece 246 km,Kosovo 159 km, Serbia 62 km
Madagascar0 km
Malawitotal: 2,881 kmborder countries: Mozambique 1,569 km, Tanzania 475 km, Zambia 837 km
Malaysiatotal: 2,669 kmborder countries: Brunei 381 km, Indonesia 1,782 km, Thailand 506 km
Maldives0 km
Malitotal: 7,243 kmborder countries: Algeria 1,376 km, Burkina Faso 1,000 km, Guinea858 km, Cote d'Ivoire 532 km, Mauritania 2,237 km, Niger 821 km,Senegal 419 km
Malta0 km
Marshall Islands0 km
Mauritaniatotal: 5,074 kmborder countries: Algeria 463 km, Mali 2,237 km, Senegal 813 km,Western Sahara 1,561 km
Mauritius0 km
Mayotte0 km
Mexico total: 4,353 km border countries: Belize 250 km, Guatemala 962 km, US 3,141 km
Micronesia, Federated States of 0 km
Moldovatotal: 1,390 kmborder countries: Romania 450 km, Ukraine 940 km
Monacototal: 4.4 kmborder countries: France 4.4 km
Mongoliatotal: 8,220 kmborder countries: China 4,677 km, Russia 3,543 km
Montenegrototal: 625 kmborder countries: Albania 172 km, Bosnia and Herzegovina 225 km,Croatia 25 km, Kosovo 79 km, Serbia 124 km
Montserrat0 km
Moroccototal: 2,017.9 kmborder countries: Algeria 1,559 km, Western Sahara 443 km, Spain(Ceuta) 6.3 km, Spain (Melilla) 9.6 km
Mozambiquetotal: 4,571 kmborder countries: Malawi 1,569 km, South Africa 491 km, Swaziland105 km, Tanzania 756 km, Zambia 419 km, Zimbabwe 1,231 km
Namibiatotal: 3,936 kmborder countries: Angola 1,376 km, Botswana 1,360 km, South Africa967 km, Zambia 233 km
Nauru0 km
Navassa Island0 km
Nepaltotal: 2,926 kmborder countries: China 1,236 km, India 1,690 km
Netherlandstotal: 1,027 kmborder countries: Belgium 450 km, Germany 577 km
Netherlands Antillestotal: 15 kmborder countries: Saint Martin 15 km
New Caledonia0 km
New Zealand0 km
Nicaraguatotal: 1,231 kmborder countries: Costa Rica 309 km, Honduras 922 km
Nigertotal: 5,697 kmborder countries: Algeria 956 km, Benin 266 km, Burkina Faso 628 km,Chad 1,175 km, Libya 354 km, Mali 821 km, Nigeria 1,497 km
Nigeriatotal: 4,047 kmborder countries: Benin 773 km, Cameroon 1,690 km, Chad 87 km, Niger1,497 km
Niue0 km
Norfolk Island0 km
Northern Mariana Islands0 km
Norwaytotal: 2,542 kmborder countries: Finland 727 km, Sweden 1,619 km, Russia 196 km
Omantotal: 1,374 kmborder countries: Saudi Arabia 676 km, UAE 410 km, Yemen 288 km
Pakistantotal: 6,774 kmborder countries: Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 523 km, India 2,912km, Iran 909 km
Palau0 km
Panamatotal: 555 kmborder countries: Colombia 225 km, Costa Rica 330 km
Papua New Guineatotal: 820 kmborder countries: Indonesia 820 km
Paracel Islands0 km
Paraguaytotal: 3,995 kmborder countries: Argentina 1,880 km, Bolivia 750 km, Brazil 1,365 km
Perutotal: 7,461 kmborder countries: Bolivia 1,075 km, Brazil 2,995 km, Chile 171 km,Colombia 1,800 km, Ecuador 1,420 km
Philippines0 km
Pitcairn Islands0 km
Polandtotal: 3,047 kmborder countries: Belarus 605 km, Czech Republic 615 km, Germany 456km, Lithuania 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) 432 km, Slovakia420 km, Ukraine 428 km
Portugal total: 1,214 km border countries: Spain 1,214 km
Puerto Rico 0 km
Qatar total: 60 km border countries: Saudi Arabia 60 km
Romaniatotal: 2,508 kmborder countries: Bulgaria 608 km, Hungary 443 km, Moldova 450 km,Serbia 476 km, Ukraine (north) 362 km, Ukraine (east) 169 km
Russiatotal: 20,241.5 kmborder countries: Azerbaijan 284 km, Belarus 959 km, China(southeast) 3,605 km, China (south) 40 km, Estonia 290 km, Finland1,313 km, Georgia 723 km, Kazakhstan 6,846 km, North Korea 17.5 km,Latvia 292 km, Lithuania (Kaliningrad Oblast) 227 km, Mongolia 3,441km, Norway 196 km, Poland (Kaliningrad Oblast) 432 km, Ukraine 1,576km
Rwandatotal: 893 kmborder countries: Burundi 290 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo217 km, Tanzania 217 km, Uganda 169 km
Saint Barthelemy0 km
Saint Helena0 km
Saint Kitts and Nevis0 km
Saint Lucia0 km
Saint Martin total: 15 km border countries: Netherlands Antilles (Sint Maarten) 15 km
Saint Pierre and Miquelon0 km
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0 km
Samoa0 km
San Marino total: 39 km border countries: Italy 39 km
Sao Tome and Principe0 km
Saudi Arabiatotal: 4,431 kmborder countries: Iraq 814 km, Jordan 744 km, Kuwait 222 km, Oman676 km, Qatar 60 km, UAE 457 km, Yemen 1,458 km
Senegaltotal: 2,640 kmborder countries: The Gambia 740 km, Guinea 330 km, Guinea-Bissau338 km, Mali 419 km, Mauritania 813 km
Serbiatotal: 2,026 kmborder countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina 302 km, Bulgaria 318 km,Croatia 241 km, Hungary 151 km, Kosovo 352 km, Macedonia 62 km,Montenegro 124 km, Romania 476 km
Seychelles0 km
Sierra Leone total: 958 km border countries: Guinea 652 km, Liberia 306 km
Singapore0 km
Slovakiatotal: 1,474 kmborder countries: Austria 91 km, Czech Republic 197 km, Hungary 676km, Poland 420 km, Ukraine 90 km
Sloveniatotal: 1,086 kmborder countries: Austria 330 km, Croatia 455 km, Hungary 102 km,Italy 199 km
Solomon Islands0 km
Somaliatotal: 2,340 kmborder countries: Djibouti 58 km, Ethiopia 1,600 km, Kenya 682 km
South Africatotal: 4,862 kmborder countries: Botswana 1,840 km, Lesotho 909 km, Mozambique 491km, Namibia 967 km, Swaziland 430 km, Zimbabwe 225 km
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands0 km
Spaintotal: 1,917.8 kmborder countries: Andorra 63.7 km, France 623 km, Gibraltar 1.2 km,Portugal 1,214 km, Morocco (Ceuta) 6.3 km, Morocco (Melilla) 9.6 km
Spratly Islands0 km
Sri Lanka0 km
Sudantotal: 7,687 kmborder countries: Central African Republic 1,165 km, Chad 1,360 km,Democratic Republic of the Congo 628 km, Egypt 1,273 km, Eritrea 605km, Ethiopia 1,606 km, Kenya 232 km, Libya 383 km, Uganda 435 km
Suriname total: 1,703 km border countries: Brazil 593 km, French Guiana 510 km, Guyana 600 km
Svalbard 0 km
Swazilandtotal: 535 kmborder countries: Mozambique 105 km, South Africa 430 km
Swedentotal: 2,233 kmborder countries: Finland 614 km, Norway 1,619 km
Switzerlandtotal: 1,852 kmborder countries: Austria 164 km, France 573 km, Italy 740 km,Liechtenstein 41 km, Germany 334 km
Syriatotal: 2,253 kmborder countries: Iraq 605 km, Israel 76 km, Jordan 375 km, Lebanon375 km, Turkey 822 km
Taiwan0 km
Tajikistantotal: 3,651 kmborder countries: Afghanistan 1,206 km, China 414 km, Kyrgyzstan 870km, Uzbekistan 1,161 km
Tanzaniatotal: 3,861 kmborder countries: Burundi 451 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo459 km, Kenya 769 km, Malawi 475 km, Mozambique 756 km, Rwanda 217km, Uganda 396 km, Zambia 338 km
Thailandtotal: 4,863 kmborder countries: Burma 1,800 km, Cambodia 803 km, Laos 1,754 km,Malaysia 506 km
Timor-Lestetotal: 228 kmborder countries: Indonesia 228 km
Togototal: 1,647 kmborder countries: Benin 644 km, Burkina Faso 126 km, Ghana 877 km
Tokelau0 km
Tonga0 km
Trinidad and Tobago0 km
Tunisiatotal: 1,424 kmborder countries: Algeria 965 km, Libya 459 km
Turkeytotal: 2,648 kmborder countries: Armenia 268 km, Azerbaijan 9 km, Bulgaria 240 km,Georgia 252 km, Greece 206 km, Iran 499 km, Iraq 352 km, Syria 822 km
Turkmenistantotal: 3,736 kmborder countries: Afghanistan 744 km, Iran 992 km, Kazakhstan 379km, Uzbekistan 1,621 km
Turks and Caicos Islands0 km
Tuvalu0 km
Ugandatotal: 2,698 kmborder countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 765 km, Kenya 933km, Rwanda 169 km, Sudan 435 km, Tanzania 396 km
Ukrainetotal: 4,566 kmborder countries: Belarus 891 km, Hungary 103 km, Moldova 940 km,Poland 428 km, Romania (south) 176 km, Romania (southwest) 362 km,Russia 1,576 km, Slovakia 90 km
United Arab Emiratestotal: 867 kmborder countries: Oman 410 km, Saudi Arabia 457 km
United Kingdomtotal: 360 kmborder countries: Ireland 360 km
United Statestotal: 12,034 kmborder countries: Canada 8,893 km (including 2,477 km with Alaska),Mexico 3,141 kmnote: US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is leased by the US andis part of Cuba; the base boundary is 28 km
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refugesnone
Uruguaytotal: 1,648 kmborder countries: Argentina 580 km, Brazil 1,068 km
Uzbekistantotal: 6,221 kmborder countries: Afghanistan 137 km, Kazakhstan 2,203 km,Kyrgyzstan 1,099 km, Tajikistan 1,161 km, Turkmenistan 1,621 km
Vanuatu0 km
Venezuelatotal: 4,993 kmborder countries: Brazil 2,200 km, Colombia 2,050 km, Guyana 743 km
Vietnamtotal: 4,639 kmborder countries: Cambodia 1,228 km, China 1,281 km, Laos 2,130 km
Virgin Islands0 km
Wake Island0 km
Wallis and Futuna0 km
West Banktotal: 404 kmborder countries: Israel 307 km, Jordan 97 km
Western Saharatotal: 2,046 kmborder countries: Algeria 42 km, Mauritania 1,561 km, Morocco 443 km
Worldthe land boundaries in the world total 251,060 km (notcounting shared boundaries twice); two nations, China and Russia,each border 14 other countriesnote: 45 nations and other areas are landlocked, these include:Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bhutan,Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic,Chad, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Holy See (Vatican City), Hungary,Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liechtenstein,Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal,Niger, Paraguay, Rwanda, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Swaziland,Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, WestBank, Zambia, Zimbabwe; two of these, Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan,are doubly landlocked
Yementotal: 1,746 kmborder countries: Oman 288 km, Saudi Arabia 1,458 km
Zambiatotal: 5,664 kmborder countries: Angola 1,110 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo1,930 km, Malawi 837 km, Mozambique 419 km, Namibia 233 km, Tanzania338 km, Zimbabwe 797 km
Zimbabwetotal: 3,066 kmborder countries: Botswana 813 km, Mozambique 1,231 km, South Africa225 km, Zambia 797 km
This page was last updated on 18 December 2008
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@2097 Land use (%)
Afghanistanarable land: 12.13%permanent crops: 0.21%other: 87.66% (2005)
Albaniaarable land: 20.1%permanent crops: 4.21%other: 75.69% (2005)
Algeriaarable land: 3.17%permanent crops: 0.28%other: 96.55% (2005)
American Samoaarable land: 10%permanent crops: 15%other: 75% (2005)
Andorraarable land: 2.13%permanent crops: 0%other: 97.87% (2005)
Angolaarable land: 2.65%permanent crops: 0.23%other: 97.12% (2005)
Anguillaarable land: 0%permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (mostly rock with sparse scrub oak, few trees, somecommercial salt ponds) (2005)
Antarcticaarable land: 0%permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (ice 98%, barren rock 2%) (2005)
Antigua and Barbudaarable land: 18.18%permanent crops: 4.55%other: 77.27% (2005)
Argentinaarable land: 10.03%permanent crops: 0.36%other: 89.61% (2005)
Armeniaarable land: 16.78%permanent crops: 2.01%other: 81.21% (2005)
Arubaarable land: 10.53%permanent crops: 0%other: 89.47% (2005)
Ashmore and Cartier Islandsarable land: 0%permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (all grass and sand) (2005)
Australiaarable land: 6.15% (includes about 27 million hectares ofcultivated grassland)permanent crops: 0.04%other: 93.81% (2005)
Austriaarable land: 16.59%permanent crops: 0.85%other: 82.56% (2005)
Azerbaijanarable land: 20.62%permanent crops: 2.61%other: 76.77% (2005)
Bahamas, Thearable land: 0.58%permanent crops: 0.29%other: 99.13% (2005)
Bahrainarable land: 2.82%permanent crops: 5.63%other: 91.55% (2005)
Bangladesharable land: 55.39%permanent crops: 3.08%other: 41.53% (2005)
Barbadosarable land: 37.21%permanent crops: 2.33%other: 60.46% (2005)
Belarusarable land: 26.77%permanent crops: 0.6%other: 72.63% (2005)
Belgiumarable land: 27.42%permanent crops: 0.69%other: 71.89%note: includes Luxembourg (2005)
Belizearable land: 3.05%permanent crops: 1.39%other: 95.56% (2005)
Beninarable land: 23.53%permanent crops: 2.37%other: 74.1% (2005)
Bermudaarable land: 20%permanent crops: 0%other: 80% (55% developed, 45% rural/open space) (2005)
Bhutanarable land: 2.3%permanent crops: 0.43%other: 97.27% (2005)
Boliviaarable land: 2.78%permanent crops: 0.19%other: 97.03% (2005)
Bosnia and Herzegovinaarable land: 19.61%permanent crops: 1.89%other: 78.5% (2005)
Botswanaarable land: 0.65%permanent crops: 0.01%other: 99.34% (2005)
Bouvet Islandarable land: 0%permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (93% ice) (2005)
Brazilarable land: 6.93%permanent crops: 0.89%other: 92.18% (2005)
British Indian Ocean Territoryarable land: 0%permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (2005)
British Virgin Islandsarable land: 20%permanent crops: 6.67%other: 73.33% (2005)
Bruneiarable land: 2.08%permanent crops: 0.87%other: 97.05% (2005)
Bulgariaarable land: 29.94%permanent crops: 1.9%other: 68.16% (2005)
Burkina Fasoarable land: 17.66%permanent crops: 0.22%other: 82.12% (2005)
Burmaarable land: 14.92%permanent crops: 1.31%other: 83.77% (2005)
Burundiarable land: 35.57%permanent crops: 13.12%other: 51.31% (2005)
Cambodiaarable land: 20.44%permanent crops: 0.59%other: 78.97% (2005)
Cameroonarable land: 12.54%permanent crops: 2.52%other: 84.94% (2005)
Canadaarable land: 4.57%permanent crops: 0.65%other: 94.78% (2005)
Cape Verdearable land: 11.41%permanent crops: 0.74%other: 87.85% (2005)
Cayman Islandsarable land: 3.85%permanent crops: 0%other: 96.15% (2005)
Central African Republicarable land: 3.1%permanent crops: 0.15%other: 96.75% (2005)
Chadarable land: 2.8%permanent crops: 0.02%other: 97.18% (2005)
Chilearable land: 2.62%permanent crops: 0.43%other: 96.95% (2005)
Chinaarable land: 14.86%permanent crops: 1.27%other: 83.87% (2005)
Christmas Island arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (mainly tropical rainforest; 63% of the island is a national park) (2005)
Clipperton Islandarable land: 0%permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (all coral) (2005)
Cocos (Keeling) Islandsarable land: 0%permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (2005)
Colombiaarable land: 2.01%permanent crops: 1.37%other: 96.62% (2005)
Comorosarable land: 35.87%permanent crops: 23.32%other: 40.81% (2005)
Congo, Democratic Republic of thearable land: 2.86%permanent crops: 0.47%other: 96.67% (2005)
Congo, Republic of thearable land: 1.45%permanent crops: 0.15%other: 98.4% (2005)
Cook Islandsarable land: 16.67%permanent crops: 8.33%other: 75% (2005)
Coral Sea Islandsarable land: 0%permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (mostly grass or scrub cover) (2005)
Costa Ricaarable land: 4.4%permanent crops: 5.87%other: 89.73% (2005)
Cote d'Ivoirearable land: 10.23%permanent crops: 11.16%other: 78.61% (2005)
Croatiaarable land: 25.82%permanent crops: 2.19%other: 71.99% (2005)
Cubaarable land: 27.63%permanent crops: 6.54%other: 65.83% (2005)
Cyprusarable land: 10.81%permanent crops: 4.32%other: 84.87% (2005)
Czech Republicarable land: 38.82%permanent crops: 3%other: 58.18% (2005)
Denmarkarable land: 52.59%permanent crops: 0.19%other: 47.22% (2005)
Djiboutiarable land: 0.04%permanent crops: 0%other: 99.96% (2005)
Dominicaarable land: 6.67%permanent crops: 21.33%other: 72% (2005)
Dominican Republicarable land: 22.49%permanent crops: 10.26%other: 67.25% (2005)
Ecuadorarable land: 5.71%permanent crops: 4.81%other: 89.48% (2005)
Egyptarable land: 2.92%permanent crops: 0.5%other: 96.58% (2005)
El Salvadorarable land: 31.37%permanent crops: 11.88%other: 56.75% (2005)
Equatorial Guineaarable land: 4.63%permanent crops: 3.57%other: 91.8% (2005)
Eritreaarable land: 4.78%permanent crops: 0.03%other: 95.19% (2005)
Estoniaarable land: 12.05%permanent crops: 0.35%other: 87.6% (2005)
Ethiopiaarable land: 10.01%permanent crops: 0.65%other: 89.34% (2005)
European Unionarable land: NApermanent crops: NAother: NA
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)arable land: 0%permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (99% permanent pastures, 1% other) (2005)
Faroe Islandsarable land: 2.14%permanent crops: 0%other: 97.86% (2005)
Fijiarable land: 10.95%permanent crops: 4.65%other: 84.4% (2005)
Finlandarable land: 6.54%permanent crops: 0.02%other: 93.44% (2005)
Francearable land: 33.46%permanent crops: 2.03%other: 64.51%note: French Guiana - arable land 0.13%, permanent crops 0.04%,other 99.83% (90% forest, 10% other); Guadeloupe - arable land11.70%, permanent crops 2.92%, other 85.38%; Martinique - arableland 9.09%, permanent crops 10.0%, other 80.91%; Reunion - arableland 13.94%, permanent crops 1.59%, other 84.47% (2005)
French Polynesiaarable land: 0.75%permanent crops: 5.5%other: 93.75% (2005)
French Southern and Antarctic LandsIle Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam etIle Saint-Paul) - 100% trees, grasses, ferns, and moss; IleSaint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul) - 100% grass, ferns,and moss; Iles Crozet - 100% tossock grass, heath, and fern; IlesKerguelen - 100% tossock grass and Kerguelen cabbage; Bassas daIndia (Iles Eparses) - 100% rock, coral reef, and sand; EuropaIsland (Iles Eparses) - 100% mangrove swamp and dry woodlands;Glorioso Islands (Iles Eparses) - 100% lush vegetation and coconutpalms; Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses) - 90% forest, 10% other;Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses) - 100% grasses and scattered brush(2005)
Gabonarable land: 1.21%permanent crops: 0.64%other: 98.15% (2005)
Gambia, Thearable land: 27.88%permanent crops: 0.44%other: 71.68% (2005)
Gaza Striparable land: 29%permanent crops: 21%other: 50% (2002)
Georgiaarable land: 11.51%permanent crops: 3.79%other: 84.7% (2005)
Germanyarable land: 33.13%permanent crops: 0.6%other: 66.27% (2005)
Ghanaarable land: 17.54%permanent crops: 9.22%other: 73.24% (2005)
Gibraltararable land: 0%permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (2005)
Greecearable land: 20.45%permanent crops: 8.59%other: 70.96% (2005)
Greenlandarable land: 0%permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (2005)
Grenadaarable land: 5.88%permanent crops: 29.41%other: 64.71% (2005)
Guamarable land: 3.64%permanent crops: 18.18%other: 78.18% (2005)
Guatemalaarable land: 13.22%permanent crops: 5.6%other: 81.18% (2005)
Guernseyarable land: NApermanent crops: NAother: NA
Guineaarable land: 4.47%permanent crops: 2.64%other: 92.89% (2005)
Guinea-Bissauarable land: 8.31%permanent crops: 6.92%other: 84.77% (2005)
Guyanaarable land: 2.23%permanent crops: 0.14%other: 97.63% (2005)
Haitiarable land: 28.11%permanent crops: 11.53%other: 60.36% (2005)
Heard Island and McDonald Islandsarable land: 0%permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (2005)
Holy See (Vatican City)arable land: 0%permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (urban area) (2005)
Hondurasarable land: 9.53%permanent crops: 3.21%other: 87.26% (2005)
Hong Kongarable land: 5.05%permanent crops: 1.01%other: 93.94% (2001)
Hungaryarable land: 49.58%permanent crops: 2.06%other: 48.36% (2005)
Icelandarable land: 0.07%permanent crops: 0%other: 99.93% (2005)
Indiaarable land: 48.83%permanent crops: 2.8%other: 48.37% (2005)
Indonesiaarable land: 11.03%permanent crops: 7.04%other: 81.93% (2005)
Iranarable land: 9.78%permanent crops: 1.29%other: 88.93% (2005)
Iraqarable land: 13.12%permanent crops: 0.61%other: 86.27% (2005)
Irelandarable land: 16.82%permanent crops: 0.03%other: 83.15% (2005)
Isle of Manarable land: 9%permanent crops: 0%other: 91% (permanent pastures, forests, mountain, and heathland)(2002)
Israelarable land: 15.45%permanent crops: 3.88%other: 80.67% (2005)
Italyarable land: 26.41%permanent crops: 9.09%other: 64.5% (2005)
Jamaicaarable land: 15.83%permanent crops: 10.01%other: 74.16% (2005)
Jan Mayenarable land: 0%permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (2005)
Japanarable land: 11.64%permanent crops: 0.9%other: 87.46% (2005)
Jerseyarable land: 0%permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (2005)
Jordanarable land: 3.32%permanent crops: 1.18%other: 95.5% (2005)
Kazakhstanarable land: 8.28%permanent crops: 0.05%other: 91.67% (2005)
Kenyaarable land: 8.01%permanent crops: 0.97%other: 91.02% (2005)
Kiribatiarable land: 2.74%permanent crops: 47.95%other: 49.31% (2005)
Korea, Northarable land: 22.4%permanent crops: 1.66%other: 75.94% (2005)
Korea, Southarable land: 16.58%permanent crops: 2.01%other: 81.41% (2005)
Kuwaitarable land: 0.84%permanent crops: 0.17%other: 98.99% (2005)
Kyrgyzstanarable land: 6.55%permanent crops: 0.28%other: 93.17%note: Kyrgyzstan has the world's largest natural-growth walnutforest (2005)
Laosarable land: 4.01%permanent crops: 0.34%other: 95.65% (2005)
Latviaarable land: 28.19%permanent crops: 0.45%other: 71.36% (2005)
Lebanonarable land: 16.35%permanent crops: 13.75%other: 69.9% (2005)
Lesothoarable land: 10.87%permanent crops: 0.13%other: 89% (2005)
Liberiaarable land: 3.43%permanent crops: 1.98%other: 94.59% (2005)
Libyaarable land: 1.03%permanent crops: 0.19%other: 98.78% (2005)
Liechtensteinarable land: 25%permanent crops: 0%other: 75% (2005)
Lithuaniaarable land: 44.81%permanent crops: 0.9%other: 54.29% (2005)
Luxembourgarable land: 27.42%permanent crops: 0.69%other: 71.89% (includes Belgium) (2005)
Macauarable land: 0%permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (2005)
Macedoniaarable land: 22.01%permanent crops: 1.79%other: 76.2% (2005)
Madagascararable land: 5.03%permanent crops: 1.02%other: 93.95% (2005)
Malawiarable land: 20.68%permanent crops: 1.18%other: 78.14% (2005)
Malaysiaarable land: 5.46%permanent crops: 17.54%other: 77% (2005)
Maldivesarable land: 13.33%permanent crops: 30%other: 56.67% (2005)
Maliarable land: 3.76%permanent crops: 0.03%other: 96.21% (2005)
Maltaarable land: 31.25%permanent crops: 3.13%other: 65.62% (2005)
Marshall Islandsarable land: 11.11%permanent crops: 44.44%other: 44.45% (2005)
Mauritaniaarable land: 0.2%permanent crops: 0.01%other: 99.79% (2005)
Mauritiusarable land: 49.02%permanent crops: 2.94%other: 48.04% (2005)
Mayottearable land: NA%permanent crops: NA%other: NA%
Mexicoarable land: 12.66%permanent crops: 1.28%other: 86.06% (2005)
Micronesia, Federated States ofarable land: 5.71%permanent crops: 45.71%other: 48.58% (2005)
Moldovaarable land: 54.52%permanent crops: 8.81%other: 36.67% (2005)
Monacoarable land: 0%permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (urban area) (2005)
Mongoliaarable land: 0.76%permanent crops: 0%other: 99.24% (2005)
Montenegroarable land: 13.7%permanent crops: 1%other: 85.3%
Montserratarable land: 20%permanent crops: 0%other: 80% (2005)
Moroccoarable land: 19%permanent crops: 2%other: 79% (2005)
Mozambiquearable land: 5.43%permanent crops: 0.29%other: 94.28% (2005)
Namibiaarable land: 0.99%permanent crops: 0.01%other: 99% (2005)
Nauruarable land: 0%permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (2005)
Navassa Islandarable land: 0%permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (2005)
Nepalarable land: 16.07%permanent crops: 0.85%other: 83.08% (2005)
Netherlandsarable land: 21.96%permanent crops: 0.77%other: 77.27% (2005)
Netherlands Antillesarable land: 10%permanent crops: 0%other: 90% (2005)
New Caledoniaarable land: 0.32%permanent crops: 0.22%other: 99.46% (2005)
New Zealandarable land: 5.54%permanent crops: 6.92%other: 87.54% (2005)
Nicaraguaarable land: 14.81%permanent crops: 1.82%other: 83.37% (2005)
Nigerarable land: 11.43%permanent crops: 0.01%other: 88.56% (2005)
Nigeriaarable land: 33.02%permanent crops: 3.14%other: 63.84% (2005)
Niuearable land: 11.54%permanent crops: 15.38%other: 73.08% (2005)
Norfolk Islandarable land: 0%permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (2005)
Northern Mariana Islandsarable land: 13.04%permanent crops: 4.35%other: 82.61% (2005)
Norwayarable land: 2.7%permanent crops: 0%other: 97.3% (2005)
Omanarable land: 0.12%permanent crops: 0.14%other: 99.74% (2005)
Pakistanarable land: 24.44%permanent crops: 0.84%other: 74.72% (2005)
Palauarable land: 8.7%permanent crops: 4.35%other: 86.95% (2005)
Panamaarable land: 7.26%permanent crops: 1.95%other: 90.79% (2005)
Papua New Guineaarable land: 0.49%permanent crops: 1.4%other: 98.11% (2005)
Paracel Islandsarable land: 0%permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (2005)
Paraguayarable land: 7.47%permanent crops: 0.24%other: 92.29% (2005)
Peruarable land: 2.88%permanent crops: 0.47%other: 96.65% (2005)
Philippinesarable land: 19%permanent crops: 16.67%other: 64.33% (2005)
Pitcairn Islandsarable land: NApermanent crops: NAother: NA
Polandarable land: 40.25%permanent crops: 1%other: 58.75% (2005)
Portugalarable land: 17.29%permanent crops: 7.84%other: 74.87% (2005)
Puerto Ricoarable land: 3.69%permanent crops: 5.59%other: 90.72% (2005)
Qatararable land: 1.64%permanent crops: 0.27%other: 98.09% (2005)
Romaniaarable land: 39.49%permanent crops: 1.92%other: 58.59% (2005)
Russiaarable land: 7.17%permanent crops: 0.11%other: 92.72% (2005)
Rwandaarable land: 45.56%permanent crops: 10.25%other: 44.19% (2005)
Saint Helenaarable land: 12.9%permanent crops: 0%other: 87.1% (2005)
Saint Kitts and Nevisarable land: 19.44%permanent crops: 2.78%other: 77.78% (2005)
Saint Luciaarable land: 6.45%permanent crops: 22.58%other: 70.97% (2005)
Saint Pierre and Miquelonarable land: 12.5%permanent crops: 0%other: 87.5% (2005)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesarable land: 17.95%permanent crops: 17.95%other: 64.1% (2005)
Samoaarable land: 21.13%permanent crops: 24.3%other: 54.57% (2005)
San Marinoarable land: 16.67%permanent crops: 0%other: 83.33% (2005)
Sao Tome and Principearable land: 8.33%permanent crops: 48.96%other: 42.71% (2005)
Saudi Arabiaarable land: 1.67%permanent crops: 0.09%other: 98.24% (2005)
Senegalarable land: 12.51%permanent crops: 0.24%other: 87.25% (2005)
Serbiaarable land: NApermanent crops: NAother: NA
Seychellesarable land: 2.17%permanent crops: 13.04%other: 84.79% (2005)
Sierra Leonearable land: 7.95%permanent crops: 1.05%other: 91% (2005)
Singaporearable land: 1.47%permanent crops: 1.47%other: 97.06% (2005)
Slovakiaarable land: 29.23%permanent crops: 2.67%other: 68.1% (2005)
Sloveniaarable land: 8.53%permanent crops: 1.43%other: 90.04% (2005)
Solomon Islandsarable land: 0.62%permanent crops: 2.04%other: 97.34% (2005)
Somaliaarable land: 1.64%permanent crops: 0.04%other: 98.32% (2005)
South Africaarable land: 12.1%permanent crops: 0.79%other: 87.11% (2005)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islandsarable land: 0%permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (largely covered by permanent ice and snow with somesparse vegetation consisting of grass, moss, and lichen) (2005)
Spainarable land: 27.18%permanent crops: 9.85%other: 62.97% (2005)
Spratly Islandsarable land: 0%permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (2005)
Sri Lankaarable land: 13.96%permanent crops: 15.24%other: 70.8% (2005)
Sudanarable land: 6.78%permanent crops: 0.17%other: 93.05% (2005)
Surinamearable land: 0.36%permanent crops: 0.06%other: 99.58% (2005)
Svalbardarable land: 0%permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (no trees; the only bushes are crowberry and cloudberry)(2005)
Swazilandarable land: 10.25%permanent crops: 0.81%other: 88.94% (2005)
Swedenarable land: 5.93%permanent crops: 0.01%other: 94.06% (2005)
Switzerlandarable land: 9.91%permanent crops: 0.58%other: 89.51% (2005)
Syriaarable land: 24.8%permanent crops: 4.47%other: 70.73% (2005)
Taiwanarable land: 24%permanent crops: 1%other: 75% (2001)
Tajikistanarable land: 6.52%permanent crops: 0.89%other: 92.59% (2005)
Tanzaniaarable land: 4.23%permanent crops: 1.16%other: 94.61% (2005)
Thailandarable land: 27.54%permanent crops: 6.93%other: 65.53% (2005)
Timor-Lestearable land: 8.2%permanent crops: 4.57%other: 87.23% (2005)
Togoarable land: 44.2%permanent crops: 2.11%other: 53.69% (2005)
Tokelauarable land: 0% (soil is thin and infertile)permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (2005)
Tongaarable land: 20%permanent crops: 14.67%other: 65.33% (2005)
Trinidad and Tobagoarable land: 14.62%permanent crops: 9.16%other: 76.22% (2005)
Tunisiaarable land: 17.05%permanent crops: 13.08%other: 69.87% (2005)
Turkeyarable land: 29.81%permanent crops: 3.39%other: 66.8% (2005)
Turkmenistanarable land: 4.51%permanent crops: 0.14%other: 95.35% (2005)
Turks and Caicos Islandsarable land: 2.33%permanent crops: 0%other: 97.67% (2005)
Tuvaluarable land: 0%permanent crops: 66.67%other: 33.33% (2005)
Ugandaarable land: 21.57%permanent crops: 8.92%other: 69.51% (2005)
Ukrainearable land: 53.8%permanent crops: 1.5%other: 44.7% (2005)
United Arab Emiratesarable land: 0.77%permanent crops: 2.27%other: 96.96% (2005)
United Kingdomarable land: 23.23%permanent crops: 0.2%other: 76.57% (2005)
United Statesarable land: 18.01%permanent crops: 0.21%other: 81.78% (2005)
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refugesarable land: 0%permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (2008)
Uruguayarable land: 7.77%permanent crops: 0.24%other: 91.99% (2005)
Uzbekistanarable land: 10.51%permanent crops: 0.76%other: 88.73% (2005)
Vanuatuarable land: 1.64%permanent crops: 6.97%other: 91.39% (2005)
Venezuelaarable land: 2.85%permanent crops: 0.88%other: 96.27% (2005)
Vietnamarable land: 20.14%permanent crops: 6.93%other: 72.93% (2005)
Virgin Islandsarable land: 5.71%permanent crops: 2.86%other: 91.43% (2005)
Wake Islandarable land: 0%permanent crops: 0%other: 100% (2005)
Wallis and Futunaarable land: 7.14%permanent crops: 35.71%other: 57.15% (2005)
West Bankarable land: 16.9%permanent crops: 18.97%other: 64.13% (2001)
Western Saharaarable land: 0.02%permanent crops: 0%other: 99.98% (2005)
Worldarable land: 10.57%permanent crops: 1.04%other: 88.38% (2005)
Yemenarable land: 2.91%permanent crops: 0.25%other: 96.84% (2005)
Zambiaarable land: 6.99%permanent crops: 0.04%other: 92.97% (2005)
Zimbabwearable land: 8.24%permanent crops: 0.33%other: 91.43% (2005)
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@2098 Languages (%)
AfghanistanAfghan Persian or Dari (official) 50%, Pashto (official)35%, Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen) 11%, 30 minorlanguages (primarily Balochi and Pashai) 4%, much bilingualism
AkrotiriEnglish, Greek
AlbaniaAlbanian (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek,Vlach, Romani, Slavic dialects
AlgeriaArabic (official), French, Berber dialects
American SamoaSamoan 90.6% (closely related to Hawaiian and otherPolynesian languages), English 2.9%, Tongan 2.4%, other Pacificislander 2.1%, other 2%note: most people are bilingual (2000 census)
AndorraCatalan (official), French, Castilian, Portuguese
AngolaPortuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages
AnguillaEnglish (official)
Antigua and BarbudaEnglish (official), local dialects
ArgentinaSpanish (official), Italian, English, German, French
ArmeniaArmenian 97.7%, Yezidi 1%, Russian 0.9%, other 0.4% (2001census)
ArubaPapiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect) 66.3%,Spanish 12.6%, English (widely spoken) 7.7%, Dutch (official) 5.8%,other 2.2%, unspecified or unknown 5.3% (2000 census)
AustraliaEnglish 79.1%, Chinese 2.1%, Italian 1.9%, other 11.1%,unspecified 5.8% (2001 Census)
AustriaGerman (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includesSlovene, official in Carinthia, and Hungarian, official inBurgenland) 5.3% (2001 census)
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani (Azeri) 90.3%, Lezgi 2.2%, Russian 1.8%,Armenian 1.5%, other 3.3%, unspecified 1% (1999 census)
Bahamas, TheEnglish (official), Creole (among Haitian immigrants)
BahrainArabic, English, Farsi, Urdu
BangladeshBangla (official, also known as Bengali), English
BarbadosEnglish
BelarusBelarusian, Russian, other
BelgiumDutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German(official) less than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch and French)
BelizeSpanish 46%, Creole 32.9%, Mayan dialects 8.9%, English 3.9%(official), Garifuna 3.4% (Carib), German 3.3%, other 1.4%, unknown0.2% (2000 census)
BeninFrench (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars insouth), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north)
BermudaEnglish (official), Portuguese
BhutanDzongkha (official), Bhotes speak various Tibetan dialects,Nepalese speak various Nepalese dialects
BoliviaSpanish 60.7% (official), Quechua 21.2% (official), Aymara14.6% (official), foreign languages 2.4%, other 1.2% (2001 census)
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnian, Croatian, Serbian
BotswanaSetswana 78.2%, Kalanga 7.9%, Sekgalagadi 2.8%, English2.1% (official), other 8.6%, unspecified 0.4% (2001 census)
BrazilPortuguese (official and most widely spoken language); note -less common languages include Spanish (border areas and schools),German, Italian, Japanese, English, and a large number of minorAmerindian languages
British Virgin IslandsEnglish (official)
BruneiMalay (official), English, Chinese
BulgariaBulgarian 84.5%, Turkish 9.6%, Roma 4.1%, other andunspecified 1.8% (2001 census)
Burkina FasoFrench (official), native African languages belongingto Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population
BurmaBurmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages
BurundiKirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along LakeTanganyika and in the Bujumbura area)
CambodiaKhmer (official) 95%, French, English
Cameroon24 major African language groups, English (official),French (official)
CanadaEnglish (official) 59.3%, French (official) 23.2%, other 17.5%
Cape VerdePortuguese, Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and WestAfrican words)
Cayman IslandsEnglish 95%, Spanish 3.2%, other 1.8% (1999 census)
Central African RepublicFrench (official), Sangho (lingua francaand national language), tribal languages
ChadFrench (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), morethan 120 different languages and dialects
ChileSpanish (official), Mapudungun, German, English
ChinaStandard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijingdialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou),Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minoritylanguages (see Ethnic groups entry)
Christmas IslandEnglish (official), Chinese, Malay
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsMalay (Cocos dialect), English
ColombiaSpanish
ComorosArabic (official), French (official), Shikomoro (a blend ofSwahili and Arabic)
Congo, Democratic Republic of theFrench (official), Lingala (alingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili orSwahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba
Congo, Republic of theFrench (official), Lingala and Monokutuba(lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects(of which Kikongo is the most widespread)
Cook IslandsEnglish (official), Maori
Costa RicaSpanish (official), English
Cote d'IvoireFrench (official), 60 native dialects with Dioula themost widely spoken
CroatiaCroatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9%(including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001census)
CubaSpanish
CyprusGreek, Turkish, English
Czech RepublicCzech 94.9%, Slovak 2%, other 2.3%, unidentified 0.8%(2001 census)
DenmarkDanish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German(small minority)note: English is the predominant second language
DhekeliaEnglish, Greek
DjiboutiFrench (official), Arabic (official), Somali, Afar
DominicaEnglish (official), French patois
Dominican RepublicSpanish
EcuadorSpanish (official), Amerindian languages (especially Quechua)
EgyptArabic (official), English and French widely understood byeducated classes
El SalvadorSpanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)
Equatorial GuineaSpanish 67.6% (official), other 32.4% (includesFrench (official), Fang, Bubi) (1994 census)
EritreaAfar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushiticlanguages
EstoniaEstonian (official) 67.3%, Russian 29.7%, other 2.3%,unknown 0.7% (2000 census)
EthiopiaAmarigna 32.7%, Oromigna 31.6%, Tigrigna 6.1%, Somaligna6%, Guaragigna 3.5%, Sidamigna 3.5%, Hadiyigna 1.7%, other 14.8%,English (major foreign language taught in schools) (1994 census)
European UnionBulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian,Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian,Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene,Spanish, Swedishnote: only official languages are listed; German, the major languageof Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, is the most widely spokenmother tongue - over 19% of the EU population; English is the mostwidely spoken language - about 49% of the EU population isconversant with it (2007)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)English