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The World Factbook 1995
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The World Factbook 1995
The printed version of the Factbook is published annually in July by the Central
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Notes, Definitions, and Abbreviations
A
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
Arctic Ocean
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
Atlantic Ocean
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
B
Bahamas, The
Bahrain
Baker Island
Bangladesh
Barbados
Bassas da India
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Bouvet Island
Brazil
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina
Burma
Burundi
C
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China (also see separate Taiwan entry)
Christmas Island
Clipperton Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Cook Islands
Coral Sea Islands
Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
D
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
E
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Europa Island
F
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Guiana
French Polynesia
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
G
Gabon
Gambia, The
Gaza Strip
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Glorioso Islands
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guernsey
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
H
Haiti
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Holy See (Vatican City)
Honduras
Hong Kong
Howland Island
Hungary
I
Iceland
India
Indian Ocean
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel (also see separate Gaza Strip and West Bank entries)
Italy
J
Jamaica
Jan Mayen
Japan
Jarvis Island
Jersey
Johnston Atoll
Jordan (also see separate West Bank entry)
Juan de Nova Island
K
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kingman Reef
Kiribati
Korea, North
Korea, South
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
L
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
M
Macau
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Man, Isle of
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mexico
Micronesia, Federated States of
Midway Islands
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
N
Namibia
Nauru
Navassa Island
Nepal
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway
O
Oman
P
Pacific Ocean
Pakistan
Palau
Palmyra Atoll
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paracel Islands
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Pitcairn Islands
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Q
Qatar
R
Reunion
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
S
Saint Helena
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia and Montenegro
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Spain
Spratly Islands
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Svalbard
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
T
Taiwan entry follows Zimbabwe
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tokelau
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tromelin Island
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
U
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
V
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands
W
Wake Island
Wallis and Futuna
West Bank
Western Sahara
Western Samoa
World
Y
Yemen
Z
Zaire
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Taiwan
Appendixes
A: The United Nations System
B: Abbreviations for International Organizations and Groups
C: International Organizations and Groups
D: Abbreviations for Selected International Environmental Agreements
E: Selected International Environmental Agreements
F: Weights and Measures
G: Estimates of Gross Domestic Product on an Exchange Rate Basis
H: Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names
Reference Maps
The World
North America
Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Europe
Ethnic Groups in Eastern Europe
Middle East
Africa
Republic of South Africa
Asia
Commonwealth of Independent States - European States
Commonwealth of Independent States - Central Asian States
Southeast Asia
Oceania
Arctic Region
Antarctic Region
Standard Time Zones of the World
Notes, Definitions, and Abbreviations
There have been some significant changes in this edition. The Trust Territory of
the Pacific Islands became the independent nation of Palau. The gross domestic
product (GDP) of all countries is now presented on a purchasing power parity
(PPP) basis rather than on the old exchange rate basis. There is a new entry on
Age structure and the Airports entry now includes unpaved runways. The
Communications category has been restructured and now includes the entries of
Telephone system, Radio, and Television. The remainder of the entries in the
former Communications category - Railroads, Highways, Inland waterways,
Pipelines, Ports, Merchant marine, and Airports - can now be found under a new
category called Transportation. There is a new appendix listing estimates of
gross domestic product on an exchange rate basis for all nations. A reference
map of the Republic of South Africa is included. The electronic files used to
produce the Factbook have been restructured into a database. As a result, the
formats of some entries in this edition have been changed. Additional changes
will occur in the 1996 Factbook.
Abbreviations: (see Appendix B for abbreviations for international organizations
and groups and Appendix D for abbreviations for selected international
environmental agreements)
avdp. -- avoirdupois
c.i.f. -- cost, insurance, and freight
CY -- calendar year
DWT -- deadweight ton
est. -- estimate
Ex-Im -- Export-Import Bank of the United States
f.o.b. -- free on board
FRG -- Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany); used for information dated
before 3 October 1990 or CY91
FSU -- former Soviet Union
FY -- fiscal year (FY93/94, for example, began in calendar year 1993 and ended
in calendar year 1994)
FYROM -- The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
GDP -- gross domestic product
GDR -- German Democratic Republic (East Germany); used for information dated
before 3 October 1990 or CY91
GNP -- gross national product
GRT -- gross register ton
GWP -- gross world product
km -- kilometer
kW -- kilowatt
kWh -- kilowatt hour
m -- meter
NA -- not available
NEGL -- negligible
nm -- nautical mile
NZ -- New Zealand
ODA -- official development assistance
OOF -- other official flows
PDRY -- People's Democratic Republic of Yemen [Yemen (Aden) or South Yemen];
used for information dated before 22 May 1990 or CY91
sq km -- square kilometer
sq mi -- square mile
UAE -- United Arab Emirates
UK -- United Kingdom
US -- United States
USSR -- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union); used for information
dated before 25 December 1991
YAR -- Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen]; used for information
dated before 22 May 1990 or CY91
Administrative divisions: The numbers, designatory terms, and first-order
administrative divisions are generally those approved by the US Board on
Geographic Names (BGN). Changes that have been reported but not yet acted on by
BGN are noted.
Airports: Only airports with usable runways are included in this listing. For
airports with more than one runway, only the longest runway is included. Not all
airports have facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control.
Paved runways have concrete or asphalt surfaces; unpaved runways have grass,
dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces.
Area: Total area is the sum of all land and water areas delimited by
international boundaries and/or coastlines. Land area is the aggregate of all
surfaces delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines, excluding
inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Comparative areas are based on
total area equivalents. Most entities are compared with the entire US or one of
the 50 states. The smaller entities are compared with Washington, DC (178 sq km,
69 sq mi) or The Mall in Washington, DC (0.59 sq km, 0.23 sq mi, 146 acres).
Birth rate: The average annual number of births during a year per 1,000
population at midyear; also known as crude birth rate.
Dates of information: In general, information available as of 1 January 1995 is
used in the preparation of this edition. Population figures are estimates for 1
July 1995, with population growth rates estimated for calendar year 1995. Major
political events have been updated through April 1995.
Death rate: The average annual number of deaths during a year per l,000
population at midyear; also known as crude death rate.
Digraphs: The digraph is a two-letter "country code" that precisely identifies
every entity without overlap, duplication, or omission. AF, for example, is the
digraph for Afghanistan. It is a standardized geopolitical data element
promulgated in the Federal Information Processing Standards Publication (FIPS)
10-3 by the National Bureau of Standards (now called National Institute of
Standards and Technology) at the US Department of Commerce and maintained by the
Office of the Geographer at the US Department of State. The digraph is used to
eliminate confusion and incompatibility in the collection, processing, and
dissemination of area-specific data and is particularly useful for interchanging
data between databases.
Diplomatic representation: The US Government has diplomatic relations with 184
nations, including 178 of the 185 UN members (excluded UN members are Bhutan,
Cuba, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, former Yugoslavia, and the US itself). In
addition, the US has diplomatic relations with 6 nations that are not in the UN
- Holy See, Kiribati, Nauru, Switzerland, Tonga, and Tuvalu.
Economic aid: This entry refers to bilateral commitments of official development
assistance (ODA) and other official flows (OOF). ODA is defined as financial
assistance which is concessional in character, has the main objective to promote
economic development and welfare of LDCs, and contains a grant element of at
least 25%. OOF transactions are also official government assistance, but with a
main objective other than development and with a grant element less than 25%.
OOF transactions include official export credits (such as Ex-Im Bank credits),
official equity and portfolio investment, and debt reorganization by the
official sector that does not meet concessional terms. Aid is considered to have
been committed when agreements are initialed by the parties involved and
constitute a formal declaration of intent.
Entities: Some of the nations, dependent areas, areas of special sovereignty,
and governments included in this publication are not independent, and others are
not officially recognized by the US Government. "Nation" refers to a people
politically organized into a sovereign state with a definite territory.
"Dependent area" refers to a broad category of political entities that are
associated in some way with a nation. Names used for page headings are usually
the short-form names as approved by the US Board on Geographic Names. There are
266 entities in The World Factbook that may be categorized as follows:
NATIONS
184 -- UN members (excluding the former Yugoslavia, which is still counted by
the UN)
7 -- nations that are not members of the UN - Holy See, Kiribati, Nauru, Serbia
and Montenegro, Switzerland, Tonga, Tuvalu
OTHER
1 -- Taiwan
DEPENDENT AREAS
6 -- Australia - Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling)
Islands, Coral Sea Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Norfolk Island
2 -- Denmark - Faroe Islands, Greenland
16 -- France - Bassas da India, Clipperton Island, Europa Island, French Guiana,
French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Glorioso Islands,
Guadeloupe, Juan de Nova Island, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Reunion,
Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Tromelin Island, Wallis and Futuna
2 -- Netherlands - Aruba, Netherlands Antilles
3 -- New Zealand - Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau
3 -- Norway - Bouvet Island, Jan Mayen, Svalbard
1 -- Portugal - Macau
16 -- United Kingdom - Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory,
British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey,
Hong Kong, Jersey, Isle of Man, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena,
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands
14 -- United States - American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis
Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Northern
Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Wake Island
MISCELLANEOUS
6 -- Antarctica, Gaza Strip, Paracel Islands, Spratly Islands, West Bank,
Western Sahara
OTHER ENTITIES
4 -- oceans - Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
1 -- World
266 -- total
Exchange rate: The official value of a nation's monetary unit at a given date or
over a given period of time, as expressed in units of local currency per US
dollar and as determined by international market forces or official fiat.
GDP methodology: In the "Economy" section, GDP dollar estimates for all
countries are derived from purchasing power parity (PPP) calculations rather
than from conversions at official currency exchange rates. The PPP method
normally involves the use of international dollar price weights, which are
applied to the quantities of goods and services produced in a given economy. In
addition to the lack of reliable data from the majority of countries, the
statistician faces a major difficulty in specifying, identifying, and allowing
for the quality of goods and services. The division of a GDP estimate in local
currency by the corresponding PPP estimate in dollars gives the PPP conversion
rate. On average, one thousand dollars will buy the same market basket of goods
in the US as one thousand dollars - converted to the local currency at the PPP
conversion rate - will buy in the other country. Whereas PPP estimates for OECD
countries are quite reliable, PPP estimates for developing countries are often
rough approximations. Most of the GDP estimates are based on extrapolation of
numbers published by the UN International Comparison Program and by Professors
Robert Summers and Alan Heston of the University of Pennsylvania and their
colleagues. Currency exchange rates depend on a variety of international and
domestic financial forces that often have little relation to domestic output. In
developing countries with weak currencies the exchange rate estimate of GDP in
dollars is typically one-fourth to one-half the PPP estimate. Furthermore,
exchange rates may suddenly go up or down by 10% or more because of market
forces or official fiat whereas real output has remained unchanged. On 12
January 1994, for example, the 14 countries of the African Financial Community
(whose currencies are tied to the French franc) devalued their currencies by
50%. This move, of course, did not cut the real output of these countries by
half. One important caution: the proportion of, say, defense expenditures as a
percentage of GDP in local currency accounts may differ substantially from the
proportion when GDP accounts are expressed in PPP terms, as, for example, when
an observer tries to estimate the dollar level of Russian or Japanese military
expenditures. Note: The numbers for GDP and other economic data can not be
chained together from successive volumes of the Factbook because of changes in
the US dollar measuring rod, revisions of data by statistical agencies, use of
new or different sources of information, and changes in national statistical
methods and practices.
Gross domestic product (GDP): The value of all final goods and services produced
within a nation in a given year.
Gross national product (GNP): The value of all final goods and services produced
within a nation in a given year, plus income earned abroad, minus income earned
by foreigners from domestic production.
Gross world product (GWP): The aggregate value of all goods and services
produced worldwide in a given year.
Growth rate (population): The annual percent change in the population, resulting
from a surplus (or deficit) of births over deaths and the balance of migrants
entering and leaving a country. The rate may be positive or negative.
Illicit drugs: There are five categories of illicit drugs - narcotics,
stimulants, depressants (sedatives), hallucinogens, and cannabis. These
categories include many drugs legally produced and prescribed by doctors as well
as those illegally produced and sold outside medical channels.
Cannabis (Cannabis sativa) is the common hemp plant, which provides
hallucinogens with some sedative properties, and includes marijuana (pot,
Acapulco gold, grass, reefer), tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, Marinol), hashish
(hash), and hashish oil (hash oil).
Coca (Erythroxylum coca) is a bush, and the leaves contain the stimulant used to
make cocaine. Coca is not to be confused with cocoa, which comes from cacao
seeds and is used in making chocolate, cocoa, and cocoa butter.
Cocaine is a stimulant derived from the leaves of the coca bush.
Depressants (sedatives) are drugs that reduce tension and anxiety and include
chloral hydrate, barbiturates (Amytal, Nembutal, Seconal, phenobarbital),
benzodiazepines (Librium, Valium), methaqualone (Quaalude), glutethimide
(Doriden), and others (Equanil, Placidyl, Valmid).
Drugs are any chemical substances that effect a physical, mental, emotional, or
behavioral change in an individual.
Drug abuse is the use of any licit or illicit chemical substance that results in
physical, mental, emotional, or behavioral impairment in an individual.
Hallucinogens are drugs that affect sensation, thinking, self-awareness, and
emotion. Hallucinogens include LSD (acid, microdot), mescaline and peyote (mexc,
buttons, cactus), amphetamine variants (PMA, STP, DOB), phencyclidine (PCP,
angel dust, hog), phencyclidine analogues (PCE, PCPy, TCP), and others
(psilocybin, psilocyn).
Hashish is the resinous exudate of the cannabis or hemp plant (Cannabis sativa).
Heroin is a semisynthetic derivative of morphine.
Mandrax is the Southwest Asian slang term for methaqualone, a pharmaceutical
depressant.
Marijuana is the dried leaves of the cannabis or hemp plant (Cannabis sativa).
Methaqualone is a pharmaceutical depressant, in slang referred to as Quaaludes
in North America or Mandrax in Southwest Asia
Narcotics are drugs that relieve pain, often induce sleep, and refer to opium,
opium derivatives, and synthetic substitutes. Natural narcotics include opium
(paregoric, parepectolin), morphine (MS-Contin, Roxanol), codeine (Tylenol with
codeine, Empirin with codeine, Robitussan AC), and thebaine. Semisynthetic
narcotics include heroin (horse, smack), and hydromorphone (Dilaudid). Synthetic
narcotics include meperidine or Pethidine (Demerol, Mepergan), methadone
(Dolophine, Methadose), and others (Darvon, Lomotil).
Opium is the milky exudate of the incised, unripe seedpod of the opium poppy.
Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) is the source for many natural and
semisynthetic narcotics.
Poppy straw concentrate is the alkaloid derived from the mature dried opium
poppy.
Qat (kat, khat) is a stimulant from the buds or leaves of catha edulis that is
chewed or drunk as tea.
Quaaludes is the North American slang term for methaqualone, a pharmaceutical
depressant.
Stimulants are drugs that relieve mild depression, increase energy and activity,
and include cocaine (coke, snow, crack), amphetamines (Desoxyn, Dexedrine),
phenmetrazine (Preludin), methylphenidate (Ritalin), and others (Cylert,
Sanorex, Tenuate).
Infant mortality rate: The number of deaths to infants under one year old in a
given year per l,000 live births occurring in the same year.
International disputes: This category includes a wide variety of situations that
range from traditional bilateral boundary disputes to unilateral claims of one
sort or another. Information regarding disputes over international boundaries
and maritime boundaries has been reviewed by the Department of State. References
to other situations involving borders or frontiers may also be included, such as
resource disputes, geopolitical questions, or irredentist issues. However,
inclusion does not necessarily constitute official acceptance or recognition by
the US Government.
Irrigated land: The figure refers to the land area that is artificially supplied
with water.
Land use: The land surface is categorized as arable land - land cultivated for
crops that are replanted after each harvest (wheat, maize, rice); permanent
crops - land cultivated for crops that are not replanted after each harvest
(citrus, coffee, rubber); meadows and pastures - land permanently used for
herbaceous forage crops; forest and woodland - under dense or open stands of
trees; and other - any land type not specifically mentioned above (urban areas,
roads, desert).
Leaders: The chief of state is the titular leader of the country who represents
the state at official and ceremonial functions but is not involved with the day-
to-day activities of the government. The head of government is the
administrative leader who manages the day-to-day activities of the government.
In the UK, the monarch is the chief of state, and the Prime Minister is the head
of government. In the US, the President is both the chief of state and the head
of government.
Life expectancy at birth: The average number of years to be lived by a group of
people all born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in
the future.
Literacy: There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless
otherwise noted, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability
to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual
countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of
this publication.
Maritime claims: The proximity of neighboring states may prevent some national
claims from being extended the full distance.
Merchant marine: All ships engaged in the carriage of goods. All commercial
vessels (as opposed to all nonmilitary ships), which excludes tugs, fishing
vessels, offshore oil rigs, etc. Also, a grouping of merchant ships by
nationality or register.
Captive register - A register of ships maintained by a territory, possession, or
colony primarily or exclusively for the use of ships owned in the parent
country; also referred to as an offshore register, the offshore equivalent of an
internal register. Ships on a captive register will fly the same flag as the
parent country, or a local variant of it, but will be subject to the maritime
laws and taxation rules of the offshore territory. Although the nature of a
captive register makes it especially desirable for ships owned in the parent
country, just as in the internal register, the ships may also be owned abroad.
The captive register then acts as a flag of convenience register, except that it
is not the register of an independent state.
Flag of convenience register - A national register offering registration to a
merchant ship not owned in the flag state. The major flags of convenience (FOC)
attract ships to their registers by virtue of low fees, low or nonexistent
taxation of profits, and liberal manning requirements. True FOC registers are
characterized by having relatively few of the ships registered actually owned in
the flag state. Thus, while virtually any flag can be used for ships under a
given set of circumstances, an FOC register is one where the majority of the
merchant fleet is owned abroad. It is also referred to as an open register.
Flag state - The nation in which a ship is registered and which holds legal
jurisdiction over operation of the ship, whether at home or abroad. Flag state
maritime legislation determines how a ship is manned and taxed and whether a
foreign-owned ship may be placed on the register.
Internal register - A register of ships maintained as a subset of a national
register. Ships on the internal register fly the national flag and have that
nationality but are subject to a separate set of maritime rules from those on
the main national register. These differences usually include lower taxation of
profits, manning by foreign nationals, and, usually, ownership outside the flag
state (when it functions as an FOC register). The Norwegian International Ship
Register and Danish International Ship Register are the most notable examples of
an internal register. Both have been instrumental in stemming flight from the
national flag to flags of convenience and in attracting foreign owned ships to
the Norwegian and Danish flags.
Merchant ship - A vessel that carries goods against payment of freight; commonly
used to denote any nonmilitary ship but accurately restricted to commercial
vessels only.
Register - The record of a ship's ownership and nationality as listed with the
maritime authorities of a country; also, the compendium of such individual
ships' registrations. Registration of a ship provides it with a nationality and
makes it subject to the laws of the country in which registered (the flag state)
regardless of the nationality of the ship's ultimate owner.
Money figures: All money figures are expressed in contemporaneous US dollars
unless otherwise indicated.
National product: The total output of goods and services in a country in a given
year. See GDP methodology, Gross domestic product (GDP), and Gross national
product (GNP).
Net migration rate: The balance between the number of persons entering and
leaving a country during the year per 1,000 persons (based on midyear
population). An excess of persons entering the country is referred to as net
immigration (3.56 migrants/1,000 population); an excess of persons leaving the
country as net emigration (-9.26 migrants/1,000 population).
Population: Figures are estimates from the Bureau of the Census based on
statistics from population censuses, vital statistics registration systems, or
sample surveys pertaining to the recent past, and on assumptions about future
trends. Starting with the 1993 Factbook, demographic estimates for some
countries (mostly African) have taken into account the effects of the growing
incidence of AIDS infections; in 1993 these countries were Burkina, Burundi,
Central African Republic, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania,
Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Thailand, Brazil, and Haiti.
Telephone numbers: All telephone numbers presented in the Factbook consist of
the country code in brackets, the city or area code (where required) in
parentheses, and the local number. The one component that is not presented is
the international access code which varies from country to country. For example,
an international direct dial phone call placed from the United States to Madrid,
Spain, would be as follows:
011 [34] (1) 577-xxxx where
011 is the international access code for station-to-station calls
(01 is for calls other than station-to-station calls),
[34] is the country code for Spain,
(1) is the city code for Madrid,
577 is the local exchange,
and xxxx is the local telephone number.
An international direct dial phone call placed from another country to the
United States would be as follows:
international access code + [1] (202) 939-xxxx where
[1] is the country code for the United States,
(202) is the area code for Washington, DC,
939 is the local exchange,
and xxxx is the local telephone number.
Total fertility rate: The average number of children that would be born per
woman if all women lived to the end of their childbearing years and bore
children according to a given fertility rate at each age.
Years: All year references are for the calendar year (CY) unless indicated as
fiscal year (FY). FY93/94 refers to the fiscal year that began in calendar year
1993 and ended in calendar year 1994 as defined in the Fiscal Year entry of the
Economy section for each nation. FY90-94 refers to the four fiscal years that
began in calendar year 1990 and ended in calendar year 1994.
Note: Information for the US and US dependencies was compiled from material in
the public domain and does not represent Intelligence Community estimates. The
Handbook of International Economic Statistics, published annually in September
by the Central Intelligence Agency, contains detailed economic information for
the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries,
Eastern Europe, the newly independent republics of the former nations of
Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union, and selected other countries. The Handbook can
be obtained wherever The World Factbook is available.
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