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Concise descriptions of the major religions mentioned in the Factbookhave been added to the Notes and Definitions. France 's redesignationof some of its overseas possessions caused the five former Indian Oceanisland possessions making up Iles Eparses to be incorporated into theFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands, while two new Caribbean entities,St. Barthelemy and St. Martin, were created.
Revision of some individual country maps, first introduced in the 2001edition, is continued in this edition. The revised maps includeelevation extremes and a partial geographic grid. Several regional mapshave also been updated to reflect boundary changes and place namespelling changes.
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American Samoa
$333.8 million (2005)
Andorra
$NA
Angola
$61.36 billion (2007 est.)
Anguilla
$108.9 million (2004 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda
$1.089 billion (2007 est.)
Argentina
$260 billion (2007 est.)
Armenia
$7.974 billion (2007 est.)
Aruba
$2.258 billion (2005 est.)
Australia
$908.8 billion (2007 est.)
Austria
$373.9 billion (2007 est.)
Azerbaijan
$31.32 billion (2007 est.)
Bahamas, The
$6.586 billion (2007 est.)
Bahrain
$19.66 billion (2007 est.)
Bangladesh
$72.42 billion (2007 est.)
Barbados
$3.739 billion (2007 est.)
Belarus
$44.77 billion (2007 est.)
Belgium
$453.6 billion (2007 est.)
Belize
$1.274 billion (2007 est.)
Benin
$5.433 billion (2007 est.)
Bermuda
$NA
Bhutan
$1.308 billion (2007 est.)
Bolivia
$13.19 billion (2007 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
$14.78 billion (2007 est.)
Botswana
$12.31 billion (2007 est.)
Brazil
$1.314 trillion (2007 est.)
British Virgin Islands
$839.7 million (2003)
Brunei
$12.39 billion (2007 est.)
Bulgaria
$39.61 billion (2007 est.)
Burkina Faso
$6.977 billion (2007 est.)
Burma
$13.53 billion (2007 est.)
Burundi
$1.001 billion (2007 est.)
Cambodia
$8.604 billion (2007 est.)
Cameroon
$20.65 billion (2007 est.)
Canada
$1.432 trillion (2007 est.)
Cape Verde
$1.428 billion (2007 est.)
Cayman Islands
$NA
Central African Republic
$1.714 billion (2007 est.)
Chad
$7.095 billion (2007 est.)
Chile
$163.8 billion (2007 est.)
China
$3.251 trillion (2007 est.)
Colombia
$171.6 billion (2007 est.)
Comoros
$442 million (2007 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
$10.14 billion (2007 est.)
Congo, Republic of the
$7.657 billion (2007 est.)
Cook Islands
$183.2 million (2005 est.)
Costa Rica
$26.24 billion (2007 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
$19.6 billion (2007 est.)
Croatia
$51.36 billion (2007 est.)
Cuba
$45.58 billion (2007 est.)
Cyprus
$21.3 billion (2007 est.)
Czech Republic
$175.3 billion (2007 est.)
Denmark
$311.9 billion (2007 est.)
Djibouti
$841 million (2007 est.)
Dominica
$311 million (2007 est.)
Dominican Republic
$36.4 billion (2007 est.)
Ecuador
$44.18 billion (2007 est.)
Egypt
$127.9 billion (2007 est.)
El Salvador
$20.37 billion (2007 est.)
Equatorial Guinea
$10.49 billion (2007 est.)
Eritrea
$1.316 billion (2007 est.)
Estonia
$21.28 billion (2007 est.)
Ethiopia
$19.43 billion (2007 est.)
European Union
$16.62 trillion (2007 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
$NA
Faroe Islands
$1.7 billion (2005 est.)
Fiji
$3.409 billion (2007 est.)
Finland
$245 billion (2007 est.)
France
$2.56 trillion (2007 est.)
French Polynesia
$3.8 billion (2002)
Gabon
$11.3 billion (2007 est.)
Gambia, The
$653 million (2007 est.)
Gaza Strip
$5.328 billion (includes West Bank) (2006 est.)
Georgia
$10.29 billion (2007 est.)
Germany
$3.322 trillion (2007 est.)
Ghana
$14.86 billion (2007 est.)
Gibraltar
$1.066 billion (2005 est.)
Greece
$314.6 billion (2007 est.)
Greenland
$1.7 billion (2005)
Grenada
$590 million (2007 est.)
Guam
$2.773 billion (2001)
Guatemala
$33.69 billion (2007 est.)
Guernsey
$2.742 billion (2005)
Guinea
$4.714 billion (2007 est.)
Guinea-Bissau
$343 million (2007 est.)
Guyana
$1.039 billion (2007 est.)
Haiti
$5.435 billion (2007 est.)
Honduras
$12.28 billion (2007 est.)
Hong Kong
$206.7 billion (2007 est.)
Hungary
$138.4 billion (2007 est.)
Iceland
$20 billion (2007 est.)
India
$1.099 trillion (2007 est.)
Indonesia
$432.9 billion (2007 est.)
Iran
$294.1 billion (2007 est.)
Iraq
$60.12 billion (2007 est.)
Ireland
$258.6 billion (2007 est.)
Isle of Man
$2.719 billion (2005 est.)
Israel
$161.9 billion (2007 est.)
Italy
$2.105 trillion (2007 est.)
Jamaica
$11.21 billion (2007 est.)
Japan
$4.384 trillion (2007 est.)
Jersey
$5.1 billion (2005 est.)
Jordan
$16.01 billion (2007 est.)
Kazakhstan
$103.8 billion (2007 est.)
Kenya
$29.3 billion (2007 est.)
Kiribati
$67 million (2007 est.)
Korea, North
$25.96 billion (2007 est.)
Korea, South
$957.1 billion (2007 est.)
Kosovo
$3.237 billion (2007 est.)
Kuwait
$111.3 billion (2007 est.)
Kyrgyzstan
$3.748 billion (2007 est.)
Laos
$4.028 billion (2007 est.)
Latvia
$27.34 billion (2007 est.)
Lebanon
$24.64 billion (2007 est.)
Lesotho
$1.6 billion (2007 est.)
Liberia
$730 million (2007 est.)
Libya
$57.06 billion (2007 est.)
Liechtenstein
$36.33 billion (2007 est.)
Lithuania
$38.35 billion (2007 est.)
Luxembourg
$50.16 billion (2007 est.)
Macau
$14.3 billion (2006)
Macedonia
$7.497 billion (2007 est.)
Madagascar
$7.322 billion (2007 est.)
Malawi
$3.538 billion (2007 est.)
Malaysia
$186.5 billion (2007 est.)
Maldives
$1.049 billion (2007 est.)
Mali
$6.745 billion (2007 est.)
Malta
$7.419 billion (2007 est.)
Marshall Islands
$144 million (2005)
Mauritania
$2.756 billion (2007 est.)
Mauritius
$6.959 billion (2007 est.)
Mayotte
$NA
Mexico
$893.4 billion (2007 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of
$232 million (2005)
Moldova
$4.227 billion (2007 est.)
Monaco
$NA
Mongolia
$3.905 billion (2007 est.)
Montenegro
$2.974 billion (2007 est.)
Montserrat
$NA
Morocco
$73.43 billion (2007 est.)
Mozambique
$7.559 billion (2007 est.)
Namibia
$7.4 billion (2007 est.)
Nauru
$NA
Nepal
$9.627 billion (2007 est.)
Netherlands
$768.7 billion (2007 est.)
Netherlands Antilles
$NA
New Caledonia
$3.3 billion (2003 est.)
New Zealand
$128.1 billion (2007 est.)
Nicaragua
$5.723 billion (2007 est.)
Niger
$4.174 billion (2007 est.)
Nigeria
$166.8 billion (2007 est.)
Niue
$10.01 million (2003)
Northern Mariana Islands
$633.4 million (2000)
Norway
$391.5 billion (2007 est.)
Oman
$40.06 billion (2007 est.)
Pakistan
$143.8 billion (2007 est.)
Palau
$145 million (2005)
Panama
$19.74 billion (2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea
$6.001 billion (2007 est.)
Paraguay
$10.87 billion (2007 est.)
Peru
$109.1 billion (2007 est.)
Philippines
$144.1 billion (2007 est.)
Poland
$420.3 billion (2007 est.)
Portugal
$223.3 billion (2007 est.)
Puerto Rico
$NA (2007 est.)
Qatar
$67.76 billion (2007 est.)
Romania
$166 billion (2007 est.)
Russia
$1.29 trillion (2007 est.)
Rwanda
$3.32 billion (2007 est.)
Saint Helena
$NA
Saint Kitts and Nevis
$527 million (2007 est.)
Saint Lucia
$958 million (2007 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
$NA
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
$559 million (2007 est.)
Samoa
$397 million (2007 est.)
San Marino
$1.048 billion (2004)
Sao Tome and Principe
$144 million (2007 est.)
Saudi Arabia
$376 billion (2007 est.)
Senegal
$11.12 billion (2007 est.)
Serbia
$41.68 billion (2007 est.)
Seychelles
$710 million (2007 est.)
Sierra Leone
$1.664 billion (2007 est.)
Singapore
$161.3 billion (2007 est.)
Slovakia
$74.99 billion (2007 est.)
Slovenia
$46.08 billion (2007 est.)
Solomon Islands
$358 million (2007 est.)
Somalia
$2.509 billion (2007 est.)
South Africa
$282.6 billion (2007 est.)
Spain
$1.439 trillion (2007 est.)
Sri Lanka
$30.01 billion (2007 est.)
Sudan
$46.16 billion (2007 est.)
Suriname
$2.404 billion (2007 est.)
Swaziland
$2.936 billion (2007 est.)
Sweden
$455.3 billion (2007 est.)
Switzerland
$423.9 billion (2007 est.)
Syria
$37.76 billion (2007 est.)
Taiwan
$383.3 billion (2007 est.)
Tajikistan
$3.712 billion (2007 est.)
Tanzania
$16.18 billion (2007 est.)
Thailand
$245.7 billion (2007 est.)
Timor-Leste
$459 million (2007 est.)
Togo
$2.497 billion (2007 est.)
Tokelau
$NA
Tonga
$219 million (2007 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago
$20.7 billion (2007 est.)
Tunisia
$35.01 billion (2007 est.)
Turkey
$663.4 billion (2007 est.)
Turkmenistan
$26.91 billion (2007 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
$NA
Tuvalu
$14.94 million (2002)
Uganda
$11.23 billion (2007 est.)
Ukraine
$140.5 billion (2007 est.)
United Arab Emirates
$192.6 billion (2007 est.)
United Kingdom
$2.773 trillion (2007 est.)
United States
$13.84 trillion (2007 est.)
Uruguay
$22.95 billion (2007 est.)
Uzbekistan
$22.31 billion (2007 est.)
Vanuatu
$455 million (2007 est.)
Venezuela
$236.4 billion (2007 est.)
Vietnam
$70.02 billion (2007 est.)
Virgin Islands
$NA
Wallis and Futuna
$NA
West Bank
$5.328 billion (includes Gaza Strip) (2006 est.)
Western Sahara
$NA
World
GWP (gross world product): $54.62 trillion (2007 est.)
Yemen
$21.66 billion (2007 est.)
Zambia
$11.16 billion (2007 est.)
Zimbabwe
$641 million
note: hyperinflation and the plunging value of the Zimbabwean dollar
makes Zimbabwe's GDP at the official exchange rate a highly
inaccurate statistic (2007 est.)
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@2196 Trafficking in persons
Albania
current situation: Albania is a source country for women and
girls trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation
and forced labor; it is no longer considered a major country of
transit; Albanian victims are trafficked to Greece, Italy,
Macedonia, and Kosovo, with many trafficked onward to Western
European countries; children were also trafficked to Greece for
begging and other forms of child labor; approximately half of all
Albanian trafficking victims are under age 18; internal sex
trafficking of women and children is on the rise
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Albania is on the Tier 2 Watch List
for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat
trafficking in persons in 2007, particularly in the area of victim
protection; the government did not appropriately identify
trafficking victims during 2007, and has not demonstrated that it is
vigorously investigating or prosecuting complicit officials (2008)
Algeria
current situation: Algeria is a transit country for men and
women trafficked from sub-Saharan Africa to Europe for the purposes
of commercial sexual exploitation and involuntary servitude;
Algerian children are trafficked internally for the purpose of
domestic servitude or street vending
tier rating: Tier 3 - Algeria did not report any serious law
enforcement actions to punish traffickers who force women into
commercial sexual exploitation or men into involuntary servitude in
2007; the government again reported no investigations of trafficking
of children for domestic servitude or improvements in protection
services available to victims of trafficking; Algeria still lacks
victim protection services, and its failure to distinguish between
trafficking and illegal migration may result in the punishment of
victims of trafficking (2008)
Argentina
current situation: Argentina is a source, transit, and
destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the
purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor; most
victims are trafficked within the country, from rural to urban
areas; child sex tourism is a problem; foreign women and children,
primarily from Paraguay, Brazil, and the Dominican Republic, are
trafficked to Argentina for commercial sexual exploitation;
Argentine women and girls are also trafficked to neighboring
countries, Mexico, and Western Europe for sexual exploitation; a
significant number of Bolivians, Peruvians, and Paraguayans are
trafficked into the country for forced labor in sweatshops,
agriculture, and as domestic servants
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - despite some progress, Argentina
remains on the Tier 2 Watch List for the third consecutive year for
its failure to show evidence of increasing efforts to combat human
trafficking, particularly in terms of providing adequate assistance
to victims and curbing official complicity with trafficking
activity, especially on the provincial and local levels; the
Argentine Congress has demonstrated progress by enacting much-needed
and first-ever federal anti-trafficking legislation (2008)
Armenia
current situation: Armenia is primarily a source country for
women and girls trafficked to the UAE and Turkey for the purpose of
commercial sexual exploitation; Armenian men and women are
trafficked to Turkey and Russia for the purpose of forced labor
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Armenia is placed on the Tier 2
Watch List for a fourth consecutive year; its efforts to increase
compliance with the minimum standards were assessed based on its
commitments to undertake future actions, particularly in the areas
of improving victim protection and assistance; while the government
elevated anti-trafficking responsibilities to the ministerial level,
adopted a new National Action Plan, and drafted a National Referral
Mechanism, it has yet to show tangible progress in identifying and
protecting victims or in tackling trafficking complicity of
government officials; the Armenian Government made some notable
improvements in its anti-trafficking law enforcement efforts, but it
failed to demonstrate evidence of investigations, prosecutions,
convictions, and sentences of officials complicit in trafficking
(2008)
Azerbaijan
current situation: Azerbaijan is primarily a source and
transit country for men, women, and children trafficked for the
purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor; women
and some children from Azerbaijan are trafficked to Turkey and the
UAE for the purpose of sexual exploitation; men and boys are
trafficked to Russia for the purpose of forced labor; Azerbaijan
serves as a transit country for victims from Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan,
Kazakhstan, and Moldova trafficked to Turkey and the UAE for sexual
exploitation
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Azerbaijan is on the Tier 2 Watch
List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to
combat trafficking in persons, particularly efforts to investigate,
prosecute, and punish traffickers; to address complicity among law
enforcement personnel; and to adequately identify and protect
victims in Azerbaijan; the government has yet to develop a
much-needed mechanism to identify potential trafficking victims and
refer them to safety and care; poor treatment of trafficking victims
in courtrooms continues to be a problem (2008)
Bahrain
current situation: Bahrain is a destination country for men
and women trafficked for the purposes of involuntary servitude and
commercial sexual exploitation; men and women from Africa, South
Asia, and Southeast Asia migrate voluntarily to Bahrain to work as
laborers or domestic servants where some face conditions of
involuntary servitude such as unlawful withholding of passports,
restrictions on movements, non-payment of wages, threats, and
physical or sexual abuse; women from Thailand, Morocco, Eastern
Europe, and Central Asia are trafficked to Bahrain for the purpose
of commercial sexual exploitation
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Bahrain is on the Tier 2 Watch List
for failing to show evidence of increased efforts to combat human
trafficking, particularly efforts that enforce laws against
trafficking in persons, and that prevent the punishment of victims
of trafficking; during 2007, Bahrain passed a comprehensive law
prohibiting all forms of trafficking in persons; the government also
established a specialized anti-trafficking unit within the Ministry
of Interior to investigate trafficking crimes; however, the
government did not report any prosecutions or convictions for
trafficking offenses during 2007, despite reports of a substantial
problem of involuntary servitude and sex trafficking (2008)
Burma
current situation: Burma is a source country for women,
children, and men trafficked for the purpose of forced labor and
commercial sexual exploitation; Burmese women and children are
trafficked to East and Southeast Asia for commercial sexual
exploitation, domestic servitude, and forced labor; Burmese children
are subjected to conditions of forced labor in Thailand as hawkers,
beggars, and for work in shops, agriculture, fish processing, and
small-scale industries; women are trafficked for commercial sexual
exploitation to Malaysia and China; some trafficking victims transit
Burma from Bangladesh to Malaysia and from China to Thailand;
internal trafficking occurs primarily from villages to urban centers
and economic hubs for labor in industrial zones, agricultural
estates, and commercial sexual exploitation; military and civilian
officials continue to use a significant amount of forced labor;
ethnic insurgent groups also used compulsory labor of adults and
unlawful recruitment of children; the military junta's gross
economic mismanagement, human rights abuses, and its policy of using
forced labor are the top
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