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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.
Abbreviations: This information is included in Appendix A:Abbreviations, which includes all abbreviations and acronyms used inthe Factbook, with their expansions.
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money circulating within their own borders
Gabon
$1.547 billion (31 December 2007)
Gambia, The
$186.7 million (31 December 2007)
Gaza Strip
$1.574 billion (31 December 2007)
Georgia
$1.154 billion (31 December 2007)
Germany
NA
note: see entry for the European Union for money supply in the Euro
Area; the European Central Bank (ECB) controls monetary policy for
the 15 members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); individual
members of the EMU do not control the quantity of money and quasi
money circulating within their own borders
Ghana
$2.179 billion (31 December 2006)
Greece
NA
note: see entry for the European Union for money supply in the Euro
Area; the European Central Bank (ECB) controls monetary policy for
the 15 members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); individual
members of the EMU do not control the quantity of money and quasi
money circulating within their own borders
Grenada
$151.2 million (31 December 2007)
Guatemala
$6.227 billion (31 December 2007)
Guinea
$309.8 million (31 December 2005)
Guinea-Bissau
$142.5 million (31 December 2007)
Guyana
$315.2 million (31 December 2007)
Haiti
$704.7 million (31 December 2007)
Honduras
$1.573 billion (31 December 2007)
Hong Kong
$51.25 billion (31 December 2007)
Hungary
$36.78 billion (31 December 2007)
Iceland
$6.64 billion (31 December 2007)
India
$250.9 billion (31 December 2007)
Indonesia
$47.78 billion (31 December 2007)
Iran
$46.13 billion (31 December 2007)
Iraq
$18.81 billion (31 December 2007)
Ireland
NA
note: see entry for the European Union for money supply in the Euro
Area; the European Central Bank (ECB) controls monetary policy for
the 15 members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); individual
members of the EMU do not control the quantity of money and quasi
money circulating within their own borders
Israel
$15.36 billion (31 December 2006)
Italy
NA
note: see entry for the European Union for money supply in the Euro
Area; the European Central Bank (ECB) controls monetary policy for
the 15 members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); individual
members of the EMU do not control the quantity of money and quasi
money circulating within their own borders
Jamaica
$1.369 billion (31 December 2007)
Japan
$4.37 trillion (31 December 2007)
Jordan
$6.765 billion (31 December 2007)
Kazakhstan
$12.74 billion (31 December 2007)
Kenya
$5.932 billion (31 December 2007)
Korea, South
$92.59 billion (31 December 2007)
Kuwait
$15.12 billion (31 December 2007)
Kyrgyzstan
$911.1 million (31 December 2007)
Laos
$327.9 million (31 December 2007)
Latvia
$8.196 billion (31 December 2007)
Lebanon
$2.374 billion (31 December 2007)
Lesotho
$439.2 million (31 December 2007)
Liberia
$145.6 million (31 December 2007)
Libya
$18.04 billion (31 December 2007)
Lithuania
$11.84 billion (31 December 2007)
Luxembourg
NA
note: see entry for the European Union for money supply in the Euro
Area; the European Central Bank (ECB) controls monetary policy for
the 15 members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); individual
members of the EMU do not control the quantity of money and quasi
money circulating within their own borders
Macau
$1.16 billion (31 December 2007)
Macedonia
$1.173 billion (31 December 2007)
Madagascar
$1.161 billion (31 December 2007)
Malawi
$361.5 million (31 December 2007)
Malaysia
$49.41 billion (31 December 2007)
Maldives
$344.1 million (31 December 2007)
Mali
$1.58 billion (31 December 2007)
Malta
$4.603 billion
note: see entry for the European Union for money supply in the Euro
Area; the European Central Bank (ECB) controls monetary policy for
the 15 members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); individual
members of the EMU do not control the quantity of money and quasi
money circulating within their own borders (31 December 2007)
Mauritania
NA (31 December 2007)
Mauritius
$1.673 billion (31 December 2007)
Mexico
$103.5 billion (31 December 2007)
Micronesia, Federated States of
$22.45 million (31 December 2007)
Moldova
$965 million (31 December 2007)
Mongolia
$504.7 million (31 December 2007)
Montenegro
$1.172 billion (31 December 2007)
Montserrat
$17.9 million (31 December 2007)
Morocco
$67.42 billion (31 December 2007)
Mozambique
$1.261 billion (31 December 2007)
Namibia
$2.149 billion (31 December 2007)
Nepal
$2.184 billion (31 December 2007)
Netherlands
NA
note: see entry for the European Union for money supply in the Euro
Area; the European Central Bank (ECB) controls monetary policy for
the 15 members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); individual
members of the EMU do not control the quantity of money and quasi
money circulating within their own borders
Netherlands Antilles
$1.133 billion (31 December 2007)
New Zealand
$24.2 billion (31 December 2007)
Nicaragua
$465.1 million (31 December 2007)
Niger
$604.5 million (31 December 2007)
Nigeria
$21.72 billion (31 December 2007)
Norway
NA (31 December 2007)
Oman
$5.044 billion (31 December 2007)
Pakistan
$52.76 billion (31 December 2007)
Panama
$3.054 billion (31 December 2007)
Papua New Guinea
$1.685 billion (31 December 2007)
Paraguay
$1.943 billion (31 December 2007)
Peru
$14.66 billion (31 December 2007)
Philippines
$21.27 billion (31 December 2007)
Poland
$137.4 billion (31 December 2007)
Portugal
NA
note: see entry for the European Union for money supply in the Euro
Area; the European Central Bank (ECB) controls monetary policy for
the 15 members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); individual
members of the EMU do not control the quantity of money and quasi
money circulating within their own borders
Qatar
$9.718 billion (31 December 2007)
Romania
$25.17 billion (31 December 2007)
Russia
$303.7 billion (31 December 2007)
Rwanda
$233.6 million (31 December 2005)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
$97.31 million (31 December 2007)
Saint Lucia
$264.7 million (31 December 2007)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
$155.5 million (31 December 2007)
Samoa
$69.97 million (31 December 2007)
San Marino
$1.326 billion (31 December 2007)
Sao Tome and Principe
$19.99 million (31 December 2007)
Saudi Arabia
$102.4 billion (31 December 2007)
Senegal
$2.842 billion (31 December 2007)
Serbia
$4.632 billion (31 December 2007)
Seychelles
$330.8 million (31 December 2007)
Sierra Leone
$184.6 million (31 December 2007)
Singapore
$44.4 billion (31 December 2007)
Slovakia
$26.17 billion (31 December 2007)
Slovenia
$9.347 billion
note: see entry for the European Union for money supply in the Euro
Area; the European Central Bank (ECB) controls monetary policy for
the 15 members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); individual
members of the EMU do not control the quantity of money and quasi
money circulating within their own borders (31 December 2006)
Solomon Islands
$118.3 million (31 December 2007)
South Africa
$58.49 billion (31 December 2007)
Spain
NA
note: see entry for the European Union for money supply in the Euro
Area; the European Central Bank (ECB) controls monetary policy for
the 15 members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); individual
members of the EMU do not control the quantity of money and quasi
money circulating within their own borders
Sri Lanka
$2.465 billion (31 December 2007)
Sudan
$5.549 billion (31 December 2007)
Suriname
$416.6 million (31 December 2007)
Swaziland
$244.8 million (31 December 2007)
Sweden
$217.1 billion (31 December 2007)
Switzerland
$213.9 billion (31 December 2007)
Syria
$58.84 billion
note: This number reflects the greatly overvalued official exchange
rate of 11.23 Syrian pounds per dollar. At the unofficial rate of 50
Syrian pounds per dollar, the stock of Syrian pounds would equal
US$13.22 billion and Syria's velocity of money (the number of times
money turns over in the course of a year) would be three, in line
with the velocity of money for other countries in the region. (31
December 2006)
Taiwan
NA
Tajikistan
$91.59 million (31 December 2006)
Tanzania
$2.263 billion (31 December 2007)
Thailand
$28.62 billion (31 December 2007)
Timor-Leste
$74.94 million (31 December 2007)
Togo
$624.9 million (31 December 2007)
Tonga
$46.38 million (31 December 2007)
Trinidad and Tobago
$2.646 billion (31 December 2007)
Tunisia
$9.491 billion (31 December 2007)
Turkey
$64.43 billion (31 December 2007)
Uganda
$1.363 billion (31 December 2007)
Ukraine
$35.97 billion (31 December 2007)
United Arab Emirates
$49.5 billion (31 December 2007)
United States
$1.374 trillion (31 December 2007)
Uruguay
$2.145 billion (31 December 2007)
Vanuatu
$107.1 million (31 December 2007)
Venezuela
$63.18 billion (31 December 2007)
Vietnam
$27.15 billion (31 December 2007)
West Bank
$1.574 billion (31 December 2007)
Yemen
$3.076 billion (31 December 2007)
Zambia
$995.8 million (31 December 2007)
Zimbabwe
$14.18 billion
note: This number reflects the vastly overvalued official exchange
rate of 30,000 Zimbabwe dollars per US dollar. At an unofficial rate
of 800,000 Zimbabwe dollars per US dollar, the stock of Zimbabwe
dollars would equal only about US$500 million and Zimbabwe's
velocity of money (the number of times money turns over in the
course of a year) would be nine, in line with the velocity of money
for other countries in the region. (31 December 2007)
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Afghanistan
$958.6 million (31 December 2007)
Albania
$6.433 billion (31 December 2007)
Algeria
$28.59 billion (31 December 2007)
Angola
$7.216 billion (31 December 2007)
Anguilla
$470.1 million (31 December 2007)
Antigua and Barbuda
$902 million (31 December 2007)
Argentina
$45.92 billion (31 December 2007)
Armenia
$765.2 million (31 December 2007)
Aruba
$792.9 million (31 December 2007)
Australia
$667.2 billion (31 December 2007)
Austria
NA
Azerbaijan
$2.593 billion (31 December 2007)
Bahamas, The
$4.324 billion (31 December 2007)
Bahrain
$10.63 billion (31 December 2007)
Bangladesh
$32.4 billion (31 December 2007)
Barbados
$2.717 billion (31 December 2007)
Belarus
$6.823 billion (31 December 2007)
Belgium
NA
Belize
$549 million (31 December 2007)
Benin
$627.2 million (31 December 2007)
Bhutan
$220.3 million (31 December 2007)
Bolivia
$4.729 billion (31 December 2007)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
$5.597 billion (31 December 2007)
Botswana
$4.336 billion (31 December 2007)
Brazil
$792.8 billion (31 December 2007)
Brunei
$4.258 billion (31 December 2007)
Bulgaria
$17.03 billion (31 December 2007)
Burkina Faso
$663 million (31 December 2007)
Burma
$216.9 billion (31 December 2007)
Burundi
$141 million (31 December 2007)
Cambodia
$2.309 billion (31 December 2007)
Cameroon
$1.698 billion (31 December 2007)
Canada
$1.381 trillion (31 December 2007)
Cape Verde
$689 million (31 December 2007)
Central African Republic
$47.58 million (31 December 2007)
Chad
$55.23 million (31 December 2007)
Chile
$80.42 billion (31 December 2007)
China
$3.437 trillion (31 December 2007)
Colombia
$27.25 billion (31 December 2007)
Comoros
$23.39 million (31 December 2007)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
$677.9 million (31 December 2007)
Congo, Republic of the
$204.3 million (31 December 2007)
Costa Rica
$2.87 billion (31 December 2007)
Cote d'Ivoire
$1.915 billion (31 December 2007)
Croatia
$31.86 billion (31 December 2007)
Cuba
NA
Cyprus
$43.93 billion (31 December 2007)
Czech Republic
$58.77 billion (31 December 2007)
Denmark
$81.64 billion (31 December 2007)
Djibouti
$284.1 million (31 December 2007)
Dominica
$269.1 million (31 December 2007)
Dominican Republic
$5.631 billion (31 December 2007)
Ecuador
$7.974 billion (31 December 2007)
Egypt
$102.6 billion (31 December 2007)
El Salvador
$764.1 million (31 December 2007)
Equatorial Guinea
$174.5 million (31 December 2007)
Eritrea
$932.9 million (31 December 2007)
Estonia
$4.253 billion (31 December 2007)
Ethiopia
$3.258 billion (31 December 2007)
European Union
$10.93 trillion
note: this is the quantity of quasi money, M2, for the Euro Area,
converted into US dollars at the exchange rate for the date
indicated; it excludes the stock of quasi money carried by
non-Eurozone members of the European Union
Fiji
$1.088 billion (31 December 2007)
Finland
NA
France
NA
Gabon
$799.3 million (31 December 2007)
Gambia, The
$180.4 million (31 December 2007)
Gaza Strip
$3.048 billion (31 December 2007)
Georgia
$1.379 billion (31 December 2007)
Germany
NA
Ghana
$2.174 billion (31 December 2006)
Greece
NA
Grenada
$533.4 million (31 December 2007)
Guatemala
$8.928 billion (31 December 2007)
Guinea
NA (31 December 2007)
Guinea-Bissau
$12.04 million (31 December 2007)
Guyana
$728.8 million (31 December 2007)
Haiti
$1.561 billion (31 December 2007)
Honduras
$5.266 billion (31 December 2007)
Hong Kong
$578.1 billion (31 December 2007)
Hungary
$43.07 billion (31 December 2007)
Iceland
$15.05 billion (31 December 2006)
India
$647.3 billion (31 December 2007)
Indonesia
$127 billion (31 December 2007)
Iran
$68.71 billion (31 December 2007)
Iraq
$3.67 billion (31 December 2007)
Ireland
NA (31 December 2007)
Israel
$154.3 billion (31 December 2007)
Italy
NA (31 December 2007)
Jamaica
$4.54 billion (31 December 2007)
Japan
$4.783 trillion (31 December 2007)
Jordan
$15.38 billion (31 December 2007)
Kazakhstan
$25.75 billion (31 December 2007)
Kenya
$6.273 billion (31 December 2007)
Korea, South
$541.7 billion (31 December 2007)
Kuwait
$55.2 billion (31 December 2007)
Kyrgyzstan
$303.7 million (31 December 2007)
Laos
$717.9 million (31 December 2007)
Latvia
$5.113 billion (31 December 2007)
Lebanon
$57.4 billion (31 December 2007)
Lesotho
$160.2 million (31 December 2007)
Liberia
$49.89 million (31 December 2007)
Libya
$3.192 billion (31 December 2007)
Lithuania
$6.917 billion (31 December 2007)
Luxembourg
NA (31 December 2007)
Macau
$21.91 billion (31 December 2007)
Macedonia
$3.127 billion (31 December 2007)
Madagascar
$577.4 million (31 December 2007)
Malawi
$250.4 million (31 December 2007)
Malaysia
$187.6 billion (31 December 2007)
Maldives
$434.9 million (31 December 2007)
Mali
$697.1 million (31 December 2007)
Malta
$7.645 billion (31 December 2007)
Mauritania
NA (31 December 2007)
Mauritius
$6.759 billion (31 December 2007)
Mexico
$168.4 billion (31 December 2007)
Micronesia, Federated States of
$72.49 million (31 December 2007)
Moldova
$1.449 billion (31 December 2007)
Mongolia
$1.539 billion (31 December 2007)
Montenegro
$1.446 billion (31 December 2007)
Montserrat
$43.9 million (31 December 2007)
Morocco
$16.23 billion (31 December 2007)
Mozambique
$1.467 billion (31 December 2007)
Namibia
$1.493 billion (31 December 2007)
Nepal
$4.745 billion (31 December 2007)
Netherlands
NA (31 December 2007)
Netherlands Antilles
$2.309 billion (31 December 2007)
New Zealand
$117.8 billion (31 December 2007)
Nicaragua
$1.802 billion (31 December 2007)
Niger
$193.7 million (31 December 2007)
Nigeria
$19.07 billion (31 December 2007)
Norway
NA (31 December 2007)
Oman
$11.04 billion (31 December 2007)
Pakistan
$18.42 billion (31 December 2007)
Panama
$14.26 billion (31 December 2007)
Papua New Guinea
$1.482 billion (31 December 2007)
Paraguay
$1.368 billion (31 December 2007)
Peru
$19.95 billion (31 December 2007)
Philippines
$65.85 billion (31 December 2007)
Poland
$93.99 billion (31 December 2007)
Portugal
NA (31 December 2007)
Qatar
$22.6 billion (31 December 2007)
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