estimates, and changes the relative sizes of many ofthe world's economies.
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.
Acronyms: An acronym is an abbreviation coined from the initial letterof each
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China $ 1,534,000,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 2 Japan $ 954,100,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 3 Russia $ 476,400,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 4 India $ 275,000,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 5 Taiwan $ 275,000,000,000 31 December 2007 6 Korea, South $ 262,200,000,000 31 December 2007 7 Brazil $ 180,300,000,000 31 December 2007 8 Singapore $ 163,000,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 9 Hong Kong $ 152,700,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 10 Germany $ 136,200,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 11 France $ 115,700,000,000 2006 est. 12 Algeria $ 110,600,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 13 Malaysia $ 101,100,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 14 Italy $ 94,330,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 15 Thailand $ 87,460,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 16 Mexico $ 87,190,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 17 Libya $ 79,600,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 18 United Arab Emirates $ 77,240,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 19 Turkey $ 76,510,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 20 Switzerland $ 75,370,000,000 2006 est. 21 United States $ 70,570,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 22 Iran $ 69,200,000,000 2007 est. 23 Poland $ 65,750,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 24 Norway $ 60,840,000,000 2006 est. 25 United Kingdom $ 57,300,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 26 Indonesia $ 56,920,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 27 Nigeria $ 51,330,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 28 Argentina $ 46,120,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 29 Canada $ 41,080,000,000 2007 est. 30 Romania $ 39,960,000,000 31 December 2007 31 Czech Republic $ 34,590,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 32 Denmark $ 34,320,000,000 2006 est. 33 Saudi Arabia $ 34,010,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 34 Philippines $ 33,750,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 35 Venezuela $ 33,480,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 36 South Africa $ 32,940,000,000 31 December 2007 37 Ukraine $ 32,480,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 38 Egypt $ 31,370,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 39 Sweden $ 31,040,000,000 2006 est. 40 Israel $ 28,520,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 41 Peru $ 27,780,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 42 Netherlands $ 26,980,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 43 Australia $ 26,910,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 44 Iraq $ 25,660,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 45 Morocco $ 24,720,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 46 Hungary $ 24,050,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 47 Vietnam $ 23,870,000,000 31 December 2007 est. 48 Colombia $ 20,950,000,000
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