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El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Europa Island
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France
French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Gabon Gambia, The Gaza Strip Germany Ghana Gibraltar Glorioso
Islands Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala
Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana

Haiti Heard Island and McDonald Islands Honduras Hong Kong
Howland Island Hungary
Iceland India Indian Ocean Indonesia Iran Iraq Iraq-Saudi Arabia
Neutral Zone Ireland Israel (also see separate Gaza Strip and West
Bank entries) Italy Ivory Coast
Jamaica Jan Mayen Japan Jarvis Island Jersey Johnston Atoll Jordan
(also see separate West Bank entry) Juan de Nova Island
Kenya Kingman Reef Kiribati Korea, North Korea, South Kuwait
Laos Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Luxembourg
Macau Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Man, Isle
of Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico
Micronesia, Federated States of Midway Islands Monaco Mongolia
Montserrat Morocco Mozambique
Namibia Nauru Navassa Island Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk
Island Northern Mariana Islands Norway
Oman
Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the (Palau) Pacific Ocean Pakistan
Palmyra Atoll Panama Papua New Guinea Paracel Islands Paraguay
Peru Philippines Pitcairn Islands Poland Portugal Puerto Rico
Qatar
Reunion Romania Rwanda
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 Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore
Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia and the South
Sandwich Islands Soviet Union Spain Spratly Islands Sri Lanka Sudan
Suriname Svalbard Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria

Taiwan entry follows Zimbabwe Tanzania Thailand Togo Tokelau
Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tromelin Island Tunisia Turkey Turks and
Caicos Islands Tuvalu
Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay
Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands
Wake Island Wallis and Futuna West Bank Western Sahara Western
Samoa World
Yemen Yugoslavia
Zaire Zambia Zimbabwe
Taiwan
Appendix A: The United Nations System Appendix B: International
Organization and Group Abbreviations Appendix C: International
Organizations and Groups Appendix D: Weights and Measures
Appendix E: Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names
Notes, Definitions, and Abbreviations
There have been some significant changes in this edition. The Literacy
entry now includes rates for males, females, and both sexes. Appendix
C: International Organizations and Groups is new and includes date
established, aim, and list of members. Three maps of special interest
have been added this year--republics of the Soviet Union, ethnic groups
in the Soviet Union, and ethnic groups in Eastern Europe.
_#_Abbreviations: (see Appendix B for international organizations and
groups)
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 FY fiscal year 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 km kilometer km2 square 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
UAE United Arab Emirates UK United Kingdom US United States
USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union) 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
United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN). Changes that have
been reported but not yet acted upon by BGN are noted.
_#_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 km2, 69 miles2) or The Mall in
Washington, DC (0.59 km2, 0.23 miles2, 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 1991 was used in the preparation of this edition. Population
figures are estimates for 1 July 1991, with population growth rates
estimated for mid-1991 through mid-1992. Major political events have
been updated through 30 June 1991. Military age figures are average
annual estimates for 1991-95.

_#_Death rate: The average annual number of deaths during a year per
l,000 population at midyear. Also known as crude death rate.
_#_Diplomatic