Ports [time series]

Mina al Ahmadi (Kuwait), Chiba, Houston, Kawasaki, Kobe, Marseille, New Orleans, New York, Rotterdam, Yokohama

Military and security forces (Branches) [time series]

ground, maritime, and air forces at all levels of technology

Military expenditures (Defense expenditures) [time series]

5.4% of GWP, or $1.1 trillion (1989 est.)

Military manpower [time series]

29.15 million persons in the defense forces of the World (1987)

Agricultural products (Agriculture) [time series]

cereals (wheat, maize, rice), sugar, livestock products, tropical crops, fruit, vegetables, fish

Aid [time series]

NA

Electricity [time series]

2,838,680,000 kW capacity; 11,222,029 million kWh produced, 2,140 kWh per capita (1989)

Exports [time series]

$2,694 billion (f.o.b., 1988); commodities--NA; partners--in value, about 70% of exports from industrial countries

Debt - external (External debt) [time series]

$1,008 billion for less developed countries (1988 est.)

GWP (gross world product) [time series]

$20.3 trillion, per capita $3,870; real growth rate 3.0% (1989 est.)

Imports [time series]

$2,750 billion (c.i.f., 1988); commodities--NA; partners--in value, about 75% of imports by the industrial countries

Industrial production growth rate (Industrial production) [time series]

growth rate 5% (1989 est.)

Industries [time series]

chemicals, energy, machinery, electronics, metals, mining, textiles, food processing

Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]

5%, developed countries; 100%, developing countries with wide variations (1989 est.)

Economic overview (Overview) [time series]

In 1989 the World economy grew at an estimated 3.0%, somewhat lower than the estimated 3.4% for 1988. The technologically advanced areas--North America, Japan, and Western Europe--together account for 65% of the gross world product (GWP) of $20.3 trillion; these developed areas grew in the aggregate at 3.5%. In contrast, the Communist (Second World) countries typically grew at between 0% and 2%, accounting for 23% of GWP. Experience in the developing countries continued mixed, with the newly industrializing countries generally maintaining their rapid growth, and many others struggling with debt, inflation, and inadequate investment. The year 1989 ended with remarkable political upheavals in the Communist countries, which presumably will dislocate economic production still further. The addition of nearly 100 million people a year to an already overcrowded globe will exacerbate the problems of pollution, desertification, underemployment, and poverty throughout the 1990s.

Unemployment rate [time series]

NA%

Climate [time series]

two large areas of polar climates separated by two rather narrow temperate zones from a wide equatorial band of tropical to subtropical climates

Coastline [time series]

359,000 km

Area - comparative (Comparative area) [time series]

land area about 16 times the size of the US

Contiguous zone [time series]

generally 24 nm, but varies from 4 nm to 24 nm;

Continental shelf [time series]

generally 200 nm, but some are 200 meters in depth;

Disputes - international (Disputes) [time series]

13 international land boundary disputes--Argentina-Uruguay, Bangladesh-India, Brazil-Paraguay, Brazil-Uruguay, Cambodia-Vietnam, China-India, China-USSR, Ecuador-Peru, El Salvador-Honduras, French Guiana-Suriname, Guyana-Suriname, Guyana-Venezuela, Qatar-UAE

Environment - current issues (Environment) [time series]

large areas subject to severe weather (tropical cyclones), natural disasters (earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions), industrial disasters, pollution (air, water, acid rain, toxic substances), loss of vegetation (overgrazing, deforestation, desertification), loss of wildlife resources, soil degradation, soil depletion, erosion

Exclusive fishing zone [time series]

most are 200 nm, but varies from 12 nm to 200 nm;

Extended economic zone [time series]

200 nm, only Madagascar claims 150 nm;

Land boundaries [time series]

442,000 km

Land use [time series]

10% arable land; 1% permanent crops; 24% meadows and pastures; 31% forest and woodland; 34% other; includes 1.6% irrigated

Natural resources [time series]

the oceans represent the last major frontier for the discovery and development of natural resources

Terrain [time series]

highest elevation is Mt. Everest at 8,848 meters and lowest elevation is the Dead Sea at 392 meters below sea level; greatest ocean depth is the Marianas Trench at 10,924 meters

Maritime claims (Territorial sea) [time series]

generally 12 nm, but varies from 3 nm to 200 nm

Area (Total area) [time series]

510,072,000 km2; 361,132,000 km2 (70.8%) is water and 148,940,000 km2 (29.2%) is land

Administrative divisions [time series]

248 nations, dependent areas, and other entities

Diplomatic representation in the US (Diplomatic representation) [time series]

there are 159 members of the UN

Legal system [time series]

varies among each of the entities; 162 are parties to the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) or World Court

Birth rate [time series]

27 births/1,000 population (1990)

Death rate [time series]

9 deaths/1,000 population (1990)

Infant mortality rate [time series]

70 deaths/1,000 live births (1990)

Labor force [time series]

1,939,000,000 (1984)

Life expectancy at birth [time series]

60 years male, 64 years female (1990)

Literacy [time series]

77% men; 66% women (1980)

Organized labor [time series]

NA

Population [time series]

5,316,644,000 (July 1990), growth rate 1.7% (1990)

Total fertility rate [time series]

3.4 children born/woman (1990)