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  • Crime > Violent crime > Gun crime > Guns per 100 residents: Number of privately owned small firearms per 100 residents.
  • Crime > Violent crime > Murder rate: Intentional homicide, number and rate per 100,000 population.
  • Crime > Violent crime > Murder rate per million people: Intentional homicide, number and rate per 100,000 population. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Economy > Budget surplus > + or deficit > -: This entry records the difference between national government revenues and expenditures, expressed as a percent of GDP. A positive (+) number indicates that revenues exceeded expenditures (a budget surplus), while a negative (-) number indicates the reverse (a budget deficit). Normalizing the data, by dividing the budget balance by GDP, enables easy comparisons across countries and indicates whether a national government saves or borrows money. Countries with high budget deficits (relative to their GDPs) generally have more difficulty raising funds to finance expenditures, than those with lower deficits.
  • Geography > Area > Comparative: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America.
  • Geography > Area > Land: Total land area in square kilometres
  • Geography > Climate: A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
  • Geography > Land area > Square miles: Country land area.
  • Government > Government type: A description of the basic form of government (e.g., republic, constitutional monarchy, federal republic, parliamentary democracy, military dictatorship).
  • Government > Legal system: A brief description of the legal system's historical roots, role in government, and acceptance of International Court of Justice (ICJ) jurisdiction.
  • Health > Births and maternity > Total fertility rate: Total fertility rate.
  • Health > Physicians > Per 1,000 people: Physicians are defined as graduates of any facility or school of medicine who are working in the country in any medical field (practice, teaching, research).
  • Military > Air force > Combat aircraft: Number of fighter aircrafts (fixed wing aircrafts with combat capability).
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 0-14: Percentage of total population aged 0-14.
  • People > Population: Population, total refers to the total population.
  • Government > Legislative branch: This entry contains information on the structure (unicameral, bicameral, tricameral), formal name, number of seats, and term of office. Elections includes the nature of election process or accession to power, date of the last election, and date of the next election. Election results includes the percent of vote and/or number of seats held by each party in the last election.
  • Geography > Geographic coordinates: This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources.
  • Religion > Religions: This entry includes a rank ordering of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.
  • People > Population > Population growth, past and future: Population growth rate (percentage).
  • Military > Army > Main battle tanks: Number of main battle tanks.
  • Environment > Marine fish catch: Total marine fish catch
    Units: Metric Tons
  • People > Ethnic groups: This entry provides a rank ordering of ethnic groups starting with the largest and normally includes the percent of total population.
  • Government > Suffrage: The age at enfranchisement and whether the right to vote is universal or restricted
  • Geography > Area > Total: Total area in square kilometers
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-24 > Percent: Percentage of total population aged 15-24.
  • Government > Constitution: The dates of adoption, revisions, and major amendments to a nation's constitution
  • Agriculture > Arable land > Hectares: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.
  • Labor > Salaries and benefits > Minimum wage: Minimum wage.

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  • Government > Judicial branch: The name(s) of the highest court(s) and a brief description of the selection process for members.
  • Transport > Road > Motor vehicles per 1000 people: Motor vehicles per 1000 people.

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  • Economy > GDP > Purchasing power parity per capita: This entry gives the gross domestic product (GDP) or value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. A nation's GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates is the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States. This is the measure most economists prefer when looking at per-capita welfare and when comparing living conditions or use of resources across countries. The measure is difficult to compute, as a US dollar value has to be assigned to all goods and services in the country regardless of whether these goods and services have a direct equivalent in the United States (for example, the value of an ox-cart or non-US military equipment); as a result, PPP estimates for some countries are based on a small and sometimes different set of goods and services. In addition, many countries do not formally participate in the World Bank's PPP project that calculates these measures, so the resulting GDP estimates for these countries may lack precision. For many developing countries, PPP-based GDP measures are multiples of the official exchange rate (OER) measure. The difference between the OER- and PPP-denominated GDP values for most of the weathly industrialized countries are generally much smaller. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • People > Birth rate: The average annual number of births during a year per 1,000 persons in the population at midyear; also known as crude birth rate. The birth rate is usually the dominant factor in determining the rate of population growth. It depends on both the level of fertility and the age structure of the population.
  • People > Population growth: Percentage by which country's population either has increased or is estimated to increase. Countries with a decrease in population are signified by a negative percentage. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division.
  • Economy > Budget > Revenues: Revenues calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms
  • People > Age distribution > Median age: The median age of the country's residents. This is the age most people are in the country.
  • Economy > GDP > Per capita > PPP: This entry shows GDP on a purchasing power parity basis divided by population as of 1 July for the same year.
  • Crime > Justice system > Punishment > Capital punishment (last execution year): Year of last use.
  • Government > Political parties and leaders: Significant political organizations and their leaders.
  • Economy > Economy > Overview: This entry briefly describes the type of economy, including the degree of market orientation, the level of economic development, the most important natural resources, and the unique areas of specialization. It also characterizes major economic events and policy changes in the most recent 12 months and may include a statement about one or two key future macroeconomic trends.
  • Crime > Violent crime > Murders per million people: Intentional homicide, number and rate per 100,000 population. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Economy > Exports: This entry provides the total US dollar amount of merchandise exports on an f.o.b. (free on board) basis. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms.
  • Crime > Violent crime > Murders: Intentional homicide, number and rate per 100,000 population.
  • Government > Executive branch > Cabinet: Cabinet includes the official name for any body of high-ranking advisers roughly comparable to a U.S. Cabinet. Also notes the method for selection of members.
  • Education > Compulsary education duration: Number of years students are required to be enrolled in school for all levels of education. For instance, compulsary education lasts for 12 years in the United States.
  • People > Gender > Female population: Total female population.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 0-14 > Total: Number of people aged 0-14.
  • Economy > GDP > Per capita: This entry gives the gross domestic product (GDP) or value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. A nation's GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates is the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States. This is the measure most economists prefer when looking at per-capita welfare and when comparing living conditions or use of resources across countries. The measure is difficult to compute, as a US dollar value has to be assigned to all goods and services in the country regardless of whether these goods and services have a direct equivalent in the United States (for example, the value of an ox-cart or non-US military equipment); as a result, PPP estimates for some countries are based on a small and sometimes different set of goods and services. In addition, many countries do not formally participate in the World Bank's PPP project that calculates these measures, so the resulting GDP estimates for these countries may lack precision. For many developing countries, PPP-based GDP measures are multiples of the official exchange rate (OER) measure. The difference between the OER- and PPP-denominated GDP values for most of the weathly industrialized countries are generally much smaller. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Agriculture > Rural population: Total population living in rural areas. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division.
  • Energy > Electricity > Consumption > Per capita: Total electricity consumed annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • People > Death rate: The average annual number of deaths during a year per 1,000 population at midyear; also known as crude death rate. The death rate, while only a rough indicator of the mortality situation in a country, accurately indicates the current mortality impact on population growth. This indicator is significantly affected by age distribution, and most countries will eventually show a rise in the overall death rate, in spite of continued decline in mortality at all ages, as declining fertility results in an aging population.
  • Environment > Ecological footprint: Ecological footprint per capita
    Units: Hectares per Person
  • Government > Political pressure groups and leaders: Organizations with leaders involved in politics, but not standing for legislative election.
  • Geography > Natural resources: A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
  • Energy > Electricity > Consumption: Total electricity consumed annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.
  • People > Age distribution > Total dependency ratio: Percentage of dependant persons out of total population aged 15-64. A dependant person is a person aged 0-14 and those over 65 years old.
  • Geography > Surface area > Sq. km: Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.
  • People > Population growth rate: The average annual percent change in the population, resulting from a surplus (or deficit) of births over deaths and the balance of migrants entering and leaving a country. The rate may be positive or negative. The growth rate is a factor in determining how great a burden would be imposed on a country by the changing needs of its people for infrastructure (e.g., schools, hospitals, housing, roads), resources (e.g., food, water, electricity), and jobs. Rapid population growth can be seen as threatening by neighboring countries.
  • Geography > Area > Land > Per capita: Total land area in square kilometres Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Agriculture > Agricultural land > Sq. km: Agricultural land (sq. km). Agricultural land refers to the share of land area that is arable, under permanent crops, and under permanent pastures. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Land under permanent crops is land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee, and rubber. This category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. Permanent pasture is land used for five or more years for forage, including natural and cultivated crops.
  • Health > Life expectancy at birth, total > Years: Life expectancy at birth, total (years). Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
  • Energy > Electric power consumption > KWh per capita: Electric power consumption (kWh per capita). Electric power consumption measures the production of power plants and combined heat and power plants less transmission, distribution, and transformation losses and own use by heat and power plants.
  • Military > Personnel > Per capita: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Agriculture > Arable land > Hectares per capita: Arable land (hectares per person). Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.
  • Agriculture > Agricultural growth: Index of agricultural production in 1996 - 98 (1989 - 91 = 100)
  • Economy > Debt > Government debt > Public debt, share of GDP: Public debt as % of GDP (CIA).

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  • Language > Languages: A rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language.
  • Transport > Road network length > Km: Length of road network in kilometers in European Union countries.
  • Economy > GDP > Composition, by sector of origin > Services: This entry is derived from Economy > GDP > Composition, by sector of origin, which shows where production takes place in an economy. The distribution gives the percentage contribution of agriculture, industry, and services to total GDP, and will total 100 percent of GDP if the data are complete. Agriculture includes farming, fishing, and forestry. Industry includes mining, manufacturing, energy production, and construction. Services cover government activities, communications, transportation, finance, and all other private economic activities that do not produce material goods.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-24 > Total: Number of people aged 15-24.
  • Economy > Exports per capita: This entry provides the total US dollar amount of merchandise exports on an f.o.b. (free on board) basis. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Geography > Average precipitation in depth > Mm per year: Average precipitation in depth (mm per year). Average precipitation is the long-term average in depth (over space and time) of annual precipitation in the country. Precipitation is defined as any kind of water that falls from clouds as a liquid or a solid.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 60 or over > Percent: Percentage of total population aged 60 and older.
  • Government > Administrative divisions: This entry generally gives the numbers, designatory terms, and first-order administrative divisions as approved by the US Board on Geographic Names (BGN). Changes that have been reported but not yet acted on by BGN are noted.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-64 > Total: Number of people aged 15-64.
  • Education > Literacy > Total population: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 0-4 > Total: Number of people aged 0-4.
  • People > Obesity > Adult obesity rate: This entry gives the percent of a country's population considered to be obese. Obesity is defined as an adult having a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater to or equal to 30.0. BMI is calculated by taking a person's weight in kg and dividing it by the person's squared height in meters.
  • Religion > Religions > All: This entry includes a rank ordering of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.
  • Education > Primary education, duration > Years: Primary education, duration (years). Duration of primary is the number of grades (years) in primary education.
  • Military > Global Peace Index: The Global Peace Index is comprised of 22 indicators in the three categories ongoing domestic or international conflicts; societal safety; and security and militarization. A low index value indicates a peaceful and safe country.
  • Education > Secondary education, duration > Years: Secondary education, duration (years). Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (years) in secondary education (ISCED 2 & 3).
  • Energy > Electric power consumption > KWh: Electric power consumption (kWh). Electric power consumption measures the production of power plants and combined heat and power plants less transmission, distribution, and transformation losses and own use by heat and power plants.
  • Media > Televisions per 1000: The total number of televisions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Health > Births and maternity > Future births: Mid-range estimate for country's population increase due to births from five years prior to the given year. For example, from 2095 to 2100, India's population is expected to rise by 16,181 people due to births. Estimates are from the UN Population Division.
  • Energy > Oil > Consumption > Per capita: This entry is the total oil consumed in barrels per day (bbl/day). The discrepancy between the amount of oil produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-59: Percentage of total pouplation aged 15-59.
  • People > Population in 2015: (Thousands) Medium-variant projections.
  • Health > Births and maternity > Average age of mother at childbirth: Average age of mother at first childbirth.
  • Geography > Terrain: A brief description of the topography
  • Health > Life expectancy at birth > Total population: The average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. Life expectancy at birth is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country and summarizes the mortality at all ages. It can also be thought of as indicating the potential return on investment in human capital and is necessary for the calculation of various actuarial measures.
  • Military > Service age and obligation: This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of sevice obligation.
  • Geography > Location: The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
  • People > Urban and rural > Population living in cities proper: Each city population by sex, city and city type.
  • Labor > Labor force > By occupation: Component parts of the labor force by occupation.
  • People > Death rate, crude > Per 1,000 people: Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Crude death rate indicates the number of deaths occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.
  • Health > Birth rate > Crude > Per 1,000 people: Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the population growth rate in the absence of migration.
  • Conflict > Terrorism > Global Terrorism Index: Score on Global Terrorism Index. A high value indicates that a country is affected by many terrorist incidents with a strong impact in terms of fatalities, injuries and damaged property.
  • Government > Executive branch > Head of government: Head of government includes the name and title of the top administrative leader who is designated to manage the day-to-day activities of the government. For example, in the UK, the monarch is the chief of state, and the prime minister is the head of government. In the US, the president is both the chief of state and the head of government.
  • Geography > Coastline: The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
  • Labor > Labor force: The total labor force figure
  • Environment > Current issues: This entry lists the most pressing and important environmental problems. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry:
  • Energy > Oil > Consumption: This entry is the total oil consumed in barrels per day (bbl/day). The discrepancy between the amount of oil produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors.
  • Health > Life expectancy at birth, female > Years: Life expectancy at birth, female (years). Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
  • Health > Life expectancy > Men: Life expectancy for men.
  • Military > Navy > Submarines: Number of patrol boats (includes minesweepers).
  • Media > Television > List of TV stations: List of TV stations.
  • Energy > Oil > Production > Per capita: This entry is the total oil produced in barrels per day (bbl/day). The discrepancy between the amount of oil produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • People > Total fertility rate: The average number of children that would be born per woman if all women lived to the end of their child-bearing years and bore children according to a given fertility rate at each age. The total fertility rate is a more direct measure of the level of fertility than the crude birth rate, since it refers to births per woman. This indicator shows the potential for population growth in the country. High rates will also place some limits on the labor force participation rates for women. Large numbers of children born to women indicate large family sizes that might limit the ability of the families to feed and educate their children.
  • Health > Life expectancy at birth, male > Years: Life expectancy at birth, male (years). Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 65 or over > Percent: Percentage of total population aged 65 and older.
  • Media > Television receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Government > Executive branch > Chief of state: The name and title of any person or role roughly equivalent to a U.S. Chief of State. This means the titular leader of the country who represents the state at official and ceremonial functions but may not be involved with the day-to-day activities of the government
  • Media > Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people). Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included.
  • Economy > GDP > Purchasing power parity: This entry gives the gross domestic product (GDP) or value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. A nation's GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates is the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States. This is the measure most economists prefer when looking at per-capita welfare and when comparing living conditions or use of resources across countries. The measure is difficult to compute, as a US dollar value has to be assigned to all goods and services in the country regardless of whether these goods and services have a direct equivalent in the United States (for example, the value of an ox-cart or non-US military equipment); as a result, PPP estimates for some countries are based on a small and sometimes different set of goods and services. In addition, many countries do not formally participate in the World Bank's PPP project that calculates these measures, so the resulting GDP estimates for these countries may lack precision. For many developing countries, PPP-based GDP measures are multiples of the official exchange rate (OER) measure. The difference between the OER- and PPP-denominated GDP values for most of the weathly industrialized countries are generally much smaller.
  • Government > Capital city > Name: This entry gives the name of the seat of government, its geographic coordinates, the time difference relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and the time observed in Washington, DC, and, if applicable, information on daylight saving time (DST). Where appropriate, a special note has been added to highlight those countries that have multiple time zones.
  • Government > Capital city > Geographic coordinates: This entry gives the name of the seat of government, its geographic coordinates, the time difference relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and the time observed in Washington, DC, and, if applicable, information on daylight saving time (DST). Where appropriate, a special note has been added to highlight those countries that have multiple time zones.
  • Environment > Climate change > CO2 emissions from electricity and heat production, total > Million metric tons: CO2 emissions from electricity and heat production, total (million metric tons). CO2 emissions from electricity and heat production is the sum of three IEA categories of CO2 emissions: (1) Main Activity Producer Electricity and Heat which contains the sum of emissions from main activity producer electricity generation, combined heat and power generation and heat plants. Main activity producers (formerly known as public utilities) are defined as those undertakings whose primary activity is to supply the public. They may be publicly or privately owned. This corresponds to IPCC Source/Sink Category 1 A 1 a. For the CO2 emissions from fuel combustion (summary) file, emissions from own on-site use of fuel in power plants (EPOWERPLT) are also included. (2) Unallocated Autoproducers which contains the emissions from the generation of electricity and/or heat by autoproducers. Autoproducers are defined as undertakings that generate electricity and/or heat, wholly or partly for their own use as an activity which supports their primary activity. They may be privately or publicly owned. In the 1996 IPCC Guidelines, these emissions would normally be distributed between industry, transport and "other" sectors. (3) Other Energy Industries contains emissions from fuel combusted in petroleum refineries, for the manufacture of solid fuels, coal mining, oil and gas extraction and other energy-producing industries. This corresponds to the IPCC Source/Sink Categories 1 A 1 b and 1 A 1 c. According to the 1996 IPCC Guidelines, emissions from coke inputs to blast furnaces can either be counted here or in the Industrial Processes source/sink category. Within detailed sectoral calculations, certain non-energy processes can be distinguished. In the reduction of iron in a blast furnace through the combustion of coke, the primary purpose of the coke oxidation is to produce pig iron and the emissions can be considered as an industrial process. Care must be taken not to double count these emissions in both Energy and Industrial Processes. In the IEA estimations, these emissions have been included in this category.
  • Government > International organization participation: This entry lists in alphabetical order by abbreviation those international organizations in which the subject country is a member or participates in some other way.
  • People > Age dependency ratio > Dependents to working-age population: Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. For example, 0.7 means there are 7 dependents for every 10 working-age people.
  • Religion > Major religion(s): Country major religions.
  • Geography > Area > Water: Total water area in square kilometers
  • People > Age structure > 0-14 years: The distribution of the population according to age. Information is included by sex and age group (0-14 years, 15-64 years, 65 years and over). The age structure of a population affects a nation's key socioeconomic issues. Countries with young populations (high percentage under age 15) need to invest more in schools, while countries with older populations (high percentage ages 65 and over) need to invest more in the health sector. The age structure can also be used to help predict potential political issues. For example, the rapid growth of a young adult population unable to find employment can lead to unrest.
  • Military > Military service age and obligation: This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of service obligation.
  • Transport > Airports: Total number of airports. Runways must be useable, but may be unpaved. May not have facilities for refuelling, maintenance, or air traffic control.
  • Military > Navy > Aircraft carriers: Number of aircraft carriers.
  • Geography > Area > Comparative to US places: This entry provides an area comparison based on total area equivalents. Most entities are compared with the entire US or one of the 50 states based on area measurements (1990 revised) provided by the US Bureau of the Census. The smaller entities are compared with Washington, DC (178 sq km, 69 sq mi) or The Mall in Washington, DC (0.59 sq km, 0.23 sq mi, 146 acres).
  • Crime > Punishment > Maximum length of sentence: Maximum length of sentence (under life).

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  • Language > Major language(s): Country major languages.
  • People > Gender > Male population: Total male population.
  • Energy > Electricity production > KWh: Electricity production (kWh). Electricity production is measured at the terminals of all alternator sets in a station. In addition to hydropower, coal, oil, gas, and nuclear power generation, it covers generation by geothermal, solar, wind, and tide and wave energy, as well as that from combustible renewables and waste. Production includes the output of electricity plants that are designed to produce electricity only as well as that of combined heat and power plants.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 60 or over > Total: Number of people aged 60 and older.
  • Media > News Agencies > List of news agencies: List of news agencies.
  • Industry > Gross value added by construction: Gross Value Added by Kind of Economic Activity at current prices - US dollars.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-64: Percentage of total population aged 15-64.
  • Economy > Fiscal year: The beginning and ending months for a country's accounting period of 12 months, which often is the calendar year but which may begin in any month. All yearly references are for the calendar year (CY) unless indicated as a noncalendar fiscal year (FY).
  • Background > Overview: A geopolitical overview of every sovereign country in the world, briefly examining their recent history and place on the global stage. The texts are taken from the BBC News website.
  • Energy > Energy use > Kg of oil equivalent per capita: Energy use (kg of oil equivalent per capita). Energy use refers to use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport.
  • People > Age structure > 65 years and over: The distribution of the population according to age. Information is included by sex and age group (0-14 years, 15-64 years, 65 years and over). The age structure of a population affects a nation's key socioeconomic issues. Countries with young populations (high percentage under age 15) need to invest more in schools, while countries with older populations (high percentage ages 65 and over) need to invest more in the health sector. The age structure can also be used to help predict potential political issues. For example, the rapid growth of a young adult population unable to find employment can lead to unrest."
  • Economy > GDP > Composition by sector > Industry: The gross domestic product (GDP) or value of all final goods produced by the industrial sector within a nation in a given year. GDP dollar estimates in the Factbook are derived from purchasing power parity (PPP) calculations. See the CIA World Factbook for more information.
  • Geography > Population density > People per sq. km: Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.
  • Media > Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers. Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • People > Nationality > Noun: The noun which identifies citizens of the nation
  • Health > Diseases > Cancer > Cancer death rate (per 100,000 population): The number of people that will die from cancer out of 100,000 people the same age. The number is not an accurate telling of the country's cancer rate, but rather how fatal cancer is in each country.
  • Economy > Imports per capita: This entry provides the total US dollar amount of merchandise imports on a c.i.f. (cost, insurance, and freight) or f.o.b. (free on board) basis. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Transport > Waterways: The total length and individual names of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water.
  • Education > Literacy > Female: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
  • Labor > Labor force, total: Labor force, total. Total labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who meet the International Labour Organization definition of the economically active population: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. It includes both the employed and the unemployed. While national practices vary in the treatment of such groups as the armed forces and seasonal or part-time workers, in general the labor force includes the armed forces, the unemployed, and first-time job-seekers, but excludes homemakers and other unpaid caregivers and workers in the informal sector.
  • Health > Infant mortality rate > Total: This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year; included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, male and female. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.
  • People > Age distribution > Elderly dependency ratio: Percentage of dependant adults out of total population aged 15-64. A dependant adult is an adult aged 65 and older.
  • Geography > Elevation extremes > Highest point: Highest point above sea level
  • Agriculture > Products: Major agricultural crops and products
  • Media > Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people: Internet users (per 100 people). Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 0-4 > Percent: Percentage of total population aged 0-4.
  • People > Physicians density: This entry gives the number of medical doctors (physicians), including generalist and specialist medical practitioners, per 1,000 of the population. Medical doctors are defined as doctors that study, diagnose, treat, and prevent illness, disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans through the application of modern medicine. They also plan, supervise, and evaluate care and treatment plans by other health care providers. The World Health Organization estimates that fewer than 2.3 health workers (physicians, nurses, and midwives only) per 1,000 would be insufficient to achieve coverage of primary healthcare needs.
  • Agriculture > Arable land > Hectares per 1000: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Military > Military branches: This entry lists the service branches subordinate to defense ministries or the equivalent (typically ground, naval, air, and marine forces).
  • Economy > GDP > Per capita > PPP per thousand people: This entry shows GDP on a purchasing power parity basis divided by population as of 1 July for the same year. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Energy > Electricity > Installed generating capacity per thousand people: This entry is the total capacity of currently installed generators, expressed in kilowatts (kW), to produce electricity. A 10-kilowatt (kW) generator will produce 10 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity, if it runs continuously for one hour. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 65 or over > Total: Number of people 65 years old and older.
  • Economy > Exports > Commodities: This entry provides a listing of the highest-valued exported products; it sometimes includes the percent of total dollar value.
  • Energy > Electricity > Consumption per capita: Total electricity consumed annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Energy > Gasoline > Pump price for gasoline > US$ per liter: Pump price for gasoline (US$ per liter). Fuel prices refer to the pump prices of the most widely sold grade of gasoline. Prices have been converted from the local currency to U.S. dollars.
  • Agriculture > Produce > Crop > Production index: Crop production index shows agricultural production for each year relative to the base period 1999-2001. It includes all crops except fodder crops. Regional and income group aggregates for the FAO's production indexes are calculated from the underlying values in international dollars, normalized to the base period 1999-2001.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-59 > Total: Number of people aged 15-59.
  • Industry > Gross value added by manufacturing: Gross Value Added by Kind of Economic Activity at current prices - US dollars.
  • Crime > Punishment > Crimes possibly attracting life sentence: Possible other sentence.

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  • Religion > Seventh-day Adventist Membership: This entry lists Seventh-day Adventist membership worldwide as of 2004. Membership is defined as baptised and active.
  • Energy > Electricity > Production: The annual electricity generated expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.
  • Government > Country name > Conventional long form: This entry is derived from Government > Country name, which includes all forms of the country's name approved by the US Board on Geographic Names (Italy is used as an example): conventional long form (Italian Republic), conventional short form (Italy), local long form (Repubblica Italiana), local short form (Italia), former (Kingdom of Italy), as well as the abbreviation. Also see the Terminology note.
  • Transport > Highways > Total > Per capita: total length of the highway system Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 80 or over > Total: Number of people aged 80 years and older.
  • People > Cities > Urban population: Total population living in urban areas. The defition of an urban area differs for each country. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division.
  • Geography > Land use > Arable land: The percentage of used land that is arable. Arable land is land cultivated for crops that are replanted after each harvest like wheat, maize, and rice
  • Industry > CO2 emissions from manufacturing industries and construction > Million metric tons: CO2 emissions from manufacturing industries and construction (million metric tons). CO2 emissions from manufacturing industries and construction contains the emissions from combustion of fuels in industry. The IPCC Source/Sink Category 1 A 2 includes these emissions. However, in the 1996 IPCC Guidelines, the IPCC category also includes emissions from industry autoproducers that generate electricity and/or heat. The IEA data are not collected in a way that allows the energy consumption to be split by specific end-use and therefore, autoproducers are shown as a separate item (Unallocated Autoproducers). Manufacturing industries and construction also includes emissions from coke inputs into blast furnaces, which may be reported either in the transformation sector, the industry sector or the separate IPCC Source/Sink Category 2, Industrial Processes.
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  • People > Nationality > Adjective: This entry is derived from People > Nationality, which provides the identifying terms for citizens - noun and adjective.
  • Agriculture > Produce > Food > Production index: Food production index covers food crops that are considered edible and that contain nutrients. Coffee and tea are excluded because, although edible, they have no nutritive value.
  • Media > Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
  • Health > Deaths > Percent deaths registered: Civil registration coverage of deaths (%).
  • People > Sex ratio > Total population: The number of males for each female one of five age groups - at birth, under 15 years, 15-64 years, 65 years and over, and for the total population. Sex ratio at birth has recently emerged as an indicator of certain kinds of sex discrimination in some countries. For instance, high sex ratios at birth in some Asian countries are now attributed to sex-selective abortion and infanticide due to a strong preference for sons. This will affect future marriage patterns and fertility patterns. Eventually it could cause unrest among young adult males who are unable to find partners.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 5-14 > Percent: Percentage of total population aged 5-14.
  • Health > Fertility rate > Total > Births per woman: Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with current age-specific fertility rates.
  • Government > Executive branch > Elections: Elections includes the nature of election process or accession to power, date of the last election, and date of the next election
  • Health > Infant mortality rate: The number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country
  • Military > Expenditures > Percent of GDP: Current military expenditures as an estimated percent of gross domestic product (GDP).
  • Economy > Budget > Expenditures: Expenditures calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms
  • People > Sex ratio > At birth: The number of males for each female one of five age groups - at birth, under 15 years, 15-64 years, 65 years and over, and for the total population. Sex ratio at birth has recently emerged as an indicator of certain kinds of sex discrimination in some countries. For instance, high sex ratios at birth in some Asian countries are now attributed to sex-selective abortion and infanticide due to a strong preference for sons. This will affect future marriage patterns and fertility patterns. Eventually it could cause unrest among young adult males who are unable to find partners.
  • Energy > Crude oil > Production: This entry is the total amount of crude oil produced, in barrels per day (bbl/day).
  • Background > National tree: Name of tree.

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  • Transport > Rail > Railway length: Railway length in kilometers.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 80 or over > Percent: Percentage of total population aged 80 and older.
  • Education > Child care (preschool) > Duration: Number of years students study at the pre-primary (preschool) level. It should be noted that not all countries require pre-primary education.
  • Environment > CO2 Emissions per 1000: CO2: Total Emissions (excluding land-use) Units: thousand metric tonnes of carbon dioxide. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Media > Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people: Fixed lines are telephone mainlines connecting a customer's equipment to the public switched telephone network. Mobile phone subscribers refer to users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public mobile telephone service using cellular technology that provides access to the public switched telephone network.
  • Government > National symbol(s): A national symbol is a faunal, floral, or other abstract representation - or some distinctive object - that over time has come to be closely identified with a country or entity. Not all countries have national symbols; a few countries have more than one.
  • Industry > Gross value added by construction per capita: Gross Value Added by Kind of Economic Activity at current prices - US dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Geography > Irrigated land: The number of square kilometers of land area that is artificially supplied with water.
  • Energy > Electricity production from renewable sources > KWh: Electricity production from renewable sources (kWh). Electricity production from renewable sources includes hydropower, geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels.
  • Culture > Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year: This list compares the average annual consumption of cigarettes per adult in countries around the world. Ten european countries top the list, all located at the East of the continent, with the exception of Greece. Developed asian countries like China, South Korea and Japan also register high cigarette consumption, while Africa hosts the countries with less consumption.
  • Media > Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000: Telephone lines. Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Health > Life expectancy > Women: Life expectancy for women.
  • Economy > Exports > Main exports: Country main exports.
  • Geography > Natural hazards: Potential natural disasters.
  • Government > Flag description: A written flag description produced from actual flags or the best information available at the time the entry was written. The flags of independent states are used by their dependencies unless there is an officially recognized local flag. Some disputed and other areas do not have flags.
  • Economy > Budget > Revenues per capita: Revenues calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Geography > Rural population density > Rural population per sq. km of arable land: Rural population density is the rural population divided by the arable land area. Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.
  • Geography > Maritime claims > Territorial sea: territorial sea - the sovereignty of a coastal State extends beyond its land territory and internal waters to an adjacent belt of sea, described as the territorial sea in the LOS Convention (Part II); this sovereignty extends to the air space over the territorial sea as well as its underlying seabed and subsoil; every State has the right to establish the breadth of its territorial sea up to a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles. A full and definitive definition can be found in the Law of the Sea (LOS) Convention.
  • Economy > Debt > External: Total public and private debt owed to non-residents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services.
  • Media > Televisions: The total number of televisions
  • Agriculture > Agricultural machinery > Tractors > Per capita: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Media > Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Economy > Debt > External > Per capita: Total public and private debt owed to non-residents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Economy > GDP > Composition by sector > Services: The gross domestic product (GDP) or value of all final services produced within a nation in a given year. GDP dollar estimates in the Factbook are derived from purchasing power parity (PPP) calculations. See the CIA World Factbook for more information.
  • Energy > Electricity > Production > Per capita: The annual electricity generated expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Geography > Area > Land per 1000: Total land area in square kilometres. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
STAT Australia North Korea HISTORY
Crime > Violent crime > Gun crime > Guns per 100 residents 15
Ranked 41st. 25 times more than North Korea
0.6
Ranked 156th.
Crime > Violent crime > Murder rate 229
Ranked 42nd.
3,658
Ranked 29th. 16 times more than Australia
Crime > Violent crime > Murder rate per million people 10.38
Ranked 73th.
150.88
Ranked 45th. 15 times more than Australia
Economy > Budget surplus > + or deficit > - -3.4% of GDP
Ranked 109th. 9 times more than North Korea
-0.4% of GDP
Ranked 2nd.
Geography > Area > Comparative slightly smaller than the US contiguous 48 states slightly smaller than Mississippi
Geography > Area > Land 7.62 million sq km
Ranked 7th. 63 times more than North Korea
120,410 sq km
Ranked 97th.

Geography > Climate generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north temperate with rainfall concentrated in summer
Geography > Land area > Square miles 2.9 million square miles
Ranked 3rd. 61 times more than North Korea
47,399 square miles
Ranked 42nd.
Government > Government type federal parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm Communist state one-man dictatorship
Government > Legal system common law system based on the English model civil law system based on the Prussian model; system influenced by Japanese traditions and Communist legal theory
Health > Births and maternity > Total fertility rate 1.89%
Ranked 74th. 1% more than North Korea
1.87%
Ranked 88th.

Health > Physicians > Per 1,000 people 2.5 per 1,000 people
Ranked 26th.
3.29 per 1,000 people
Ranked 18th. 32% more than Australia

Military > Air force > Combat aircraft 96
Ranked 17th.
661
Ranked 4th. 7 times more than Australia
People > Age distribution > Population aged 0-14 15.14%
Ranked 124th.
15.47%
Ranked 102nd. 2% more than Australia

People > Population 22.26 million
Ranked 55th.
24.72 million
Ranked 49th. 11% more than Australia

Government > Legislative branch bicameral Federal Parliament consists of the Senate unicameral Supreme People's Assembly or Ch'oego Inmin Hoeui
Geography > Geographic coordinates 27 00 S, 133 00 E 40 00 N, 127 00 E
Religion > Religions Catholic 26.4%, Anglican 20.5%, other Christian 20.5%, Buddhist 1.9%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.2%, unspecified 12.7%, none 15.3% (2001 Census) traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way)
People > Population > Population growth, past and future 0.114
Ranked 55th.
-0.218
Ranked 133th.

Military > Army > Main battle tanks 59
Ranked 47th.
3,500
Ranked 5th. 59 times more than Australia
Environment > Marine fish catch 134,900 tons
Ranked 49th.
164,900 tons
Ranked 46th. 22% more than Australia
People > Ethnic groups white 92%, Asian 7%, aboriginal and other 1% racially homogeneous; there is a small Chinese community and a few ethnic Japanese
Government > Suffrage 18 years of age; universal and compulsory 17 years of age; universal
Geography > Area > Total 7.74 million sq km
Ranked 7th. 64 times more than North Korea
120,538 sq km
Ranked 100th.

People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-24 > Percent 10.55%
Ranked 119th.
10.92%
Ranked 90th. 3% more than Australia

Government > Constitution 9 July 1900; effective 1 January 1901; amended several times, last in 1977 previous 1948, 1972 (revised several times); latest adopted 1998 (during KIM Jong Il era); revised 2009, 2012
Agriculture > Arable land > Hectares 49.4 million hectares
Ranked 4th. 18 times more than North Korea
2.8 million hectares
Ranked 30th.

Labor > Salaries and benefits > Minimum wage Most workers are covered by an award , which may vary by employee age, geographical location and industry. For adults not covered by an award or agreement, the minimum wages is A$ 16.37 per hour, A$622.20 per week; set federally by Fair Work Australia . Junior workers, apprentices and trainees not covered by an award each have a minimum wage level set nationally. Averaging 5,000 - 10,000 North Korean won per day. roughly 2000 North Korean won is 1 US Dollar.
Government > Judicial branch High Court (the chief justice and six other justices are appointed by the governor general acting on the advice of the government) Central Court (judges are elected by the Supreme People's Assembly)
Transport > Road > Motor vehicles per 1000 people 717
Ranked 7th. 65 times more than North Korea
11
Ranked 168th.
Economy > GDP > Purchasing power parity per capita $40,316.70
Ranked 11th. 25 times more than North Korea
$1,641.24
Ranked 3rd.

People > Birth rate 12.23 births/1,000 population
Ranked 162nd.
14.49 births/1,000 population
Ranked 138th. 18% more than Australia

People > Population growth 0.114%
Ranked 55th.
-0.218%
Ranked 133th.

Economy > Budget > Revenues $504.70 billion
Ranked 10th. 158 times more than North Korea
$3.20 billion
Ranked 122nd.

People > Age distribution > Median age 47.26 years
Ranked 69th. 3% more than North Korea
45.84 years
Ranked 101st.

Economy > GDP > Per capita > PPP $42,000.00
Ranked 11th. 23 times more than North Korea
$1,800.00
Ranked 163th.

Crime > Justice system > Punishment > Capital punishment (last execution year) 1,967
Ranked 41st.
2,013
Ranked 15th. 2% more than Australia
Government > Political parties and leaders Australian Greens Party [Christine MILNE]<br />Australian Labor Party [Bill SHORTEN]<br />Country Liberal Party [Terry MILLS]<br />Family First Party [Steve FIELDING]<br />Katter's Australian Party [Bob KATTER]<br />Liberal National Party of Queensland [Campbell NEWMAN]<br />Liberal Party [Tony ABBOTT]<br />National Party of Australia [Warren TRUSS]<br />Palmer United Party [Clive PALMER] <strong>major party: </strong><br />Korean Workers' Party or KWP [KIM Jong Un]<br /><br /><strong>minor parties:</strong><br />Chondoist Chongu Party [RYU Mi Yong] (under KWP control)<br />Social Democratic Party [KIM Yong Dae] (under KWP control)
Economy > Economy > Overview The Australian economy has experienced continuous growth and features low unemployment, contained inflation, very low public debt, and a strong and stable financial system. By 2012, Australia had experienced more than 20 years of continued economic growth, averaging 3.5% a year. Demand for resources and energy from Asia and especially China has grown rapidly, creating a channel for resources investments and growth in commodity exports. The high Australian dollar has hurt the manufacturing sector, while the services sector is the largest part of the Australian economy, accounting for about 70% of GDP and 75% of jobs. Australia was comparatively unaffected by the global financial crisis as the banking system has remained strong and inflation is under control. Australia has benefited from a dramatic surge in its terms of trade in recent years, stemming from rising global commodity prices. Australia is a significant exporter of natural resources, energy, and food. Australia's abundant and diverse natural resources attract high levels of foreign investment and include extensive reserves of coal, iron, copper, gold, natural gas, uranium, and renewable energy sources. A series of major investments, such as the US$40 billion Gorgon Liquid Natural Gas project, will significantly expand the resources sector. Australia is an open market with minimal restrictions on imports of goods and services. The process of opening up has increased productivity, stimulated growth, and made the economy more flexible and dynamic. Australia plays an active role in the World Trade Organization, APEC, the G20, and other trade forums. Australia has bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) with Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, and the US, has a regional FTA with ASEAN and New Zealand, is negotiating agreements with China, India, Indonesia, Japan, and the Republic of Korea, as well as with its Pacific neighbors and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, and is also working on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement with Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the US, and Vietnam. North Korea, one of the world's most centrally directed and least open economies, faces chronic economic problems. Industrial capital stock is nearly beyond repair as a result of years of underinvestment, shortages of spare parts, and poor maintenance. Large-scale military spending draws off resources needed for investment and civilian consumption. Industrial and power output have stagnated for years at a fraction of pre-1990 levels. Frequent weather-related crop failures aggravated chronic food shortages caused by on-going systemic problems, including a lack of arable land, collective farming practices, poor soil quality, insufficient fertilization, and persistent shortages of tractors and fuel. Large-scale international food aid deliveries as well as aid from China has allowed the people of North Korea to escape widespread starvation since famine threatened in 1995, but the population continues to suffer from prolonged malnutrition and poor living conditions. Since 2002, the government has allowed private "farmers' markets" to begin selling a wider range of goods. It also permitted some private farming - on an experimental basis - in an effort to boost agricultural output. In December 2009, North Korea carried out a redenomination of its currency, capping the amount of North Korean won that could be exchanged for the new notes, and limiting the exchange to a one-week window. A concurrent crackdown on markets and foreign currency use yielded severe shortages and inflation, forcing Pyongyang to ease the restrictions by February 2010. In response to the sinking of the South Korean destroyer Cheonan and the shelling of Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea's government cut off most aid, trade, and bilateral cooperation activities, with the exception of operations at the Kaesong Industrial Complex. In 2012, KIM Jong Un's first year of leadership, the North displayed increased focus on the economy by renewing its commitment to special economic zones with China, negotiating a new payment structure to settle its $11 billion Soviet-era debt to Russia, and purportedly proposing new agricultural and industrial policies to boost domestic production. The North Korean government often highlights its goal of becoming a "strong and prosperous" nation and attracting foreign investment, a key factor for improving the overall standard of living. Nevertheless, firm political control remains the government's overriding concern, which likely will inhibit fundamental reforms of North Korea's current economic system.
Crime > Violent crime > Murders per million people 10.38
Ranked 73th.
150.88
Ranked 45th. 15 times more than Australia
Economy > Exports $257.90 billion
Ranked 22nd. 55 times more than North Korea
$4.71 billion
Ranked 116th.

Crime > Violent crime > Murders 229
Ranked 42nd.
3,658
Ranked 29th. 16 times more than Australia
Government > Executive branch > Cabinet prime minister nominates, from among members of Parliament, candidates who are subsequently sworn in by the governor general to serve as government ministers Naegak (cabinet) members, except for Minister of People's Armed Forces, are appointed by SPA
Education > Compulsary education duration 11
Ranked 41st. The same as North Korea
11
Ranked 28th.

People > Gender > Female population 20.79 million
Ranked 55th. 66% more than North Korea
12.56 million
Ranked 70th.

People > Age distribution > Population aged 0-14 > Total 6.28 million
Ranked 57th. 62% more than North Korea
3.87 million
Ranked 72nd.

Economy > GDP > Per capita $37,828.78 per capita
Ranked 15th. 22 times more than North Korea
$1,716.61 per capita
Ranked 147th.

Agriculture > Rural population 4,104
Ranked 206th.
28,004
Ranked 119th. 7 times more than Australia

Energy > Electricity > Consumption > Per capita 10,864.15 kWh per capita
Ranked 11th. 14 times more than North Korea
800.71 kWh per capita
Ranked 19th.

People > Death rate 7.01 deaths/1,000 population
Ranked 132nd.
9.15 deaths/1,000 population
Ranked 64th. 31% more than Australia

Environment > Ecological footprint 8.49
Ranked 7th. 4 times more than North Korea
1.92
Ranked 73th.
Government > Political pressure groups and leaders <strong>other: </strong>business groups, environmental groups, social groups, trade unions none
Geography > Natural resources bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, rare earth elements, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum coal, lead, tungsten, zinc, graphite, magnesite, iron ore, copper, gold, pyrites, salt, fluorspar, hydropower
Energy > Electricity > Consumption 213.5 billion kWh
Ranked 8th. 12 times more than North Korea
17.62 billion kWh
Ranked 48th.

People > Age distribution > Total dependency ratio 82.1%
Ranked 56th. 11% more than North Korea
73.92%
Ranked 104th.

Geography > Surface area > Sq. km 7.74 million km²
Ranked 6th. 64 times more than North Korea
120,540 km²
Ranked 97th.

People > Population growth rate 1.11%
Ranked 106th. 2 times more than North Korea
0.53%
Ranked 148th.

Geography > Area > Land > Per capita 362.63 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 7th. 71 times more than North Korea
5.13 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 166th.

Agriculture > Agricultural land > Sq. km 4.1 million sq. km
Ranked 3rd. 160 times more than North Korea
25,550 sq. km
Ranked 111th.

Health > Life expectancy at birth, total > Years 81.85
Ranked 11th. 18% more than North Korea
69.19
Ranked 125th.

Energy > Electric power consumption > KWh per capita 10,719.9
Ranked 10th. 14 times more than North Korea
739.34
Ranked 105th.

Military > Personnel > Per capita 2.61 per 1,000 people
Ranked 115th.
57.59 per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 22 times more than Australia

Agriculture > Arable land > Hectares per capita 2.14
Ranked 1st. 23 times more than North Korea
0.0934
Ranked 133th.

Agriculture > Agricultural growth 75
Ranked 195th.
0.0
Ranked 147th.
Economy > Debt > Government debt > Public debt, share of GDP 29.3 CIA
Ranked 117th. 73 times more than North Korea
0.4 CIA
Ranked 153th.
Language > Languages English 79.1%, Chinese 2.1%, Italian 1.9%, other 11.1%, unspecified 5.8% (2001 Census) Korean
Transport > Road network length > Km
Economy > GDP > Composition, by sector of origin > Services 68.9%
Ranked 55th. 2 times more than North Korea
33.8%
Ranked 168th.
People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-24 > Total 4.38 million
Ranked 57th. 60% more than North Korea
2.73 million
Ranked 72nd.

Economy > Exports per capita $11,369.45
Ranked 28th. 59 times more than North Korea
$191.10
Ranked 163th.

Geography > Average precipitation in depth > Mm per year 534
Ranked 138th.
1,054
Ranked 88th. 97% more than Australia

People > Age distribution > Population aged 60 or over > Percent 35.49%
Ranked 65th. 8% more than North Korea
32.91%
Ranked 103th.

Government > Administrative divisions 6 states and 2 territories*; Australian Capital Territory*, New South Wales, Northern Territory*, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia 9 provinces (do, singular and plural) and 2 municipalities (si, singular and plural)<br /><strong>provinces:</strong> Chagang-do (Chagang), Hamgyong-bukto (North Hamgyong), Hamgyong-namdo (South Hamgyong), Hwanghae-bukto (North Hwanghae), Hwanghae-namdo (South Hwanghae), Kangwon-do (Kangwon), P'yongan-bukto (North P'yongan), P'yongan-namdo (South P'yongan), Yanggang-do (Yanggang)<br /><strong>municipalities:</strong> Nason-si, P'yongyang-si (Pyongyang)
People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-64 > Total 22.79 million
Ranked 56th. 59% more than North Korea
14.37 million
Ranked 70th.

Education > Literacy > Total population 99%
Ranked 25th. The same as North Korea
99%
Ranked 2nd.

People > Age distribution > Population aged 0-4 > Total 2.06 million
Ranked 57th. 63% more than North Korea
1.26 million
Ranked 72nd.

People > Obesity > Adult obesity rate 26.8%
Ranked 42nd. 7 times more than North Korea
3.9%
Ranked 171st.
Religion > Religions > All Catholic 26.4%, Anglican 20.5%, other Christian 20.5%, Buddhist 1.9%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.2%, unspecified 12.7%, none 15.3% (2001 Census) traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way)
Education > Primary education, duration > Years 7
Ranked 20th. 75% more than North Korea
4
Ranked 178th.

Military > Global Peace Index 1.44
Ranked 18th.
3.04
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Australia

Education > Secondary education, duration > Years 6
Ranked 144th. The same as North Korea
6
Ranked 86th.

Energy > Electric power consumption > KWh 239.31 billion
Ranked 16th. 13 times more than North Korea
18.21 billion
Ranked 70th.

Media > Televisions per 1000 510.17
Ranked 23th. 10 times more than North Korea
51.17
Ranked 135th.
Health > Births and maternity > Future births 412.8
Ranked 57th. 62% more than North Korea
254.11
Ranked 72nd.

Energy > Oil > Consumption > Per capita 47.28 bbl/day per 1,000 peopl
Ranked 13th. 101 times more than North Korea
0.466 bbl/day per 1,000 peopl
Ranked 161st.

People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-59 49.37%
Ranked 135th.
51.62%
Ranked 93th. 5% more than Australia

People > Population in 2015 22,250 thousand
Ranked 54th.
23,299 thousand
Ranked 52nd. 5% more than Australia
Health > Births and maternity > Average age of mother at childbirth 30.5
Ranked 15th. 6% more than North Korea
28.7
Ranked 13th.

Geography > Terrain mostly low plateau with deserts; fertile plain in southeast mostly hills and mountains separated by deep, narrow valleys; coastal plains wide in west, discontinuous in east
Health > Life expectancy at birth > Total population 81.81 years
Ranked 9th. 19% more than North Korea
68.89 years
Ranked 145th.

Military > Service age and obligation 17 years of age for voluntary military service (with parental consent); no conscription; women allowed to serve in Army combat units in non-combat support roles 17 years of age
Geography > Location Oceania, continent between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean Eastern Asia, northern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Korea Bay and the Sea of Japan, between China and South Korea
People > Urban and rural > Population living in cities proper 30.3 million
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than North Korea
8.12 million
Ranked 9th.

Labor > Labor force > By occupation agriculture 3.7%, industry 26.4%, services 70% agricultural 36%, nonagricultural 64%
People > Death rate, crude > Per 1,000 people 6.58
Ranked 133th.
9.13
Ranked 67th. 39% more than Australia

Health > Birth rate > Crude > Per 1,000 people 12.55 per 1,000 people
Ranked 137th.
15.17 per 1,000 people
Ranked 123th. 21% more than Australia

Conflict > Terrorism > Global Terrorism Index 1.72
Ranked 63th.
0.0
Ranked 117th.
Government > Executive branch > Head of government Prime Minister Anthony John "Tony" ABBOTT (since 18 September 2013); Deputy Prime Minister Warren TRUSS (since 18 September 2013) Premier PAK Pong-ju (since 2 April 2013); Vice Premiers: HAN Kwang Bok (since 7 June 2010), JO Pyong Ju (since 7 June 2010), JON Ha Chol (since 7 June 2010), KANG Nung Su (since 7 June 2010), KANG Sok Ju (since 23 September 2010), KIM In Sik (since 13 April 2012), KIM Rak Hui (since 7 June 2010), KIM Yong Jin (since 6 January 2012), PAK Su Gil (since 18 September 2009), RI Chol Man (since 13 April 2012), RI Mu Yong (since 31 May 2011), RI Sung Ho (since 13 April 2012), RO Tu Chol (since 3 September 2003)
Geography > Coastline 25,760 km
Ranked 7th. 10 times more than North Korea
2,495 km
Ranked 48th.

Labor > Labor force 11.62 million
Ranked 38th.
12.2 million
Ranked 2nd. 5% more than Australia

Environment > Current issues soil erosion from overgrazing, industrial development, urbanization, and poor farming practices; soil salinity rising due to the use of poor quality water; desertification; clearing for agricultural purposes threatens the natural habitat of many unique animal and plant species; the Great Barrier Reef off the northeast coast, the largest coral reef in the world, is threatened by increased shipping and its popularity as a tourist site; limited natural fresh water resources water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water; waterborne disease; deforestation; soil erosion and degradation
Energy > Oil > Consumption 946,300 bbl/day
Ranked 17th. 59 times more than North Korea
16,000 bbl/day
Ranked 121st.

Health > Life expectancy at birth, female > Years 84.1
Ranked 12th. 16% more than North Korea
72.75
Ranked 122nd.

Health > Life expectancy > Men 80 years
Ranked 1st. 21% more than North Korea
66 years
Ranked 77th.
Military > Navy > Submarines 6
Ranked 4th.
70
Ranked 1st. 12 times more than Australia
Media > Television > List of TV stations <p>ABC - national, public</p> </p>ABC News 24 - ABC&#039;s news TV</p> </p>Australia Network - international channel operated by ABC</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15675260">Full Article</a> <p>Korean Central Broadcasting Station - radio station of Korean Workers&#039; Party</p> </p>Korean Central TV - TV station of Korean Workers&#039; Party</p> </p>Mansudae TV - cultural station</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15259016">Full Article</a>
Energy > Oil > Production > Per capita 28.56 bbl/day per 1,000 peopl
Ranked 4th. 4760 times more than North Korea
0.006 bbl/day per 1,000 peopl
Ranked 107th.

People > Total fertility rate 1.77 children born/woman
Ranked 156th.
1.99 children born/woman
Ranked 127th. 12% more than Australia

Health > Life expectancy at birth, male > Years 79.7
Ranked 8th. 21% more than North Korea
65.8
Ranked 128th.

People > Age distribution > Population aged 65 or over > Percent 29.94%
Ranked 65th. 11% more than North Korea
27.03%
Ranked 101st.

Media > Television receivers > Per capita 548.14 per 1,000 people
Ranked 12th. 10 times more than North Korea
56.24 per 1,000 people
Ranked 119th.

Government > Executive branch > Chief of state Queen of Australia ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Quentin BRYCE (since 5 September 2008) KIM Jong Un (since 17 December 2011)(SPA) reelected KIM Yong Nam in 2009 president of its Presidium with responsibility of representing state and receiving diplomatic credentials
Media > Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 106.19
Ranked 95th. 15 times more than North Korea
6.92
Ranked 198th.

Economy > GDP > Purchasing power parity $961.00 billion
Ranked 18th. 24 times more than North Korea
$40.00 billion
Ranked 98th.

Government > Capital city > Name Canberra Pyongyang
Government > Capital city > Geographic coordinates 35 17 S, 149 13 E 39 01 N, 125 45 E
Environment > Climate change > CO2 emissions from electricity and heat production, total > Million metric tons 241.7
Ranked 9th. 23 times more than North Korea
10.33
Ranked 76th.

Government > International organization participation ADB, ANZUS, APEC, ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, C, CD, CP, EAS, EBRD, EITI (implementing country), FAO, FATF, G-20, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NEA, NSG, OECD, OPCW, OSCE (partner), Paris Club, PCA, PIF, SAARC (observer), SICA (observer), Sparteca, SPC, UN, UN Security Council (temporary), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNMISS, UNMIT, UNRWA, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC ARF, FAO, G-77, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IFAD, IFRCS, IHO, IMO, IOC, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, NAM, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO
People > Age dependency ratio > Dependents to working-age population 0.48
Ranked 142nd. 2% more than North Korea
0.47
Ranked 146th.

Religion > Major religion(s) Christianity Mainly atheist or non-religious, traditional beliefs
Geography > Area > Water 58,920 sq km
Ranked 11th. 453 times more than North Korea
130 sq km
Ranked 141st.

People > Age structure > 0-14 years 18.1%
Ranked 168th.
21.7%
Ranked 141st. 20% more than Australia

Military > Military service age and obligation 17 years of age for voluntary military service (with parental consent); no conscription; women allowed to serve in most combat roles, except the Army special forces 18 is presumed to be the legal minimum age for compulsory military service; 16-17 is the presumed legal minimum age for voluntary service
Media > Broadcast media the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) runs multiple national and local radio networks and TV stations, as well as Australia Network, a TV service that broadcasts throughout the Asia-Pacific region and is the main public broadcaster; Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), a second large public broadcaster, operates radio and TV networks broadcasting in multiple languages; several large national commercial TV networks, a large number of local commercial TV stations, and hundreds of commercial radio stations are accessible; cable and satellite systems are available no independent media; radios and televisions are pre-tuned to government stations; 4 government-owned television stations; the Korean Workers' Party owns and operates the Korean Central Broadcasting Station, and the state-run Voice of Korea operates an external broadcast service; the government prohibits listening to and jams foreign broadcasts
Transport > Airports 480
Ranked 16th. 6 times more than North Korea
82
Ranked 67th.

Military > Navy > Aircraft carriers 0.0
Ranked 56th.
0.0
Ranked 9th.
Geography > Area > Comparative to US places slightly smaller than the US contiguous 48 states slightly smaller than Mississippi
Crime > Punishment > Maximum length of sentence None None
Language > Major language(s) English Korean
People > Gender > Male population 20.71 million
Ranked 54th. 66% more than North Korea
12.44 million
Ranked 69th.

Energy > Electricity production > KWh 252.26 billion
Ranked 11th. 12 times more than North Korea
21.63 billion
Ranked 71st.

People > Age distribution > Population aged 60 or over > Total 14.73 million
Ranked 46th. 79% more than North Korea
8.23 million
Ranked 68th.

Media > News Agencies > List of news agencies <p>AAP - Australian Associated Press</p> </p>ABC News - public broadcaster&#039;s news site</p> <p>Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) - state-run; web pages in several languages</p> </p>Uriminzokkiri (On Our Own) - website carrying official news; pages in several languages</p>
Industry > Gross value added by construction 115.07 billion
Ranked 8th. 100 times more than North Korea
1.15 billion
Ranked 108th.

People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-64 54.91%
Ranked 141st.
57.5%
Ranked 93th. 5% more than Australia

Economy > Fiscal year 1 calendar year
Background > Overview <p>Australia ranks as one of the best places to live in the world by all indices of income, human development, healthcare and civil rights. The sixth-largest country in the world by land mass, its comparatively small population is concentrated in the highly-urbanised east of the Australian continent. </p> <p>The political entity that is modern Australia began to come into being with the arrival of British settlers in 1788. Many of the first settlers were convicts, but freemen started to arrive in increasing numbers after the discovery of gold in the mid-19th century. </p> <p>Aboriginal Australians, who had inhabited the continent for tens of thousands of years prior to British colonisation, numbered a few hundred thousand. Two centuries of discrimination and expropriation cut their population drastically, and now they make up less than 3% of Australia&#039;s approximately 23 million people.</p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15674351">Full Article</a> <p>For decades North Korea has been one of the world&#039;s most secretive societies. It is one of the few countries still under nominally communist rule. </p> <p>North Korea&#039;s nuclear ambitions have exacerbated its rigidly maintained isolation from the rest of the world. </p> <p>The country emerged in 1948 amid the chaos following the end of World War II. Its history is dominated by its Great Leader, Kim Il-sung, who shaped political affairs for almost half a century. </p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15256929">Full Article</a>
Energy > Energy use > Kg of oil equivalent per capita 5,893.27
Ranked 7th. 8 times more than North Korea
772.89
Ranked 94th.

People > Age structure > 65 years and over 14.7%
Ranked 44th. 55% more than North Korea
9.5%
Ranked 79th.

Economy > GDP > Composition by sector > Industry 26.6%
Ranked 108th.
47.5%
Ranked 17th. 79% more than Australia

Geography > Population density > People per sq. km 2.65 people/m²
Ranked 199th.
186.76 people/m²
Ranked 48th. 70 times more than Australia

Media > Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 253.18
Ranked 30th.
0.0
Ranked 194th.

People > Nationality > Noun Australian(s) Korean(s)
Health > Diseases > Cancer > Cancer death rate (per 100,000 population) 126
Ranked 106th. 33% more than North Korea
95
Ranked 161st.
Economy > Imports per capita $11,594.28
Ranked 29th. 66 times more than North Korea
$175.79
Ranked 188th.

Transport > Waterways 2,000 km
Ranked 21st.
2,250 km
Ranked 19th. 13% more than Australia

Education > Literacy > Female 99%
Ranked 24th. The same as North Korea
99%
Ranked 2nd.
Labor > Labor force, total 12.01 million
Ranked 43th.
15.09 million
Ranked 37th. 26% more than Australia

Health > Infant mortality rate > Total 4.61 deaths/1,000 live births
Ranked 185th.
27.11 deaths/1,000 live births
Ranked 74th. 6 times more than Australia

People > Age distribution > Elderly dependency ratio 54.53%
Ranked 63th. 16% more than North Korea
47.01%
Ranked 102nd.

Geography > Elevation extremes > Highest point Mount Kosciuszko 2,229 m Paektu-san 2,744 m
Agriculture > Products wheat, barley, sugarcane, fruits; cattle, sheep, poultry rice, corn, potatoes, soybeans, pulses; cattle, pigs, pork, eggs
Media > Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 82.35
Ranked 24th.
0.0
Ranked 199th.

People > Age distribution > Population aged 0-4 > Percent 4.97%
Ranked 122nd.
5.05%
Ranked 106th. 2% more than Australia

People > Physicians density 3.85 physicians/1,000 population
Ranked 4th. 17% more than North Korea
3.29 physicians/1,000 population
Ranked 1st.
Agriculture > Arable land > Hectares per 1000 2,422.28 hectares
Ranked 1st. 21 times more than North Korea
117.58 hectares
Ranked 46th.

Military > Military branches Australian Defense Force (ADF): Australian Army (includes Special Operations Command), Royal Australian Navy (includes Naval Aviation Force), Royal Australian Air Force, Joint Operations Command (JOC) North Korean People's Army: Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force; civil security forces
Economy > GDP > Per capita > PPP per thousand people $1.85
Ranked 81st. 25 times more than North Korea
$0.07
Ranked 170th.

Energy > Electricity > Installed generating capacity per thousand people 2,679.77 kW
Ranked 15th. 7 times more than North Korea
387.75 kW
Ranked 104th.

People > Age distribution > Population aged 65 or over > Total 12.43 million
Ranked 40th. 84% more than North Korea
6.76 million
Ranked 67th.

Economy > Exports > Commodities coal, iron ore, gold, meat, wool, alumina, wheat, machinery and transport equipment minerals, metallurgical products, manufactures (including armaments), textiles, agricultural and fishery products
Energy > Electricity > Consumption per capita 10,563.43 kWh
Ranked 10th. 14 times more than North Korea
775.45 kWh
Ranked 18th.

Energy > Gasoline > Pump price for gasoline > US$ per liter $1.39
Ranked 88th. 83% more than North Korea
$0.76
Ranked 139th.

Agriculture > Produce > Crop > Production index 87%
Ranked 171st.
110%
Ranked 70th. 26% more than Australia

People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-59 > Total 20.49 million
Ranked 56th. 59% more than North Korea
12.9 million
Ranked 71st.

Industry > Gross value added by manufacturing 120.72 billion
Ranked 16th. 38 times more than North Korea
3.17 billion
Ranked 90th.

Crime > Punishment > Crimes possibly attracting life sentence Treason, terrorism, drug trafficking, rape, serious child sex offences ??
Labor > Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 3.6%
Ranked 13th.
35%
Ranked 7th. 10 times more than Australia

Religion > Seventh-day Adventist Membership 51,843
Ranked 47th. 60 times more than North Korea
866
Ranked 151st.
Energy > Electricity > Production 225.5 billion kWh
Ranked 16th. 11 times more than North Korea
21.04 billion kWh
Ranked 48th.

Government > Country name > Conventional long form Commonwealth of Australia Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Transport > Highways > Total > Per capita 42.88 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 30 times more than North Korea
1.44 km per 1,000 people
Ranked 95th.
People > Age distribution > Population aged 80 or over > Total 5.86 million
Ranked 31st. 2 times more than North Korea
2.45 million
Ranked 57th.

People > Cities > Urban population 95,896
Ranked 18th. 33% more than North Korea
71,996
Ranked 105th.

Geography > Land use > Arable land 6.16%
Ranked 139th.
19.08%
Ranked 56th. 3 times more than Australia

Industry > CO2 emissions from manufacturing industries and construction > Million metric tons 49.91
Ranked 24th. 23% more than North Korea
40.65
Ranked 30th.

Culture > World Heritage Sites 3
Ranked 73th. 50% more than North Korea
2
Ranked 76th.
Economy > Imports $263.00 billion
Ranked 20th. 61 times more than North Korea
$4.33 billion
Ranked 133th.

People > Nationality > Adjective Australian Korean
Agriculture > Produce > Food > Production index 91.9%
Ranked 172nd.
109.7%
Ranked 60th. 19% more than Australia

Media > Radio broadcast stations AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1 AM 17 (including 11 stations of Korean Central Broadcasting Station; North Korea has a "national intercom" cable radio station wired throughout the country that is a significant source of information for the average North Korean citizen; it is wired into most residences and workplaces and carries news and commentary), FM 14, shortwave 14
Health > Deaths > Percent deaths registered 90-100 <25
People > Sex ratio > Total population 1.01 male(s)/female
Ranked 64th. 7% more than North Korea
0.94 male(s)/female
Ranked 186th.

People > Age distribution > Population aged 5-14 > Percent 10.17%
Ranked 122nd.
10.42%
Ranked 101st. 2% more than Australia

Health > Fertility rate > Total > Births per woman 1.77 births per woman
Ranked 138th.
1.96 births per woman
Ranked 124th. 11% more than Australia

Government > Executive branch > Elections the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of the prime minister; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or leader of a majority coalition is sworn in as prime minister by the governor general last election held in April 2012; date of next election NA
Health > Infant mortality rate 4.76
Ranked 165th.
24.84
Ranked 82nd. 5 times more than Australia
Military > Expenditures > Percent of GDP 2.4%
Ranked 41st.
22.9%
Ranked 1st. 10 times more than Australia

Economy > Budget > Expenditures $556.10 billion
Ranked 11th. 169 times more than North Korea
$3.30 billion
Ranked 102nd.

People > Sex ratio > At birth 1.06 male(s)/female
Ranked 63th. 1% more than North Korea
1.05 male(s)/female
Ranked 74th.

Energy > Crude oil > Production 519,100 bbl/day
Ranked 29th. 5953 times more than North Korea
87.2 bbl/day
Ranked 122nd.

Background > National tree Golden Wattle Magnolia
Economy > Budget > Revenues > Per capita $15,753.02 per capita
Ranked 19th. 115 times more than North Korea
$137.33 per capita
Ranked 132nd.
Transport > Rail > Railway length 38,445 km
Ranked 6th. 7 times more than North Korea
5,235 km
Ranked 33th.
Military > Manpower fit for military service > Males age 16-49 None None
People > Age distribution > Population aged 80 or over > Percent 14.11%
Ranked 46th. 44% more than North Korea
9.78%
Ranked 110th.

Education > Child care (preschool) > Duration 1
Ranked 201st.
2
Ranked 129th. Twice as much as Australia

Environment > CO2 Emissions per 1000 16.71
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than North Korea
7.18
Ranked 40th.
Media > Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 1,469.82 per 1,000 people
Ranked 18th. 36 times more than North Korea
41.36 per 1,000 people
Ranked 148th.

Government > National symbol(s) Southern Cross constellation (five, seven-pointed stars); kangaroo; emu red star
Industry > Gross value added by construction per capita 5,072.89
Ranked 5th. 109 times more than North Korea
46.43
Ranked 176th.

Geography > Irrigated land 25,500 sq km
Ranked 23th. 75% more than North Korea
14,600 sq km
Ranked 34th.

Energy > Electricity production from renewable sources > KWh 23.97 billion
Ranked 18th. 82% more than North Korea
13.2 billion
Ranked 41st.

Culture > Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 1,034
Ranked 50th. 59% more than North Korea
650
Ranked 79th.
Media > Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 461.61
Ranked 22nd. 10 times more than North Korea
47.65
Ranked 144th.

Health > Life expectancy > Women 84 years
Ranked 1st. 17% more than North Korea
72 years
Ranked 79th.
Economy > Exports > Main exports Ores and metals; wool, food and live animals; fuels, transport machinery and equipment Minerals and metals, cement, agricultural products
Geography > Natural hazards cyclones along the coast; severe droughts; forest fires late spring droughts often followed by severe flooding; occasional typhoons during the early fall
Government > Flag description blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and a large seven-pointed star in the lower hoist-side quadrant known as the Commonwealth or Federation Star, representing the federation of the colonies of Australia in 1901; the star depicts one point for each of the six original states and one representing all of Australia's internal and external territories; on the fly half is a representation of the Southern Cross constellation in white with one small, five-pointed star and four larger, seven-pointed stars three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (triple width), and blue; the red band is edged in white; on the hoist side of the red band is a white disk with a red five-pointed star; the broad red band symbolizes revolutionary traditions; the narrow white bands stands for purity, strength, and dignity; the blue bands signify sovereignty, peace, and friendship; the red star represents socialism
Economy > Budget > Revenues per capita $17,951.26
Ranked 11th. 135 times more than North Korea
$132.71
Ranked 129th.
Geography > Rural population density > Rural population per sq. km of arable land 4.86 people/km² of arable lan
Ranked 73th.
308.4 people/km² of arable lan
Ranked 22nd. 63 times more than Australia

Geography > Maritime claims > Territorial sea 12 nautical mile
Ranked 137th. The same as North Korea
12 nautical mile
Ranked 16th.

Economy > Debt > External $1.50 trillion
Ranked 12th. 120 times more than North Korea
$12.50 billion
Ranked 6th.

Media > Televisions 10.15 million
Ranked 21st. 8 times more than North Korea
1.2 million
Ranked 76th.
Agriculture > Agricultural machinery > Tractors > Per capita 15.85 per 1,000 people
Ranked 24th. 5 times more than North Korea
2.88 per 1,000 people
Ranked 72nd.

Media > Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 477.63 per 1,000 people
Ranked 16th. 10 times more than North Korea
50.26 per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st.

Economy > Debt > External > Per capita $40,368.64 per capita
Ranked 13th. 71 times more than North Korea
$567.90 per capita
Ranked 16th.

Economy > GDP > Composition by sector > Services 69.4%
Ranked 48th. 2 times more than North Korea
29.4%
Ranked 11th.

Energy > Electricity > Production > Per capita 11,950.57 kWh per capita
Ranked 11th. 12 times more than North Korea
958.3 kWh per capita
Ranked 21st.

Geography > Area > Land per 1000 356.24 sq km
Ranked 3rd. 72 times more than North Korea
4.97 sq km
Ranked 151st.

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