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Guide to Country Profiles

These are the categories, fields, and subfields of information recorded, when available, for each country. Links are to the field listings, which provide a definition followed by a list of the countries with available data on that topic.

Introduction

Geography

Area
  • total
  • land
  • water
  • Land boundaries
  • total
  • border countries
  • regional borders
  • Maritime claims
  • territorial sea
  • contiguous zone
  • exclusive economic zone
  • continental shelf
  • exclusive fishing zone
  • Elevation
  • highest point
  • lowest point
  • mean elevation
  • Land use
  • agricultural land
  • agricultural land: arable land
  • agricultural land: permanent crops
  • agricultural land: permanent pasture
  • forest
  • other
  • Major lakes (area sq km)
  • fresh water lake(s)
  • salt water lake(s)
  • Major watersheds (area sq km)
  • Arctic Ocean drainage
  • Atlantic Ocean drainage
  • Indian Ocean drainage
  • Pacific Ocean drainage
  • Internal (endorheic basin) drainage
  • Wonders of the World
  • The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
  • The New Seven Wonders of the World
  • People and Society

    Population
  • total
  • male
  • female
  • Nationality
  • noun
  • adjective
  • Age structure
  • 0-14 years
  • 15-64 years
  • 65 years and over
  • Dependency ratios
  • total dependency ratio
  • youth dependency ratio
  • elderly dependency ratio
  • potential support ratio
  • Median age
  • total
  • male
  • female
  • Urbanization
  • urban population
  • rate of urbanization
  • Sex ratio
  • at birth
  • 0-14 years
  • 15-64 years
  • 65 years and over
  • total population
  • Infant mortality rate
  • total
  • male
  • female
  • Life expectancy at birth
  • total population
  • male
  • female
  • Drinking water source
  • improved: urban
  • improved: rural
  • improved: total
  • unimproved: urban
  • unimproved: rural
  • unimproved: total
  • Sanitation facility access
  • improved: urban
  • improved: rural
  • improved: total
  • unimproved: urban
  • unimproved: rural
  • unimproved: total
  • Alcohol consumption per capita
  • total
  • beer
  • wine
  • spirits
  • other alcohols
  • Tobacco use
  • total
  • male
  • female
  • Child marriage
  • women married by age 15
  • women married by age 18
  • men married by age 18
  • Literacy
  • total population
  • male
  • female
  • Environment

    International environmental agreements
  • party to
  • signed, but not ratified
  • Land use
  • agricultural land
  • agricultural land: arable land
  • agricultural land: permanent crops
  • agricultural land: permanent pasture
  • forest
  • other
  • Urbanization
  • urban population
  • rate of urbanization
  • Carbon dioxide emissions
  • from coal and metallurgical coke
  • from petroleum and other liquids
  • from consumed natural gas
  • Methane emissions
  • energy
  • agriculture
  • waste
  • other
  • Waste and recycling
  • municipal solid waste generated annually
  • percent of municipal solid waste recycled
  • Total water withdrawal
  • municipal
  • industrial
  • agricultural
  • Geoparks
  • total global geoparks and regional networks
  • global geoparks and regional networks
  • Government

    Country name
  • conventional long form
  • conventional short form
  • local long form
  • local short form
  • former
  • abbreviation
  • etymology
  • Union name
  • conventional long form
  • abbreviation
  • Capital
  • name
  • geographic coordinates
  • time difference
  • daylight saving time
  • time zone note
  • etymology
  • Constitution
  • history
  • amendment process
  • Citizenship
  • citizenship by birth
  • citizenship by descent only
  • dual citizenship recognized
  • residency requirement for naturalization
  • Executive branch
  • chief of state
  • head of government
  • cabinet
  • election/appointment process
  • most recent election date
  • election results
  • expected date of next election
  • Legislative branch
  • legislature name
  • legislative structure
  • chamber name
  • number of seats
  • electoral system
  • scope of elections
  • term in office
  • most recent election date
  • parties elected and seats per party
  • percentage of women in chamber
  • expected date of next election
  • Legislative branch - lower chamber
  • chamber name
  • number of seats
  • electoral system
  • scope of elections
  • term in office
  • most recent election date
  • parties elected and seats per party
  • percentage of women in chamber
  • expected date of next election
  • Legislative branch - upper chamber
  • chamber name
  • number of seats
  • electoral system
  • scope of elections
  • term in office
  • most recent election date
  • parties elected and seats per party
  • percentage of women in chamber
  • expected date of next election
  • Judicial branch
  • highest court(s)
  • judge selection and term of office
  • subordinate courts
  • Diplomatic representation in the US
  • chief of mission
  • chancery
  • telephone
  • FAX
  • email address and website
  • consulate(s) general
  • consulate(s)
  • embassy
  • honorary consulate(s)
  • Diplomatic representation from the US
  • chief of mission
  • embassy
  • mailing address
  • telephone
  • FAX
  • email address and website
  • consulate(s) general
  • branch office(s)
  • consulate(s)
  • National anthem(s)
  • title
  • lyrics/music
  • history
  • title
  • lyrics/music
  • history
  • title
  • lyrics/music
  • history
  • National heritage
  • total World Heritage Sites
  • selected World Heritage Site locales
  • Economy

    GDP - composition, by sector of origin
  • agriculture
  • industry
  • services
  • GDP - composition, by end use
  • household consumption
  • government consumption
  • investment in fixed capital
  • investment in inventories
  • exports of goods and services
  • imports of goods and services
  • Average household expenditures
  • on food
  • on alcohol and tobacco
  • Budget
  • revenues
  • expenditures
  • Energy

    Electricity access
  • electrification - total population
  • electrification - urban areas
  • electrification - rural areas
  • Electricity
  • installed generating capacity
  • consumption
  • exports
  • imports
  • transmission/distribution losses
  • Electricity generation sources
  • fossil fuels
  • nuclear
  • solar
  • wind
  • hydroelectricity
  • tide and wave
  • geothermal
  • biomass and waste
  • Nuclear energy
  • Number of operational nuclear reactors
  • Number of nuclear reactors under construction
  • Net capacity of operational nuclear reactors
  • Percent of total electricity production
  • Number of nuclear reactors permanently shut down
  • Coal
  • production
  • consumption
  • exports
  • imports
  • proven reserves
  • Petroleum
  • total petroleum production
  • refined petroleum consumption
  • crude oil estimated reserves
  • Natural gas
  • production
  • consumption
  • exports
  • imports
  • proven reserves
  • Communications

    Telephones - fixed lines
  • total subscriptions
  • subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
  • Telephones - mobile cellular
  • total subscriptions
  • subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
  • Broadband - fixed subscriptions
  • total
  • subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
  • Transportation

    Railways
  • total
  • standard gauge
  • narrow gauge
  • broad gauge
  • dual gauge
  • Merchant marine
  • total
  • by type
  • Ports
  • total ports
  • large
  • medium
  • small
  • very small
  • size unknown
  • ports with oil terminals
  • key ports
  • Military and Security

    Space

    Terrorism

    Transnational Issues

    Refugees and internally displaced persons
  • refugees
  • IDPs
  • stateless persons