The 2008 CIA World Factbook, United States. Central Intelligence Agency [primary phonics books .TXT] 📗

- were the only eligible voters
  and candidates; 456 candidates including 65 women ran for 20
  contested FNC seats; one female from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi won a
  seat
  note: reviews legislation but cannot change or veto

United Kingdom
  bicameral Parliament consists of House of Lords (618
  seats; consisting of approximately 500 life peers, 92 hereditary
  peers, and 26 clergy) and House of Commons (646 seats since 2005
  elections; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year
  terms unless the House is dissolved earlier)
  elections: House of Lords - no elections (note - in 1999, as
  provided by the House of Lords Act, elections were held in the House
  of Lords to determine the 92 hereditary peers who would remain
  there; elections are held only as vacancies in the hereditary
  peerage arise); House of Commons - last held 5 May 2005 (next to be
  held by May 2010)
  election results: House of Commons - percent of vote by party -
  Labor 35.2%, Conservative 32.3%, Liberal Democrats 22%, other 10.5%;
  seats by party - Labor 355, Conservative 198, Liberal Democrat 62,
  other 31; seats by party in the House of Commons as of 4 June 2008 -
  Labor 351, Conservative 192, Liberal Democrat 63, Scottish National
  Party/Plaid Cymru 9, Democratic Unionist 9, Sinn Fein 5, other 17
  note: in 1998 elections were held for a Northern Ireland Assembly
  (because of unresolved disputes among existing parties, the transfer
  of power from London to Northern Ireland came only at the end of
  1999 and has been suspended four times, the latest occurring in
  October 2002 and lasting until 8 May 2007); in 1999, the UK held the
  first elections for a Scottish Parliament and a Welsh Assembly, the
  most recent of which were held in May 2007

United States
  bicameral Congress consists of the Senate (100 seats,
  2 members are elected from each state by popular vote to serve
  six-year terms; one-third are elected every two years) and the House
  of Representatives (435 seats; members are directly elected by
  popular vote to serve two-year terms)
  elections: Senate - last held 7 November 2006 (next to be held
  November 2008); House of Representatives - last held 7 November 2006
  (next to be held November 2008)
  election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by
  party - Democratic Party 49, Republican Party 49, independent 2;
  House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by
  party - Democratic Party 233, Republican Party 202

Uruguay
  bicameral General Assembly or Asamblea General consists of
  Chamber of Senators or Camara de Senadores (30 seats; members are
  elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms; vice president has
  one vote in the Senate) and Chamber of Representatives or Camara de
  Representantes (99 seats; members are elected by popular vote to
  serve five-year terms)
  elections: Chamber of Senators - last held 31 October 2004 (next to
  be held October 2009); Chamber of Representatives - last held 31
  October 2004 (next to be held October 2009)
  election results: Chamber of Senators - percent of vote by party -
  NA; seats by party - EP-FA 16, Blanco 11, Colorado Party 3; Chamber
  of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
  EP-FA 52, Blanco 36, Colorado Party 10, Independent Party 1

Uzbekistan
  bicameral Supreme Assembly or Oliy Majlis consists of an
  upper house or Senate (100 seats; 84 members are elected by regional
  governing councils and 16 appointed by the president; to serve
  five-year terms) and a lower house or Legislative Chamber (120
  seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
  elections: last held 26 December 2004 and 9 January 2005 (next to be
  held December 2009)
  election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by
  party - NA; Legislative Chamber - percent of vote by party - NA;
  seats by party - LDPU 41, NDP 32, Fidokorlar 17, MTP 11, Adolat 9,
  unaffiliated 10
  note: all parties in the Supreme Assembly support President KARIMOV

Vanuatu
  unicameral Parliament (52 seats; members elected by popular
  vote to serve four-year terms)
  elections: last held 2 September 2008 (next to be held 2012)
  election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - VP
  11, NUP 8, UMP 7, VRP 7, PPP 4, GC 2, MPP 1, NA 1, NAG 1, PAP 1,
  Shepherds Alliance 1, VFFP 1, VLP 1, VNP 1, VPRFP 1, and independent
  4; note - political party associations are fluid
  note: the National Council of Chiefs advises on matters of culture
  and language

Venezuela
  unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (167
  seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms;
  three seats reserved for the indigenous peoples of Venezuela)
  elections: last held 4 December 2005 (next to be held in 2010)
  election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
  pro-government 167 (MVR 114, PODEMOS 15, PPT 11, indigenous 2, other
  25), opposition 0; total seats by party as of 1 January 2008 -
  pro-government 152 (PSUV 114, PPT 11, indigenous 2, other 25),
  PODEMOS 15

Vietnam
  unicameral National Assembly or Quoc Hoi (500 seats; members
  elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
  elections: last held 20 May 2007 (next to be held in May 2012)
  election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
  CPV 450, non-party CPV-approved 42, self-nominated 1; note - 493
  candidates were elected; CPV and non-party CPV-approved delegates
  were members of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front

Virgin Islands
  unicameral Senate (15 seats; members are elected by
  popular vote to serve two-year terms)
  elections: last held 7 November 2006 (next to be held November 2008)
  election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
  Democratic Party 8, ICM 4, independent 3
  note: the Virgin Islands elects one non-voting representative to the
  US House of Representatives; election last held 7 November 2006
  (next to be held November 2008)

Wallis and Futuna
  unicameral Territorial Assembly or Assemblee
  Territoriale (20 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve
  five-year terms)
  elections: last held 11 March 2002 (next to be held 22 April 2007)
  election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
  RPR and affiliates 13, Socialists and affiliates 7
  note: Wallis and Futuna elects one senator to the French Senate and
  one deputy to the French National Assembly; French Senate -
  elections last held 26 September 2004 (next to be held by September
  2010); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats - RPR (now
  UMP) 1; French National Assembly - elections last held 17 June 2007
  (next to be held by 2012); results - percent of vote by party - NA;
  seats - PS 1

Yemen
  a bicameral legislature consisting of a Shura Council (111
  seats; members appointed by the president) and a House of
  Representatives (301 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve
  six-year terms)
  elections: last held on 27 April 2003 (next to be held in April 2009)
  election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
  GPC 228, Islah 47, YSP 7, Nasserite Unionist Party 3, National Arab
  Socialist Ba'th Party 2, independents 14

Zambia
  unicameral National Assembly (158 seats; 150 members are
  elected by popular vote, 8 members are appointed by the president,
  to serve five-year terms)
  elections: last held 28 September 2006 (next to be held in 2011)
  election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party -
  MMD 72, PF 44, UDA 27, ULP 2, NDF 1, independents 2; seats not
  determined 2

Zimbabwe
  bicameral Parliament consists of a Senate (93 seats - 60
  elected by popular vote for a five-year term, 10 provincial
  governors nominated by the president, 16 traditional chiefs elected
  by the Council of Chiefs, 2 held by the president and deputy
  president of the Council of Chiefs, and 5 appointed by the
  president) and a House of Assembly (210 seats - all elected by
  popular vote for five-year terms)
  elections: last held 28 March 2008 (next to be held in 2013)
  election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - MDC 51.6%,
  ZANU-PF 45.8%, other 2.6%; seats by party - MDC 30, ZANU-PF 30;
  House of Assembly - percent of vote by party - MDC 51.3%, ZANU-PF
  45.8%, other 2.9%; seats by party - MDC 109, ZANU-PF 97, other 4

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@2102 Life expectancy at birth (years)

Afghanistan
  total population: 44.21 years
  male: 44.04 years
  female: 44.39 years (2008 est.)

Albania
  total population: 77.78 years
  male: 75.12 years
  female: 80.71 years (2008 est.)

Algeria
  total population: 73.77 years
  male: 72.13 years
  female: 75.49 years (2008 est.)

American Samoa
  total population: 73.47 years
  male: 70.55 years
  female: 76.56 years (2008 est.)

Andorra
  total population: 82.67 years
  male: 80.35 years
  female: 85.14 years (2008 est.)

Angola
  total population: 37.92 years
  male: 36.99 years
  female: 38.9 years (2008 est.)

Anguilla
  total population: 80.53 years
  male: 78.01 years
  female: 83.12 years (2008 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda
  total population: 74.25 years
  male: 72.33 years
  female: 76.26 years (2008 est.)

Argentina
  total population: 76.36 years
  male: 73.11 years
  female: 79.77 years (2008 est.)

Armenia
  total population: 72.4 years
  male: 68.79 years
  female: 76.55 years (2008 est.)

Aruba
  total population: 75.06 years
  male: 72.03 years
  female: 78.14 years (2008 est.)

Australia
  total population: 81.53 years
  male: 79.16 years
  female: 84.02 years (2008 est.)

Austria
  total population: 79.36 years
  male: 76.46 years
  female: 82.41 years (2008 est.)

Azerbaijan
  total population: 66.31 years
  male: 62.2 years
  female: 71 years (2008 est.)

Bahamas, The
  total population: 65.72 years
  male: 62.5 years
  female: 69 years (2008 est.)

Bahrain
  total population: 74.92 years
  male: 72.41 years
  female: 77.5 years (2008 est.)

Bangladesh
  total population: 63.21 years
  male: 63.14 years
  female: 63.28 years (2008 est.)

Barbados
  total population: 73.21 years
  male: 71.2 years
  female: 75.24 years (2008 est.)

Belarus
  total population: 70.34 years
  male: 64.63 years
  female: 76.4 years (2008 est.)

Belgium
  total population: 79.07 years
  male: 75.9 years
  female: 82.38 years (2008 est.)

Belize
  total population: 68.19 years
  male: 66.39 years
  female: 70.08 years (2008 est.)

Benin
  total population: 58.56 years
  male: 57.42 years
  female: 59.76 years (2008 est.)

Bermuda
  total population: 78.3 years
  male: 76.15 years
  female: 80.48 years (2008 est.)

Bhutan
  total population: 65.53 years
  male: 64.75 years
  female: 66.35 years (2008 est.)

Bolivia
  total population: 66.53 years
  male: 63.86 years
  female: 69.33 years (2008 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
  total population: 78.33 years
  male: 74.74 years
  female: 82.19 years (2008 est.)

Botswana
  total population: 50.16 years
  male: 51.28 years
  female: 49.02 years (2008 est.)

Brazil
  total population: 71.71 years
  male: 68.15 years
  female: 75.45 years (2008 est.)

British Virgin Islands
  total population: 77.07 years
  male: 75.88 years
  female: 78.32 years (2008 est.)

Brunei
  total population: 75.52 years
  male: 73.32 years
  female: 77.83 years (2008 est.)

Bulgaria
  total population: 72.83 years
  male: 69.22 years
  female: 76.66 years (2008 est.)

Burkina Faso
  total population: 52.55 years
  male: 50.67 years
  female: 54.49 years (2008 est.)

Burma
  total population: 62.94 years
  male: 60.73 years
  female: 65.28 years (2008 est.)

Burundi
  total population: 51.71 years
  male: 50.86 years
  female: 52.6 years (2008 est.)

Cambodia
  total population: 61.69 years
  male: 59.65 years
  female: 63.83 years (2008 est.)

Cameroon
  total population: 53.3 years
  male: 52.54 years
  female: 54.08 years (2008 est.)

Canada
  total population: 81.16 years
  male: 78.65 years
  female: 83.81 years (2008 est.)

Cape Verde
  total population: 71.33 years
  male: 67.99 years
  female: 74.76 years (2008 est.)

Cayman Islands
  total population: 80.32 years
  male: 77.68 years
  female: 83 years (2008 est.)

Central African Republic
  total population: 44.22 years
  male: 44.14 years
  female: 44.29 years (2008 est.)

Chad
  total population: 47.43 years
  male: 46.4 years
  female: 48.5 years (2008 est.)

Chile
  total population: 77.15 years
  male: 73.88 years
  female: 80.59 years (2008 est.)

China
  total population: 73.18 years
  male: 71.37 years
  female: 75.18 years (2008 est.)

Christmas Island
  total population: NA
  male: NA
  female: NA (2008 est.)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  total population: NA
  male: NA
  female: NA (2008 est.)

Colombia
  total population: 72.54 years
  male: 68.71 years
  female: 76.5 years (2008 est.)

Comoros
  total population: 63.1 years
  male: 60.72 years
  female: 65.55 years (2008 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
  total population: 53.98 years
  male: 52.22 years
  female: 55.8 years (2008 est.)

Congo, Republic of the
  total population: 53.74 years
  male: 52.52 years
  female: 55 years (2008 est.)

Cook Islands
  total population: NA
  male: NA
  female: NA (2008 est.)

Costa Rica
  total population: 77.4 years
  male: 74.79 years
  female: 80.14 years (2008 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire
  total population: 54.64 years
  male: 53.95 years
  female: 55.35 years (2008 est.)

Croatia
  total population: 75.13 years
  male: 71.49 years
  female: 78.97 years (2008 est.)

Cuba
  total population: 77.27 years
  male: 75.02 years
  female: 79.64 years (2008 est.)

Cyprus
  total population: 78.15 years
  male: 75.75 years
  female: 80.67 years (2008 est.)

Czech Republic
  total population: 76.62 years
  male: 73.34 years
  female: 80.08 years (2008 est.)

Denmark
  total population: 78.13 years
  male: 75.8 years
  female: 80.59 years (2008 est.)

Djibouti
  total population: 43.31 years
  male: 41.89 years
  female: 44.77 years (2008 est.)

Dominica
  total population: 75.33 years
  male: 72.39 years
  female: 78.41 years (2008 est.)

Dominican Republic
  total population: 73.39 years
  male: 71.61 years
  female: 75.24 years (2008 est.)

Ecuador
  total population: 76.81 years
  male: 73.94 years
  female: 79.84 years (2008 est.)

Egypt
  total population: 71.85 years
  male: 69.3 years
  female: 74.52 years (2008 est.)

El Salvador
  total population: 72.06 years
  male: 68.45 years
  female: 75.84 years (2008 est.)

Equatorial Guinea
  total population: 61.23 years
  male: 60.36 years
  female: 62.13 years (2008 est.)

Eritrea
  total population: 61.38 years
  male: 59.35 years
  female: 63.46 years (2008 est.)

Estonia
  total population: 72.56 years
  male: 67.16 years
  female: 78.3 years (2008 est.)

Ethiopia
  total population: 54.99 years
  male: 52.54 years
  female: 57.51 years (2008 est.)

European Union
  total population: 77.32 years
  male: 74 years
  female: 80.84 years (2008 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
  total population: NA
  male: NA
  female: NA (2008