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continental margin; manganese nodules, possible placer
  deposits, sand and gravel, fresh water as icebergs; squid, whales,
  and seals - none exploited; krill, fish

Spain
  coal, lignite, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, uranium,
  tungsten, mercury, pyrites, magnesite, fluorspar, gypsum, sepiolite,
  kaolin, potash, hydropower, arable land

Spratly Islands
  fish, guano, undetermined oil and natural gas
  potential

Sri Lanka
  limestone, graphite, mineral sands, gems, phosphates,
  clay, hydropower

Sudan
  petroleum; small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore,
  zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold, hydropower

Suriname
  timber, hydropower, fish, kaolin, shrimp, bauxite, gold,
  and small amounts of nickel, copper, platinum, iron ore

Svalbard
  coal, iron ore, copper, zinc, phosphate, wildlife, fish

Swaziland
  asbestos, coal, clay, cassiterite, hydropower, forests,
  small gold and diamond deposits, quarry stone, and talc

Sweden
  iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, gold, silver, tungsten,
  uranium, arsenic, feldspar, timber, hydropower

Switzerland
  hydropower potential, timber, salt

Syria
  petroleum, phosphates, chrome and manganese ores, asphalt,
  iron ore, rock salt, marble, gypsum, hydropower

Taiwan
  small deposits of coal, natural gas, limestone, marble, and
  asbestos

Tajikistan
  hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal,
  lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold

Tanzania
  hydropower, tin, phosphates, iron ore, coal, diamonds,
  gemstones, gold, natural gas, nickel

Thailand
  tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, timber, lead,
  fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite, arable land

Timor-Leste
  gold, petroleum, natural gas, manganese, marble

Togo
  phosphates, limestone, marble, arable land

Tokelau
  NEGL

Tonga
  fish, fertile soil

Trinidad and Tobago
  petroleum, natural gas, asphalt

Tunisia
  petroleum, phosphates, iron ore, lead, zinc, salt

Turkey
  coal, iron ore, copper, chromium, antimony, mercury, gold,
  barite, borate, celestite (strontium), emery, feldspar, limestone,
  magnesite, marble, perlite, pumice, pyrites (sulfur), clay, arable
  land, hydropower

Turkmenistan
  petroleum, natural gas, sulfur, salt

Turks and Caicos Islands
  spiny lobster, conch

Tuvalu
  fish

Uganda
  copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land

Ukraine
  iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulfur,
  graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber,
  arable land

United Arab Emirates
  petroleum, natural gas

United Kingdom
  coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc,
  gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, potash, silica
  sand, slate, arable land

United States
  coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium,
  bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten,
  zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber
  note: the US has the world's largest coal reserves with 491 billion
  short tons accounting for 27% of the world's total

United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges terrestrial and aquatic wildlife

Uruguay
  arable land, hydropower, minor minerals, fisheries

Uzbekistan
  natural gas, petroleum, coal, gold, uranium, silver,
  copper, lead and zinc, tungsten, molybdenum

Vanuatu
  manganese, hardwood forests, fish

Venezuela
  petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, bauxite, other
  minerals, hydropower, diamonds

Vietnam
  phosphates, coal, manganese, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil
  and gas deposits, forests, hydropower

Virgin Islands
  sun, sand, sea, surf

Wake Island
  none

Wallis and Futuna
  NEGL

West Bank
  arable land

Western Sahara
  phosphates, iron ore

World
  the rapid depletion of nonrenewable mineral resources, the
  depletion of forest areas and wetlands, the extinction of animal and
  plant species, and the deterioration in air and water quality
  (especially in Eastern Europe, the former USSR, and China) pose
  serious long-term problems that governments and peoples are only
  beginning to address

Yemen
  petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble; small deposits of coal,
  gold, lead, nickel, and copper; fertile soil in west

Zambia
  copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, coal, emeralds, gold, silver,
  uranium, hydropower

Zimbabwe
  coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron
  ore, vanadium, lithium, tin, platinum group metals

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@2112 Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)

Afghanistan
  21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Albania
  -4.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Algeria
  -0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

American Samoa
  -7.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Andorra
  13.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Angola
  1.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Anguilla
  14.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda
  2.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Argentina
  0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Armenia
  -4.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Aruba
  9.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Australia
  6.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Austria
  1.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Azerbaijan
  -1.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Bahamas, The
  -2.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Bahrain
  0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Bangladesh
  -0.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Barbados
  -0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Belarus
  0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Belgium
  1.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Belize
  NA (2008 est.)

Benin
  0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Bermuda
  2.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Bhutan
  NA (2008 est.)

Bolivia
  -1.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
  6.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Botswana
  5.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population
  note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa
  and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2008 est.)

Brazil
  -0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

British Virgin Islands
  8.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Brunei
  2.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Bulgaria
  -3.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Burkina Faso
  NA (2008 est.)

Burma
  NA (2008 est.)

Burundi
  5.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Cambodia
  NA (2008 est.)

Cameroon
  NA (2008 est.)

Canada
  5.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Cape Verde
  -11.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Cayman Islands
  16.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population
  note: major destination for Cubans trying to migrate to the US (2008
  est.)

Central African Republic
  NA (2008 est.)

Chad
  -3.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Chile
  NA (2008 est.)

China
  -0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Christmas Island
  NA (2008 est.)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  NA (2008 est.)

Colombia
  -0.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Comoros
  NA (2008 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Congo, Republic of the
  -2.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Costa Rica
  0.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire
  NA (2008 est.)

Croatia
  1.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Cuba
  -1.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Cyprus
  0.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Czech Republic
  0.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Denmark
  2.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Djibouti
  NA (2008 est.)

Dominica
  -5.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Dominican Republic
  -2.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Ecuador
  -7.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Egypt
  -0.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

El Salvador
  -3.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Equatorial Guinea
  NA (2008 est.)

Eritrea
  NA (2008 est.)

Estonia
  -3.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Ethiopia
  NA
  note: repatriation of Ethiopian refugees residing in Sudan is
  expected to continue for several years; some Sudanese, Somali, and
  Eritrean refugees, who fled to Ethiopia from the fighting or famine
  in their own countries, continue to return to their homes (2008 est.)

European Union
  1.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
  NA (2008 est.)

Faroe Islands
  -0.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Fiji
  -2.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Finland
  0.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

France
  1.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

French Polynesia
  2.77 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Gabon
  -3.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Gambia, The
  0.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Gaza Strip
  0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Georgia
  -4.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Germany
  2.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Ghana
  -0.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Gibraltar
  0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Greece
  2.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Greenland
  -5.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Grenada
  -11.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Guam
  NA (2008 est.)

Guatemala
  -2.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Guernsey
  3.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Guinea
  -1.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Guinea-Bissau
  0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Guyana
  -7.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Haiti
  -0.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Honduras
  -1.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Hong Kong
  4.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Hungary
  0.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Iceland
  1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

India
  -0.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Indonesia
  -1.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Iran
  -3.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Iraq
  NA (2008 est.)

Ireland
  4.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Isle of Man
  5.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Israel
  2.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Italy
  2.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Jamaica
  -5.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Japan
  NA (2008 est.)

Jersey
  2.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Jordan
  5.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Kazakhstan
  -3.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Kenya
  0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Kiribati
  NA (2008 est.)

Korea, North
  NA (2008 est.)

Korea, South
  NA (2008 est.)

Kuwait
  16.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Kyrgyzstan
  -2.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Laos
  NA (2008 est.)

Latvia
  -2.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Lebanon
  NA (2008 est.)

Lesotho
  -0.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Liberia
  15.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Libya
  NA (2008 est.)

Liechtenstein
  4.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Lithuania
  -0.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Luxembourg
  8.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Macau
  26.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Macedonia
  -0.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Madagascar
  NA (2008 est.)

Malawi
  NA (2008 est.)

Malaysia
  NA
  note: does not reflect net flow of an unknown number of illegal
  immigrants from other countries in the region (2008 est.)

Maldives
  NA (2008 est.)

Mali
  -5.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Malta
  2.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Marshall Islands
  -5.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Mauritania
  NA (2008 est.)

Mauritius
  -0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Mayotte
  2.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Mexico
  -3.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of -21.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Moldova
  -1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Monaco
  7.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Mongolia
  NA (2008 est.)

Montserrat
  NA (2008 est.)

Morocco
  -0.77 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Mozambique
  NA (2008 est.)

Namibia
  0.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Nauru
  NA (2008 est.)

Nepal
  NA (2008 est.)

Netherlands
  2.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Netherlands Antilles
  -0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

New Caledonia
  NA
  note: there has been steady emigration from Wallis and Futuna to New
  Caledonia (2008 est.)

New Zealand
  2.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Nicaragua
  -1.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Niger
  -0.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Nigeria
  -0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Niue
  NA (2008 est.)

Norfolk Island
  NA (2008 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands
  7.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Norway
  1.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Oman
  0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Pakistan
  -0.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Palau
  0.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Panama
  -0.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Papua New Guinea
  NA (2008 est.)

Paraguay
  -0.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Peru
  -0.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Philippines
  -1.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Pitcairn Islands
  NA (2008 est.)

Poland
  -0.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Portugal
  3.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Puerto Rico
  -1.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Qatar
  -2.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Romania
  -0.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Russia
  0.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Rwanda
  2.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Saint Helena
  NA (2008 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
  -2.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Saint Lucia
  -4.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  -4.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008
  est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  -7.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population
  (2008 est.)

Samoa
  -9.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

San Marino
  10.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe
  -1.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Saudi Arabia
  -6.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Senegal
  0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Seychelles
  -5.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Sierra Leone
  0 migrant(s)/1,000 population
  note: refugees currently in surrounding countries are slowly
  returning (2008 est.)

Singapore
  6.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Slovakia
  0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Slovenia
  0.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Solomon Islands
  NA (2008 est.)

Somalia
  0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

South Africa
  4.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population
  note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa
  and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2008 est.)

Spain
  0.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Sri Lanka
  -1.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Sudan
  0.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Suriname
  -0.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Svalbard
  NA (2008 est.)

Swaziland
  NA (2008 est.)

Sweden
  1.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Switzerland
  2.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Syria
  NA (2008 est.)

Taiwan
  0.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Tajikistan
  -1.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Tanzania
  -1.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Thailand
  NA (2008 est.)

Timor-Leste
  NA (2008 est.)

Togo
  NA (2008 est.)

Tokelau
  NA (2008 est.)

Tonga
  NA (2008 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago
  -11.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Tunisia
  -0.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Turkey
  0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Turkmenistan
  -3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands
  9.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Tuvalu
  NA (2008 est.)

Uganda
  0.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Ukraine
  -0.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

United Arab Emirates
  24.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

United Kingdom
  2.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

United States
  2.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Uruguay
  -0.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Uzbekistan
  -3.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Vanuatu
  NA (2008 est.)

Venezuela
  -0.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Vietnam
  -0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Virgin Islands
  -5.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Wallis and Futuna
  NA
  note: there has been steady emigration from Wallis and Futuna to New
  Caledonia (2008 est.)

West Bank
  0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Yemen
  NA (2008 est.)

Zambia
  -2.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Zimbabwe
  NA
  note: there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa
  and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2008 est.)

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@2113 Geography - note

Afghanistan
  landlocked; the Hindu Kush mountains that run northeast
  to southwest divide the northern provinces from the rest of the
  country; the highest peaks are in the northern Vakhan (Wakhan
  Corridor)

Akrotiri
  British extraterritorial rights also extended to several
  small off-post sites scattered across Cyprus; of the Sovereign Base
  Area land, 60% is privately owned and farmed, 20% is owned by the
  Ministry of Defense, and 20% is SBA Crown land

Albania
  strategic location along Strait of Otranto (links Adriatic
  Sea to Ionian Sea and Mediterranean Sea)

Algeria
  second-largest country in Africa (after Sudan)

American Samoa
  Pago Pago has one of the best natural deepwater
  harbors in the South Pacific Ocean, sheltered by shape from rough
  seas and protected by peripheral mountains from high winds;
  strategic location in the South Pacific Ocean

Andorra
  landlocked; straddles a number of important crossroads in
  the Pyrenees

Angola
  the province of Cabinda is an exclave, separated from the
  rest of the country by the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Anguilla
  the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser
  Antilles

Antarctica
  the coldest, windiest, highest (on average), and driest
  continent; during summer, more solar radiation reaches the surface
  at the South Pole than is received at the Equator in an equivalent
  period; mostly uninhabitable

Antigua and Barbuda
  Antigua has