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World Statistics Pocketbook, 2013 Edition © 2013 United Nations New York, NY 10017, United States of America Series V, No. 37 Department of Economic and Social Affairs Statistics Division World Statistics Pocketbook 2013 edition United Nations, New York, 2013 The Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat is a vital interface between global policies in the economic, social and environmental spheres and national action. 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factors..........................................................................ix Country profile information and indicator list..............................................................................xi Country profiles ..................................................................................................................................... 1 Technical notes ....................................................................................................................... 219 Statistical sources and references .......................................................................................... 233 Index of indicator notes and definitions.................................................................................. 237 United Nations statistical publications ................................................................................... 239 Country profiles Afghanistan .........................................................3 Chad .................................................................. 41 Albania.................................................................4 Chile................................................................... 42 Algeria..................................................................5 China ................................................................. 43 American Samoa.................................................6 China, Hong Kong SAR..................................... 44 Andorra ................................................................7 China, Macao SAR............................................ 45 Angola..................................................................8 Colombia ........................................................... 46 Antigua and Barbuda...........................................9 Comoros ............................................................ 47 Argentina ...........................................................10 Congo ................................................................ 48 Armenia .............................................................11 Cook Islands...................................................... 49 Aruba..................................................................12 Costa Rica ......................................................... 50 Australia.............................................................13 Côte d'Ivoire ...................................................... 51 Austria................................................................14 Croatia............................................................... 52 Azerbaijan..........................................................15 Cuba .................................................................. 53 Bahamas ............................................................16 Cyprus................................................................ 54 Bahrain...............................................................17 Czech Republic.................................................. 55 Bangladesh ........................................................18 Democratic People's Republic of Korea........... 56 Barbados............................................................19 Democratic Republic of the Congo .................. 57 Belarus...............................................................20 Denmark............................................................ 58 Belgium..............................................................21 Djibouti.............................................................. 59 Belize..................................................................22 Dominica ........................................................... 60 Benin ..................................................................23 Dominican Republic.......................................... 61 Bermuda.............................................................24 Ecuador.............................................................. 62 Bhutan................................................................25 Egypt.................................................................. 63 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) ..........................26 El Salvador ........................................................ 64 Bosnia and Herzegovina....................................27 Equatorial Guinea ............................................. 65 Botswana...........................................................28 Eritrea................................................................ 66 Brazil ..................................................................29 Estonia............................................................... 67 British Virgin Islands..........................................30 Ethiopia ............................................................. 68 Brunei Darussalam ............................................31 Faeroe Islands................................................... 69 Bulgaria..............................................................32 Fiji ...................................................................... 70 Burkina Faso ......................................................33 Finland............................................................... 71 Burundi...............................................................34 France................................................................ 72 Cambodia...........................................................35 French Guiana ................................................... 73 Cameroon...........................................................36 French Polynesia............................................... 74 Canada...............................................................37 Gabon ................................................................ 75 Cape Verde ........................................................38 Gambia.............................................................. 76 Cayman Islands .................................................39 Georgia.............................................................. 77 Central African Republic ...................................40 Germany............................................................ 78 World Statistics Pocketbook iii Contents (continued) Ghana.................................................................79 Mexico............................................................. 127 Greece................................................................80 Micronesia (Federated States of)................... 128 Greenland ..........................................................81 Monaco ........................................................... 129 Grenada..............................................................82 Mongolia......................................................... 130 Guadeloupe........................................................83 Montenegro .................................................... 131 Guam..................................................................84 Morocco .........................................................
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