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Pocket World In Figures
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Book : Pocket World In Figures Language : English Library : Population Publish Place : Asia ISBN : 1-86197-238-5 Publish Date : 00 2001 Publisher : The Economist Book Number : 3328 |
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INDEX
CONTENTS
Contents
9 Notes
10 Abbreviations
11 Part I World Rankings
12 Countries: natural Sacts
Countries: the largest Mountains: the highest Rivers: the longest Waterfalls: the highest
14 Population: explosions revealed
Largest Fastest growing Slowest growing
15 Population density
Highest population density Lowest population density
17 City living
Quality of life index Biggest cities
Highest urban population Lowest urban population
18 Population: age and sex
Youngest populations Oldest populations Median age Most male populations Most female populations
20 Population: matters of breeding
Highest crude birth rates Highest fertility rates
Lowest crude birth rates Lowest fertility rates Abortion rates
22 The world economy
Biggest economies Biggest economies by purchasing power Regional GDP Regional purchasing power Regions by population Regional international trade
24 Living standards
Highest GDP per head Lowest GDP per head Highest purchasing power Lowest purchasing power
25 The quality of life
Human development index Economic freedom index
26 Economic growth
Fastest economic growth Slowest economic growth Highest industrial growth Highest services growth Highest agricultural growth
30 Tradinq places
Biggest traders Most trade dependent Least trade dependent Biggest visible traders Biggest invisible traders
Largest surpluses Largest deficits
Largest surpluses as % of GDP Largest deficits as % of GDP
Highest inflation Lowest inflation 33Debe
Highest foreign debt Highest debt service
Highest foreign debt burden Highest debt service ratios38 Ala
Largest donors Largest recipients
40 Industry and services Largest industrial output Highest and lowest growth in industrial output Largest manufacturing output Largest services output
42 Agriculture
Most economically dependent on agriculture
Least economically dependent on agriculture Fastest growth
Slowest growth Biggest producers: cereals, meat, fruit, vegetables
44 Commedities
Leading producers and consumers of: wheat, rice, sugar, coarse grains, tea, coffee, cocoa, copper, lead, zinc, tin, nickel, aluminium, precious metals, rubber, raw wool, cotton, major oil seeds oil, natural gas, coal
50 Energy
Largest producers Largest consumers Energy efficiency
Largest exporters Largest importers Largest consumption per heac
52 Workers of tha world
Highest % of population in labour force Most male workforce Most female workforce Lowest % of population in labour force Highest rate of unemployment
54 The business world
Global competitiveness The business environment
56 Businesses and banks
Largest businesses Largest banks
58 Stookmarkets
Largest market capitalisation
Highest growth in market capitalisation
Highest growth in value traded
Highest growth in number of listed companies
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Longest road networks Densest road networks Most crowded road networks Most used road networks Highest car ownership Lowest car ownership Most accidents Most deaths
Most air travel Busiest airports
Biggest airlines Longest railway networks
Most rail passengers Most rail freight
Largest merchant fleets
Most tourist arrivals Biggest tourist spenders Largest tourist receipts
Highest primary enrolment Lowest primary enrolment
Highest tertiary enrolment Least literate
Highest education spending Lowest education spending70 life: the chances
Highest life expectancy Highest male life expectancy Highest female life expectancy Lowest life expectancy Lowest male life expectancy Lowest female life expectancy
72 Death: the chances
Highest death rates Highest infant mortality Lowest death rates Lowest infant mortality
74 Death and disaases
Cancer Heart attack Infectious disease Motor accident
Tuberculosis Malaria AIDS 75 Health
Highest health spending Lowest health spending
Highest population per doctor Most hospital beds
Lowest population per doctor
78 Tili death us do part
Highest marriage rates Lowest marriage rates Highest divorce rates Lowest divorce rates
80 Households and prices
Biggest households Highest cost of living
Smallest households Lowest cost of living 82 Consumer goods: ownership
TV Telephone Video cassette recorder Computer
Mobile telephone 84 Books and newspapers
Book sales Daily newspapers 86 Music and the Internet
Music sales Internet hosts 87 Prizes and medats
Nobel prize winners Olympic medal winners 88 Drinking and smoking
Beer drinkers Wine drinkers Pure alcohol Smokers 89 Crime -and penishment
Serious assault Theft Prisoners 90 Stats
Space missions Astronauts
Defence spending Armed forces 92 Environment atreas and diaseres
Top deforesters Top reafforesters Fastest forest depletion Most forested countries Oil tanker spills Industrial disasters
Carbon dioxide emissions Nitrogen oxide emissions Sulphur dioxide emissions Solid hazardous waste generated Industrial waste generated Solid municipal waste generated
94 Environments
Glass recycling Paper recycling Freshwater resources
Water use97 Part II Country Profiles
98 Algeria
100 Argentina
102 Australia
104 Austria
106 Bangladesh
108 Belgium
110 Brazil
112 Bulgaria
114 Cameroon
116 Canada
118 Chile
120 China
122 Colombia
124 Cote d'lvoire
126 Czech Republic
128 Denmark
130 Egypt
132 Finland
134 France
136 Germany
138 Greece
140 Hong Kong
142 Hungary
144 India
146 Indonesia
148 Iran
150 Iraq
152 Ireland
154 Israel
156 Italy
158 Japan 160 Kenya
162 Malaysia
164 Mexico
166 Morocco
168 Netherlands
170 New Zealand
172 Nigeria
174 Norway
176 Pakistan
178 Peru
180 Philippines
182 Poland
184 Portugal
186 Romania
188 Russia
190 Saudi Arabia
192 Singapore
194 Slovakia
196 Slovenia
198 South Africa
200 South Korea
202 Spain
204 Sweden
206 Switzerland
208 Taiwan
210 Thailand
212 Turkey
214 Ukraine
216 United Kingdom
218 United States
220 Venezuela
222 Vietnam
224 Zimbabwe
226 Glossary
228 List of countries
232 Sources
