flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest;
Balochistan plateau in west
Palau
varying geologically from the high, mountainous main island of
Babelthuap to low, coral islands usually fringed by large barrier
reefs
Panama
interior mostly steep, rugged mountains and dissected, upland
plains; coastal areas largely plains and rolling hills
Papua New Guinea
mostly mountains with coastal lowlands and rolling
foothills
Paracel Islands
mostly low and flat
Paraguay
grassy plains and wooded hills east of Rio Paraguay; Gran
Chaco region west of Rio Paraguay mostly low, marshy plain near the
river, and dry forest and thorny scrub elsewhere
Peru
western coastal plain (costa), high and rugged Andes in center
(sierra), eastern lowland jungle of Amazon Basin (selva)
Philippines
mostly mountains with narrow to extensive coastal
lowlands
Pitcairn Islands
rugged volcanic formation; rocky coastline with
cliffs
Poland
mostly flat plain; mountains along southern border
Portugal
mountainous north of the Tagus River, rolling plains in
south
Puerto Rico
mostly mountains with coastal plain belt in north;
mountains precipitous to sea on west coast; sandy beaches along most
coastal areas
Qatar
mostly flat and barren desert covered with loose sand and
gravel
Romania
central Transylvanian Basin is separated from the Plain of
Moldavia on the east by the Carpathian Mountains and separated from
the Walachian Plain on the south by the Transylvanian Alps
Russia
broad plain with low hills west of Urals; vast coniferous
forest and tundra in Siberia; uplands and mountains along southern
border regions
Rwanda
mostly grassy uplands and hills; relief is mountainous with
altitude declining from west to east
Saint Barthelemy
hilly, almost completely surrounded by
shallow-water reefs, with 20 beaches
Saint Helena
the islands of this group result from volcanic activity
associated with the Atlantic Mid-Ocean Ridge
Saint Helena: rugged, volcanic; small scattered plateaus and plains
Ascension: surface covered by lava flows and cinder cones of 44
dormant volcanoes; ground rises to the east
Tristan da Cunha: sheer cliffs line the coastline of the nearly
circular island; the flanks of the central volcanic peak are deeply
dissected; narrow coastal plain lies between The Peak and the
coastal cliffs
Saint Kitts and Nevis
volcanic with mountainous interiors
Saint Lucia
volcanic and mountainous with some broad, fertile valleys
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
mostly barren rock
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
volcanic, mountainous
Samoa
two main islands (Savaii, Upolu) and several smaller islands
and uninhabited islets; narrow coastal plain with volcanic, rocky,
rugged mountains in interior
San Marino
rugged mountains
Sao Tome and Principe
volcanic, mountainous
Saudi Arabia
mostly uninhabited, sandy desert
Senegal
generally low, rolling, plains rising to foothills in
southeast
Serbia
extremely varied; to the north, rich fertile plains; to the
east, limestone ranges and basins; to the southeast, ancient
mountains and hills
Seychelles
Mahe Group is granitic, narrow coastal strip, rocky,
hilly; others are coral, flat, elevated reefs
Sierra Leone
coastal belt of mangrove swamps, wooded hill country,
upland plateau, mountains in east
Singapore
lowland; gently undulating central plateau contains water
catchment area and nature preserve
Slovakia
rugged mountains in the central and northern part and
lowlands in the south
Slovenia
a short coastal strip on the Adriatic, an alpine mountain
region adjacent to Italy and Austria, mixed mountains and valleys
with numerous rivers to the east
Solomon Islands
mostly rugged mountains with some low coral atolls
Somalia
mostly flat to undulating plateau rising to hills in north
South Africa
vast interior plateau rimmed by rugged hills and narrow
coastal plain
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
most of the islands,
rising steeply from the sea, are rugged and mountainous; South
Georgia is largely barren and has steep, glacier-covered mountains;
the South Sandwich Islands are of volcanic origin with some active
volcanoes
Southern Ocean
the Southern Ocean is deep, 4,000 to 5,000 m over
most of its extent with only limited areas of shallow water; the
Antarctic continental shelf is generally narrow and unusually deep,
its edge lying at depths of 400 to 800 m (the global mean is 133 m);
the Antarctic icepack grows from an average minimum of 2.6 million
sq km in March to about 18.8 million sq km in September, better than
a sixfold increase in area; the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
(21,000 km in length) moves perpetually eastward; it is the world's
largest ocean current, transporting 130 million cubic meters of
water per second - 100 times the flow of all the world's rivers
Spain
large, flat to dissected plateau surrounded by rugged hills;
Pyrenees in north
Spratly Islands
flat
Sri Lanka
mostly low, flat to rolling plain; mountains in
south-central interior
Sudan
generally flat, featureless plain; mountains in far south,
northeast and west; desert dominates the north
Suriname
mostly rolling hills; narrow coastal plain with swamps
Svalbard
wild, rugged mountains; much of high land ice covered; west
coast clear of ice about one-half of the year; fjords along west and
north coasts
Swaziland
mostly mountains and hills; some moderately sloping plains
Sweden
mostly flat or gently rolling lowlands; mountains in west
Switzerland
mostly mountains (Alps in south, Jura in northwest) with
a central plateau of rolling hills, plains, and large lakes
Syria
primarily semiarid and desert plateau; narrow coastal plain;
mountains in west
Taiwan
eastern two-thirds mostly rugged mountains; flat to gently
rolling plains in west
Tajikistan
Pamir and Alay Mountains dominate landscape; western
Fergana Valley in north, Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest
Tanzania
plains along coast; central plateau; highlands in north,
south
Thailand
central plain; Khorat Plateau in the east; mountains
elsewhere
Timor-Leste
mountainous
Togo
gently rolling savanna in north; central hills; southern
plateau; low coastal plain with extensive lagoons and marshes
Tokelau
low-lying coral atolls enclosing large lagoons
Tonga
most islands have limestone base formed from uplifted coral
formation; others have limestone overlying volcanic base
Trinidad and Tobago
mostly plains with some hills and low mountains
Tunisia
mountains in north; hot, dry central plain; semiarid south
merges into the Sahara
Turkey
high central plateau (Anatolia); narrow coastal plain;
several mountain ranges
Turkmenistan
flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes rising to
mountains in the south; low mountains along border with Iran;
borders Caspian Sea in west
Turks and Caicos Islands
low, flat limestone; extensive marshes and
mangrove swamps
Tuvalu
very low-lying and narrow coral atolls
Uganda
mostly plateau with rim of mountains
Ukraine
most of Ukraine consists of fertile plains (steppes) and
plateaus, mountains being found only in the west (the Carpathians),
and in the Crimean Peninsula in the extreme south
United Arab Emirates
flat, barren coastal plain merging into rolling
sand dunes of vast desert wasteland; mountains in east
United Kingdom
mostly rugged hills and low mountains; level to
rolling plains in east and southeast
United States
vast central plain, mountains in west, hills and low
mountains in east; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in
Alaska; rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
low and nearly level
sandy coral islands with narrow fringing reefs that have developed
at the top of submerged volcanic mountains, which in most cases rise
steeply from the ocean floor
Uruguay
mostly rolling plains and low hills; fertile coastal lowland
Uzbekistan
mostly flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes; broad,
flat intensely irrigated river valleys along course of Amu Darya,
Syr Darya (Sirdaryo), and Zarafshon; Fergana Valley in east
surrounded by mountainous Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan; shrinking Aral
Sea in west
Vanuatu
mostly mountainous islands of volcanic origin; narrow
coastal plains
Venezuela
Andes Mountains and Maracaibo Lowlands in northwest;
central plains (llanos); Guiana Highlands in southeast
Vietnam
low, flat delta in south and north; central highlands;
hilly, mountainous in far north and northwest
Virgin Islands
mostly hilly to rugged and mountainous with little
level land
Wake Island
atoll of three low coral islands, Peale, Wake, and
Wilkes, built up on an underwater volcano; central lagoon is former
crater, islands are part of the rim
Wallis and Futuna
volcanic origin; low hills
West Bank
mostly rugged dissected upland, some vegetation in west,
but barren in east
Western Sahara
mostly low, flat desert with large areas of rocky or
sandy surfaces rising to small mountains in south and northeast
World
the greatest ocean depth is the Mariana Trench at 10,924 m in
the Pacific Ocean
Yemen
narrow coastal plain backed by flat-topped hills and rugged
mountains; dissected upland desert plains in center slope into the
desert interior of the Arabian Peninsula
Zambia
mostly high plateau with some hills and mountains
Zimbabwe
mostly high plateau with higher central plateau (high
veld); mountains in east
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@2127 Total fertility rate (children born/woman)
Afghanistan
6.58 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Albania
2.02 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Algeria
1.82 children born/woman (2008 est.)
American Samoa
3.35 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Andorra
1.32 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Angola
6.2 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Anguilla
1.75 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda
2.08 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Argentina
2.37 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Armenia
1.35 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Aruba
1.85 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Australia
1.78 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Austria
1.38 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Azerbaijan
2.05 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Bahamas, The
2.13 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Bahrain
2.53 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Bangladesh
3.08 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Barbados
1.65 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Belarus
1.23 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Belgium
1.65 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Belize
3.44 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Benin
5.58 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Bermuda
1.88 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Bhutan
2.48 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Bolivia
2.67 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.24 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Botswana
2.66 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Brazil
2.22 children born/woman (2008 est.)
British Virgin Islands
1.71 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Brunei
1.94 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Bulgaria
1.4 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Burkina Faso
6.34 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Burma
1.92 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Burundi
6.4 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Cambodia
3.08 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Cameroon
4.41 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Canada
1.57 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Cape Verde
3.17 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Cayman Islands
1.89 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Central African Republic
4.23 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Chad
5.43 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Chile
1.95 children born/woman (2008 est.)
China
1.77 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Christmas Island
NA (2008 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
NA (2008 est.)
Colombia
2.49 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Comoros
4.9 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
6.28 children born/woman (2008
est.)
Congo, Republic of the
5.92 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Cook Islands
3.1 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Costa Rica
2.17 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
4.23 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Croatia
1.41 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Cuba
1.6 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Cyprus
1.79 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Czech Republic
1.23 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Denmark
1.74 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Djibouti
5.14 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Dominica
2.1 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Dominican Republic
2.78 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Ecuador
2.59 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Egypt
2.72 children born/woman (2008 est.)
El Salvador
3.04 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Equatorial Guinea
5.16 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Eritrea
4.84 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Estonia
1.42 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Ethiopia
6.17 children born/woman (2008 est.)
European Union
1.5 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
NA (2008 est.)
Faroe Islands
2.45 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Fiji
2.68 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Finland
1.73 children born/woman (2008 est.)
France
1.98 children born/woman (2008 est.)
French Polynesia
1.95 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Gabon
4.68 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Gambia, The
5.13 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Gaza Strip
5.19 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Georgia
1.43 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Germany
1.41 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Ghana
3.78 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Gibraltar
1.65 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Greece
1.36 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Greenland
2.22 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Grenada
2.27 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Guam
2.55 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Guatemala
3.59 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Guernsey
1.4 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Guinea
5.25 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Guinea-Bissau
4.72 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Guyana
2.03 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Haiti
4.79 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Honduras
3.38 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Hong Kong
1 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Hungary
1.34 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Iceland
1.91 children born/woman (2008 est.)
India
2.76 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Indonesia
2.34 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Iran
1.71 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Iraq
3.97 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Ireland
1.85 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Isle of Man
1.65 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Israel
2.77 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Italy
1.3 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Jamaica
2.3 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Japan
1.22 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Jersey
1.58 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Jordan
2.47 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Kazakhstan
1.88 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Kenya
4.7 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Kiribati
4.08 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Korea, North
2 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Korea, South
1.2 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Kuwait
2.81 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Kyrgyzstan
2.67 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Laos
4.5 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Latvia
1.29 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Lebanon
1.87 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Lesotho
3.13 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Liberia
5.87 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Libya
3.15 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Liechtenstein
1.51 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Lithuania
1.22 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Luxembourg
1.78 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Macau
0.9 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Macedonia
1.58 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Madagascar
5.19 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Malawi
5.67 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Malaysia
2.98 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Maldives
1.97 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Mali
7.34 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Malta
1.51 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Marshall Islands
3.68 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Mauritania
5.69 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Mauritius
1.83 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Mayotte
5.6 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Mexico
2.37 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of
2.98 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Moldova
1.26 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Monaco
1.75 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Mongolia
2.24 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Montserrat
1.22 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Morocco
2.57 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Mozambique
5.24 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Namibia
2.81 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Nauru
2.94 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Nepal
3.91 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Netherlands
1.66 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Netherlands Antilles
1.98 children born/woman (2008 est.)
New Caledonia
2.21 children born/woman (2008 est.)
New Zealand
2.11 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Nicaragua
2.63 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Niger
7.29 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Nigeria
5.01 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Niue
NA (2008 est.)
Norfolk Island
NA (2008 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands
1.18 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Norway
1.78 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Oman
5.62 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Pakistan
3.73 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Palau
2.45 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Panama
2.57 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Papua New Guinea
3.71 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Paraguay
3.8 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Peru
2.42 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Philippines
3.32 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Pitcairn Islands
NA (2008 est.)
Poland
1.27 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Portugal
1.49 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Puerto Rico
1.76 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Qatar
2.47 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Romania
1.38 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Russia
1.4 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Rwanda
5.31 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Saint Helena
1.56 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
2.28 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Saint Lucia
1.86 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
1.98 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1.79 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Samoa
4.18 children born/woman (2008 est.)
San Marino
1.35 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe
5.43 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Saudi Arabia
3.89 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Senegal
4.86 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Serbia
1.69 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Seychelles
1.73 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Sierra Leone
5.95 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Singapore
1.08 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Slovakia
1.34 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Slovenia
1.27 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Solomon Islands
3.65 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Somalia
6.6 children born/woman (2008 est.)
South Africa
2.43 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Spain
1.3 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Sri Lanka
2.02 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Sudan
4.58 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Suriname
2.01 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Svalbard
NA (2008 est.)
Swaziland
3.34 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Sweden
1.67 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Switzerland
1.44 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Syria
3.21 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Taiwan
1.13 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Tajikistan
3.04 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Tanzania
4.62 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Thailand
1.64 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Timor-Leste
3.36 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Togo
4.85 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Tokelau
NA (2008 est.)
Tonga
2.5 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago
1.73 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Tunisia
1.73 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Turkey
1.87 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Turkmenistan
3.07 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
2.98 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Tuvalu
2.94 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Uganda
6.81 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Ukraine
1.25 children born/woman (2008 est.)
United Arab Emirates
2.43 children born/woman (2008 est.)
United Kingdom
1.66 children born/woman (2008 est.)
United States
2.1 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Uruguay
1.94 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Uzbekistan
2.01 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Vanuatu
2.57 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Venezuela
2.52 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Vietnam
1.86 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Virgin Islands
1.88 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Wallis and Futuna
NA (2008 est.)
West Bank
3.31 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Western Sahara
NA 5.69 children born/woman (2008 est.)
World
2.61 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Yemen
6.41 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Zambia
5.23 children born/woman (2008 est.)
Zimbabwe
3.72 children born/woman (2008 est.)
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@2128 Government type
Afghanistan
Islamic republic
Albania
emerging democracy
Algeria
republic
American Samoa
NA
Andorra
parliamentary democracy (since March 1993) that retains as
its chiefs of state a coprincipality; the two princes are the
president of France and bishop of Seo de Urgel, Spain, who are
represented locally by coprinces' representatives
Angola
republic; multiparty presidential regime
Anguilla
NA