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Saint Pierre and Miquelon unicameral General Council or Conseil General (19 seats - 15 from Saint Pierre and 4 from Miquelon; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) elections: elections last held 19 and 26 March 2000 (next to be held in April 2006) election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PS 12, PRG 2, UDF-RPR 5 note: Saint Pierre and Miquelon elect 1 seat to the French Senate; elections last held 26 September 2004 (next to be held in September 2013); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UMP 1; Saint Pierre and Miquelon also elects 1 seat to the French National Assembly; elections last held, first round - 9 June 2002, second round - 16 June 2002 (next to be held NA 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UDF 1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines unicameral House of Assembly (21 seats, 15 elected representatives and 6 appointed senators; representatives are elected by popular vote from single-member constituencies to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 7 December 2005 (next to be held 2010) election results: percent of vote by party - ULP 55.26%, NDP 44.68%; seats by party - ULP 12, NDP 3
Samoa unicameral Legislative Assembly or Fono (49 seats - 47 elected by voters affiliated with traditional village-based electoral districts, 2 elected by independent, mostly non-Samoan or part-Samoan, voters who cannot, (or choose not to) establish a village affiliation; only chiefs (matai) may stand for election to the Fono from the 47 village-based electorates; members serve five-year terms) elections: election last held 31 March 2006 (next election to be held not later than March 2011) election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - HRPP 35, SDUP 10, independents 4
San Marino unicameral Grand and General Council or Consiglio Grande e Generale (60 seats; members are elected by direct, popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 4 June 2006 (next to be held by June 2011) election results: percent of vote by party - PDCS 32.9%, Party of Socialists and Democrats 31.9%, APDS 11.9%, United Left 8.7%, New Socialist Party 5.4%; seats by party - PDCS 21, Party of Socialists and Democrats 20, APDS 7, United Left 5, New Socialist Party 3, other 4
Sao Tome and Principe unicameral National Assembly or Assembleia Nacional (55 seats; members are elected by direct, popular vote to serve four-year terms) elections: last held 26 March 2006 (next to be held March 2010) election results: percent of vote by party - MDFM-PCD 37.2%, MLSTP 28.9%, ADI 20.0%, NR 4.7%, other 9.2%; seats by party - MDFM-PCD 23, MLSTP 19, ADI 12, NR 1
Saudi Arabia Consultative Council or Majlis al-Shura (120 members and a chairman appointed by the monarch for four-year terms); note - in October 2003, Council of Ministers announced its intent to introduce elections for half of the members of local and provincial assemblies and a third of the members of the national Consultative Council or Majlis al-Shura, incrementally over a period of four to five years; in November 2004, the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs initiated voter registration for partial municipal council elections held nationwide from February through April 2005
Senegal unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (120 seats; members are elected by direct, popular vote to serve five-year terms) note: the former National Assembly had 120 seats, but deputies in late 2006 voted to expand the number of seats to 140 elections: last held 29 April 2001 (next to be held 25 February 2007) note - the National Assembly in December 2005 voted to postpone legislative elections originally scheduled for 2006, they will now coincide with presidential elections in 2007 election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - SOPI Coalition 89, AFP 11, PS 10, other 10
Serbia unicameral National Assembly (250 deputies elected by direct vote for a four-year term); Kosovo - unicameral Assembly (120 deputies - 100 deputies elected by direct vote and 20 deputies from minority community members; elected for a three-year term) elections: last held 21 January 2007 (next to be held 2017); Kosovo - last held 23 October 2004 (next to be held in 2007) election results: SRS 81, DSS 64, DSS-NS 47, G17 Plus 19, SPS 16, LDP Coaliton 15, SVM 3, KZS 2, URS 1, KAPD 1, RP 1; Kosovo - LDK 46, PDK 30, AAK 9, SLKM 8, Ora 7, Bosniak Vakat coalition 4, KDTP 3, other 13
Seychelles unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (34 seats - 25 elected by popular vote, 9 allocated on a proportional basis to parties winning at least 10% of the vote; members serve five-year terms) elections: last held 4-6 December 2002 (next to be held in December 2007) election results: percent of vote by party - SPPF 54.3%, SNP 42.6%, DP 3.1%; seats by party - SPPF 23, SNP 11
Sierra Leone unicameral Parliament (124 seats - 112 elected by popular vote, 12 filled by paramount chiefs elected in separate elections; members serve five-year terms) elections: last held 14 May 2002 (next to be held 28 July 2007) election results: percent of vote by party - SLPP 70.06%, APC 22.35%, PLP 3%, others 4.59%; seats by party - SLPP 83, APC 27, PLP 2
Singapore unicameral Parliament (84 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms); note - in addition, there are up to nine nominated members; up to three losing opposition candidates who came closest to winning seats may be appointed as "nonconstituency" members elections: last held 6 May 2006 (next to be held in 2011) election results: percent of vote by party - PAP 66.6%, WP 16.3%, SDA 13%, SDP 4.1%; seats by party - PAP 82, WP 1, SDA 1
Slovakia unicameral National Council of the Slovak Republic or Narodna Rada Slovenskej Republiky (150 seats; members are elected on the basis of proportional representation to serve four-year terms) elections: last held 17 June 2006 (next to be held 2010) election results: percent of vote by party - Smer 29.1%, SDKU 18.4%, SNS 11.7%, SMK 11.7%, LS-HZDS 8.8%, KDH 8.3%; seats by party - Smer 50, SDKU 31, SNS 19, SMK 20, LS-HZDS 16, KDH 14
Slovenia bicameral Parliament consisting of a National Assembly or Drzavni Zbor (90 seats; 40 are directly elected and 50 are selected on a proportional basis; note - the number of directly elected and proportionally elected seats varies with each election; the constitution mandates one seat each for Slovenia's Hungarian and Italian minorities; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) and the National Council or Drzavni Svet (40 seats; this is primarily an advisory body with limited legislative powers; it may propose laws, ask to review any National Assembly decisions, and call national referenda; members - representing social, economic, professional, and local interests - are indirectly elected to five-year terms by an electoral college) elections: National Assembly - last held 3 October 2004 (next to be held October 2008) election results: percent of vote by party - SDS 29.1%, LDS 22.8%, ZLSD 10.2%, NSi 9%, SLS 6.8%, SNS 6.3%, DeSUS 4.1%, other 11.7%; seats by party - SDS 29, LDS 23, ZLSD 10, NSi 9, SLS 7, SNS 6, DeSUS 4, Hungarian and Italian minorities 1 each
Solomon Islands unicameral National Parliament (50 seats; members elected from single-member constituencies by popular vote to serve four-year terms) elections: last held 5 April 2006 (next to be held in 2010) election results: percent of vote by party - National Party 6.9%, SIPRA 6.3%, Democratic 4.9%, PAP 6.3%, LAFARI 2.8%, Liberal 5%, SOCRED 4.3%, independents 60.3%; seats by party - National Party 4, SIPRA 4, Democratic 3, PAP 3, LAFARI 2, Liberal 2, SOCRED 2, independents 30
Somalia unicameral National Assembly note: fledgling parliament; a 275-member Transitional Federal Assembly; the new parliament consists of 61 seats assigned to each of four large clan groups (Darod, Digil-Mirifle, Dir, and Hawiye) with the remaining 31 seats divided between minority clans
South Africa bicameral Parliament consisting of the National Assembly (400 seats; members are elected by popular vote under a system of proportional representation to serve five-year terms) and the National Council of Provinces (90 seats, 10 members elected by each of the nine provincial legislatures for five-year terms; has special powers to protect regional interests, including the safeguarding of cultural and linguistic traditions among ethnic minorities); note - following the implementation of the new constitution on 3 February 1997, the former Senate was disbanded and replaced by the National Council of Provinces with essentially no change in membership and party affiliations, although the new institution's responsibilities have been changed somewhat by the new constitution elections: National Assembly and National Council of Provinces - last held 14 April 2004 (next to be held NA 2009) election results: National Assembly - percent of vote by party - ANC 69.7%, DA 12.4%, IFP 7%, UDM 2.3%, NNP 1.7%, ACDP 1.6%, other 5.3%; seats by party - ANC 279, DA 50, IFP 28, UDM 9, NNP 7, ACDP 6, other 21; National Council of Provinces - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NA
Spain bicameral; General Courts or National Assembly or Las Cortes Generales consists of the Senate or Senado (259 seats - 208 members directly elected by popular vote and the other 51 appointed by the regional legislatures to serve four-year terms) and the Congress of Deputies or Congreso de los Diputados (350 seats; members are elected by popular vote on block lists by proportional representation to serve four-year terms) elections: Senate - last held 14 March 2004 (next to be held March 2008); Congress of Deputies - last held 14 March 2004 (next to be held March 2008) election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - PP 49%, PSOE 37.98%, Entesa Catalona de Progress 5.7%, CiU 1.99%, PNV 2.8%, CC 2.4%; seats by party - PP 102, PSOE 81, Entesa Catalona de Progress 12, CiU 4, PNV 6, CC 3; Congress of Deputies - percent of vote by party - PSOE 43.3%, PP 37.8%, CiU 3.2%, ERC 2.5%, PNV 1.6%, IU 3.2%, CC 0.9%; seats by party - PSOE 164, PP 148, CiU 10, ERC 8, PNV 7, IU 5, CC 3, other 5
Sri Lanka unicameral Parliament (225 seats; members elected by popular vote on the basis of a modified proportional representation system by district to serve six-year terms) elections: last held 2 April 2004 (next to be held by 2010) election results: percent of vote by party or electoral alliance - SLFP and JVP (no longer in formal UPFA alliance) 45.6%, UNP 37.83%, TNA 6.84%, JHU 5.97%, SLMC 2.02%, UPF 0.54%, EPDP 0.27%, others 0.93%; seats by party - UNP 68, SLFP 57, JVP 39, UNP dissident 1, TNA 22, CWC 8, JHU 7, JHU dissidents 2, SLMC 6, SLMC dissidents 4, Communist Party 2, LSSP 2, MEP 2, NUA 2, UPF 2, EPDP 1
Sudan bi-cameral body comprising the National Assembly and Council of States (replaced unicameral National Assembly of 360 seats); pending elections and National Election Law, the Presidency appointed 450 members to the National Assembly according to the provisions of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement: 52% NCP; 28% SPLM; 14% other Northerners; 6% other Southerners; 2 representatives from every state constitute the Council of States; terms in each chamber are five years following the first elections elections: last held 13-22 December 2000 (next to be held 2008-2009 timeframe) election results: NCP 355, others 5; note - replaced by appointments under the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement
Suriname unicameral National Assembly or Nationale Assemblee (51 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 25 May 2005 (next to be held in 2010) election results: percent of vote by party - NF 39.73%, NDP 22.2%, VVV 13.79%, A-Com 7.21%, A-1 5.86%, other 7.42%; seats by party - NF 23, NDP 15, VVV 5, A-Com 5, A-1 3
Swaziland bicameral Parliament or Libandla, an advisory body, consists of the Senate (30 seats - 10 appointed by the House of Assembly and 20 appointed by the monarch; members serve five-year terms) and the House of Assembly (65 seats - 10 appointed by the monarch and 55 elected by popular vote; members serve five-year terms) elections: House of Assembly - last held 18 October 2003 (next to be held October 2008) election results: House of Assembly - balloting is done on a nonparty basis; candidates for election are nominated by the local council of each constituency and for each constituency the three candidates with the most votes in the first round of voting are narrowed to a single winner by a second round
Sweden unicameral Parliament or Riksdag (349 seats; members are elected by popular vote on a proportional representation basis to serve four-year terms) elections: last held 17 September 2006 (next to be held September 2010) election results: percent of vote by party - Social Democrats 37.2%, Moderates 27.8%, Center Party 8.3%, People's Party 8.0%, Christian Democrats 6.9%, Left Party 6.3%, Greens 5.4%; seats by party - Social Democrats 130, Moderates 97, Center Party 29, People's Party 28, Christian Democrats 24, Left Party 22, Greens 19
Switzerland bicameral Federal Assembly or Bundesversammlung (in German), Assemblee Federale (in French), Assemblea Federale (in Italian) consists of the Council of States or Standerat (in German), Conseil des Etats (in French), Consiglio degli Stati (in Italian) (46 seats - consists of two representatives from each canton and one from each half canton; members serve four-year terms) and the National Council or Nationalrat (in German), Conseil National (in French), Consiglio Nazionale (in Italian) (200 seats - members are elected by popular vote on the basis of proportional representation to serve four-year terms) elections: Council of States - last held in most cantons 19 October 2003 (each canton determines when the next election will be held); National Council - last held 19 October 2003 (next to be held October 2007) election results: Council of States - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - CVP 15, FDP 14, SVP 8, SPS 6, other 3; National Council - percent of vote by party - SVP 26.6%, SPS 23.3%, FDP 17.3%, CVP 14.4%, Greens 7.4%, other small parties all under 5%; seats by party - SVP 55, SPS 54, FDP 36, CVP 28, Green Party 13, other small parties 14
Syria unicameral People's Council or Majlis al-Shaab (250 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) elections: last held 2-3 March 2003 (next to be held March 2007) election results: percent of vote by party - NPF 67%, independents 33%; seats by party - NPF 167, independents 83; note - the constitution reserves half the seats for workers and peasants and declares the Ba'th Party the leading party of the state and it holds 135 seats
Taiwan Legislative Yuan (225 seats - 168 elected by popular vote, 41 elected on basis of proportion of islandwide votes received by participating political parties, eight elected from overseas Chinese constituencies on basis of proportion of island-wide votes received by participating political parties, eight elected by popular vote among aboriginal populations; members serve three-year terms) note: as a result of constitutional amendments approved by the now defunct National Assembly in June 2005, number of seats in legislature will be reduced from 225 to 113 beginning with election in 2007; amendments also eliminated National Assembly thus giving Taiwan a unicameral legislature elections: Legislative Yuan - last held 11 December 2004 (next to be held in December 2007) election results: Legislative Yuan - percent of vote by party - DPP 38%, KMT 35%, PFP 15%, TSU 8%, other parties and independents 4%; seats by party - DPP 89, KMT 79, PFP 34, TSU 12, other parties 7, independents 4
Tajikistan bicameral Supreme Assembly or Majlisi Oli consists of the Assembly of Representatives (lower chamber) or Majlisi Namoyandagon (63 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) and the National Assembly (upper chamber) or Majlisi Milliy (34 seats; members are indirectly elected, 25 selected by local deputies, 8 appointed by the president; 1 seat reserved for the former president; all serve five-year terms) elections: last held 27 February and 13 March 2005 for the Assembly of Representatives (next to be held February 2010) and 25 March 2005 for the National Assembly (next to be held February 2010) election results: Assembly of Representatives - percent of vote by party - PDPT 74.9%, CPT 13.6%, Islamic Revival Party 8.9%, other 2.5%; seats by party - PDPT 51, CPT 5, Islamic Revival Party 2, independents 5; National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PDPT 29, CPT 2, independents 3
Tanzania unicameral National Assembly or Bunge (274 seats - 232 elected by popular vote, 37 allocated to women nominated by the president, 5 to members of the Zanzibar House of Representatives; members serve five-year terms); note - in addition to enacting laws that apply to the entire United Republic of Tanzania, the Assembly enacts laws that apply only to the mainland; Zanzibar has its own House of Representatives to make laws especially for Zanzibar (the Zanzibar House of Representatives has 50 seats, directly elected by universal suffrage to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 14 December 2005 (next to be held in December 2010) election results: National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - CCM 206, CUF 19, CHADEMA 5, other 2, women appointed by the president 37, Zanzibar representatives 5; Zanzibar House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - CCM 30, CUF 19; 1 seat was nullified with a rerun to take place soon
Thailand bicameral National Assembly or Rathasapha consisted of the Senate or Wuthisapha (200 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and the House of Representatives or Sapha Phuthaen Ratsadon (500 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms); after coup in September 2006, coup leaders appointed an interim National Assembly with 250 members to act as Senate and House of Representatives elections: Senate - last held 19 April 2006; House of Representatives - last valid election held 6 February 2005; elections held on 2 April 2006 invalidated by court ruling; coup leaders scheduled next general election by about October 2007 election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; House of Representatives - (2005 election) percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - TRT 376, DP 97, TNP 25, PP 2
Togo unicameral National Assembly (81 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 27 October 2002 (next to be held 24 June 2007) election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - RPT 72, RSDD 3, UDPS 2, Juvento 2, MOCEP 1, independents 1 note: two opposition parties boycotted the election, the Union of the Forces for Change and the Action Committee for Renewal
Tokelau unicameral General Fono (21 seats; based upon proportional representation from the three islands elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms; Nukunonu has 6 seats, Fakaofo has 7 seats, Atafu has 8 seats); note - the Tokelau Amendment Act of 1996 confers limited legislative power on the General Fono elections: last held January 2005 (next to be held January 2008)
Tonga unicameral Legislative Assembly or Fale Alea (32 seats - 14 reserved for cabinet ministers sitting ex officio, 9 for nobles selected by the country's 33 nobles, and 9 elected by popular vote; members serve three-year terms) elections: last held 21 March 2005 (next to be held in 2008) election results: Peoples Representatives: percent of vote - HRDMT 70%; seats - HRDMT 7, independents 2
Trinidad and Tobago bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (31 seats; 16 members appointed by the ruling party, 9 by the President, 6 by the opposition party for a maximum term of five years) and the House of Representatives (36 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: House of Representatives - last held 7 October 2002 (next to be held by October 2007) election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote - PNM 55.5%, UNC 44.5%; seats by party - PNM 20, UNC 16 note: Tobago has a unicameral House of Assembly with 12 members serving four-year terms; last election held January 2005; seats by party - PNM 11, DAC 1
Tunisia bicameral system consists of the Chamber of Deputies or Majlis al-Nuwaab (189 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) and the Chamber of Advisors (126 seats; 85 members elected by municipal counselors, deputies, mayors, and professional associations and trade unions; 41 members are presidential appointees; members serve six-year terms) elections: Chamber of Deputies - last held 24 October 2004 (next to be held October 2009); Chamber of Advisors - last held 3 July 2005 (next to be held July 2011) election results: Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RCD 152, MDS 14, PUP 11, UDU 7, Al-Tajdid 3, PSL 2; Chamber of Advisors - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RCD 71 (14 trade union seats vacant (boycotted))
Turkey unicameral Grand National Assembly of Turkey or Turkiye Buyuk Millet Meclisi (550 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 3 November 2002 (next is scheduled to be held 4 November 2007); note - a special rerun of the General Election in the province of Siirt on 9 March 2003 resulted in the election of Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN to a seat in parliament, a prerequisite for becoming prime minister, on 14 March 2003 election results: percent of vote by party - AKP 34.3%, CHP 19.4%, DYP 9.6%, MHP 8.3%, GP 7.3%, Anavatan 5.1%, DSP 1.1%, and other; seats by party - AKP 363, CHP 178, independents 9; note - parties surpassing the 10% threshold are entitled to parliamentary seats; seats by party as of 1 December 2006 - AKP 354, CHP 154, Anavatan 21, DYP 4, SHP 1, HYP 1, GP 1, independents 9, vacant 5
Turkmenistan under the 1992 constitution, there are two parliamentary bodies, a unicameral People's Council or Halk Maslahaty (supreme legislative body of up to 2,500 delegates, some of whom are elected by popular vote and some of whom are appointed; meets at least yearly) and a unicameral Parliament or Mejlis (50 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms); membership is scheduled to be increased to 65 seats elections: People's Council - last held in April 2003 (next to be held December 2008); Mejlis - last held 19 December 2004 (next to be held December 2008) election results: Mejlis - DPT 100%; seats by party - DPT 50; note - all 50 elected officials are members of the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan and are preapproved by President NIYAZOV note: in late 2003, a new law was adopted, reducing the powers of the Mejlis and making the Halk Maslahaty the supreme legislative organ; the Halk Maslahaty can now legally dissolve the Mejlis, and the president is now able to participate in the Mejlis as its supreme leader; the Mejlis can no longer adopt or amend the constitution, or announce referendums or its elections; since the president is both the "Chairman for Life" of the Halk Maslahaty and the supreme leader of the Mejlis, the 2003 law has the effect of making him the sole authority of both the executive and legislative branches of government
Turks and Caicos Islands unicameral Legislative Council (21 seats of which 15 are popularly elected; members serve four-year terms) elections: last held 24 April 2003 (next to be held in 2007) election results: percent of vote by party - PDM 53.8%, PNP 46.2%; seats by party - PDM 7, PNP 6; note - in by-elections held 7 August 2003, the PNP gained two seats for a majority of 8 seats; PDM now has 5
Tuvalu unicameral Parliament or Fale I Fono, also called House of Assembly (15 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) elections: last held 3 August 2006 (next to be held in 2010) election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 15
Uganda unicameral National Assembly (332 members - 215 directly elected by popular vote, 104 nominated by legally established special interest groups [women 79, army 10, disabled 5, youth 5, labor 5], 13 ex officio members; members serve five-year terms) elections: last held 23 February 2006 (next to be held in 2011) election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NRM 191, FDC 37, UPC 9, DP 8, CD 1, JEEMA 1, Independents 36, other 49
Ukraine unicameral Supreme Council or Verkhovna Rada (450 seats; allocated on a proportional basis to those parties that gain 3% or more of the national electoral vote; members serve five-year terms) elections: last held 26 March 2006 (next to be held March 2011) election results: percent of vote by party/bloc in 2002 - Party of Regions 32.1%, Yuliya Tymoshenko Bloc 22.3%, Our Ukraine 13.9%, SPU 5.7%, CPU 3.7%; seats by party/bloc - Party of Regions 186, Yuliya Tymoshenko Bloc 129, Our Ukraine 81, SPU 33, CPU 21
United Arab Emirates unicameral Federal National Council (FNC) or Majlis al-Ittihad al-Watani (40 seats; members appointed by the rulers of the constituent states to serve two-year terms) elections: elections for one half of the FNC (the other half remains appointed) are scheduled for December 2006; a new electoral college - a body of 6,689 Emiratis (including 1,189 women) appointed by the rulers of the seven emirates - are the only eligible voters and candidates; a total of 456 FNC electoral college members including 65 women are running for FNC seats note: reviews legislation, but cannot change or veto
United Kingdom bicameral Parliament comprised of House of Lords (consists 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 356, Conservative 197, Liberal Democrat 62, other 31; note - as of 10 February 2006 party by seat in the House of Commons: Labor 353, Conservative 196, Liberal Democrat 63, Scottish National Party/Plaid Cymru 9, Democratic Unionist 9, Sinn Fein 5 (but refuse to vote), other 11 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); in 1999 there were elections for a new Scottish Parliament and a new Welsh Assembly
United States bicameral Congress consists of the Senate (100 seats, one-third are renewed every two years; 2 members are elected from each state by popular vote to serve six-year terms) 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 on November 2008); House of Representatives - last held 7 November 2006 (next to be held on 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 to serve five-year terms and 16 are appointed by the president) and a Lower House or Legislative Chamber (120 seats; 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 6 July 2004 (next to be held 2008) election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NUP 10, UMP 8, VP 8, VRP 4, MPP 3, VGP 3, other and independent 16; 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
Vietnam unicameral National Assembly or Quoc Hoi (498 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 19 May 2002 (next to be held on 20 May 2007) election results: percent of vote by party - CPV 90%, other 10% (the 10% are not CPV members but are approved by the CPV to stand for election); seats by party - CPV 447, CPV-approved 51
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); results - Donna M. CHRISTENSEN (Democrat) reelected
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 March 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 27 September 1998 (next to be held by September 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats - RPR (now UMP) 1; French National Assembly - elections last held 16 June 2002 (next to be held by in 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats - RPR (UMP) 1
Yemen a new constitutional amendment ratified on 20 February 2001 created 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 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, eight 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 House of Assembly (150 seats - 120 elected by popular vote for five-year terms, 12 nominated by the president, 10 occupied by traditional chiefs chosen by their peers, and eight occupied by provincial governors appointed by the president) and a Senate (66 seats - 50 elected by popular vote for a five-year term, six nominated by the president, 10 nominated by the Council of Chiefs) elections: House of Assembly last held 31 March 2005 (next to be held in 2010), Senate last held 26 November 2005 (next to be held in 2010) election results: House of Assembly - percent of vote by party - ZANU-PF 59.6%, MDC 39.5%, other 0.9%; seats by party - ZANU-PF 78, MDC 41, independents 1; Senate - percent of vote by party - ZANU-PF 73.7%, MDC 20.3%, other 4.4%, independents 1.6%; seats by party - ZANU-PF 43, MDC 7
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@2102 Life expectancy at birth (years)
Afghanistan total population: 43.34 years male: 43.16 years female: 43.53 years (2006 est.)
Albania total population: 77.43 years male: 74.78 years female: 80.34 years (2006 est.)
Algeria total population: 73.26 years male: 71.68 years female: 74.92 years (2006 est.)
American Samoa total population: 76.05 years male: 72.48 years female: 79.82 years (2006 est.)
Andorra total population: 83.51 years male: 80.61 years female: 86.61 years (2006 est.)
Angola total population: 38.62 years male: 37.47 years female: 39.83 years (2006 est.)
Anguilla total population: 77.28 years male: 74.35 years female: 80.3 years (2006 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda total population: 72.16 years male: 69.78 years female: 74.66 years (2006 est.)
Argentina total population: 76.12 years male: 72.38 years female: 80.05 years (2006 est.)
Armenia total population: 71.84 years male: 68.25 years female: 76.02 years (2006 est.)
Aruba total population: 79.28 years male: 75.95 years female: 82.78 years (2006 est.)
Australia total population: 80.5 years male: 77.64 years female: 83.52 years (2006 est.)
Austria total population: 79.07 years male: 76.17 years female: 82.11 years (2006 est.)
Azerbaijan total population: 63.85 years male: 59.78 years female: 68.13 years (2006 est.)
Bahamas, The total population: 65.6 years male: 62.24 years female: 69.03 years (2006 est.)
Bahrain total population: 74.45 years male: 71.97 years female: 77 years (2006 est.)
Bangladesh total population: 62.46 years male: 62.47 years female: 62.45 years (2006 est.)
Barbados total population: 72.79 years male: 70.79 years female: 74.82 years (2006 est.)
Belarus total population: 69.08 years male: 63.47 years female: 74.98 years (2006 est.)
Belgium total population: 78.77 years male: 75.59 years female: 82.09 years (2006 est.)
Belize total population: 68.3 years male: 66.43 years female: 70.26 years (2006 est.)
Benin total population: 53.04 years male: 51.9 years female: 54.22 years (2006 est.)
Bermuda total population: 77.96 years male: 75.85 years female: 80.1 years (2006 est.)
Bhutan total population: 54.78 years male: 55.02 years female: 54.53 years (2006 est.)
Bolivia total population: 65.84 years male: 63.21 years female: 68.61 years (2006 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina total population: 78 years male: 74.39 years female: 81.88 years (2006 est.)
Botswana total population: 33.74 years male: 33.9 years female: 33.56 years (2006 est.)
Brazil total population: 71.97 years male: 68.02 years female: 76.12 years (2006 est.)
British Virgin Islands total population: 76.68 years male: 75.56 years female: 77.84 years (2006 est.)
Brunei total population: 75.01 years male: 72.57 years female: 77.59 years (2006 est.)
Bulgaria total population: 72.3 years male: 68.68 years female: 76.13 years (2006 est.)
Burkina Faso total population: 48.85 years male: 47.33 years female: 50.42 years (2006 est.)
Burma total population: 60.97 years male: 58.07 years female: 64.03 years (2006 est.)
Burundi total population: 50.81 years male: 50.07 years female: 51.58 years (2006 est.)
Cambodia total population: 59.29 years male: 57.35 years female: 61.32 years (2006 est.)
Cameroon total population: 51.16 years male: 50.98 years female: 51.34 years (2006 est.)
Canada total population: 80.22 years male: 76.86 years female: 83.74 years (2006 est.)
Cape Verde total population: 70.73 years male: 67.41 years female: 74.15 years (2006 est.)
Cayman Islands total population: 80.07 years male: 77.45 years female: 82.74 years (2006 est.)
Central African Republic total population: 43.54 years male: 43.46 years female: 43.62 years (2006 est.)
Chad total population: 47.52 years male: 45.88 years female: 49.21 years (2006 est.)
Chile total population: 76.77 years male: 73.49 years female: 80.21 years (2006 est.)
China total population: 72.58 years male: 70.89 years female: 74.46 years (2006 est.)
Christmas Island total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Colombia total population: 71.99 years male: 68.15 years female: 75.96 years (2006 est.)
Comoros total population: 62.33 years male: 60 years female: 64.72 years (2006 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the total population: 51.46 years male: 50.01 years female: 52.94 years (2006 est.)
Congo, Republic of the total population: 52.8 years male: 51.65 years female: 53.98 years (2006 est.)
Cook Islands total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Costa Rica total population: 77.02 years male: 74.43 years female: 79.74 years (2006 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire total population: 48.82 years male: 46.24 years female: 51.48 years (2006 est.)
Croatia total population: 74.68 years male: 71.03 years female: 78.53 years (2006 est.)
Cuba total population: 77.41 years male: 75.11 years female: 79.85 years (2006 est.)
Cyprus total population: 77.82 years male: 75.44 years female: 80.31 years (2006 est.)
Czech Republic total population: 76.22 years male: 72.94 years female: 79.69 years (2006 est.)
Denmark total population: 77.79 years male: 75.49 years female: 80.22 years (2006 est.)
Djibouti total population: 43.17 years male: 41.86 years female: 44.52 years (2006 est.)
Dominica total population: 74.87 years male: 71.95 years female: 77.93 years (2006 est.)
Dominican Republic total population: 71.73 years male: 70.21 years female: 73.33 years (2006 est.)
East Timor total population: 66.26 years male: 63.96 years female: 68.67 years (2006 est.)
Ecuador total population: 76.42 years male: 73.55 years female: 79.43 years (2006 est.)
Egypt total population: 71.29 years male: 68.77 years female: 73.93 years (2006 est.)
El Salvador total population: 71.49 years male: 67.88 years female: 75.28 years (2006 est.)
Equatorial Guinea total population: 49.54 years male: 48 years female: 51.13 years (2006 est.)
Eritrea total population: 59.03 years male: 57.44 years female: 60.66 years (2006 est.)
Estonia total population: 72.04 years male: 66.58 years female: 77.83 years (2006 est.)
Ethiopia total population: 49.03 years male: 47.86 years female: 50.24 years (2006 est.)
European Union total population: 78.3 years male: 75.1 years female: 81.6 years (2006 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Faroe Islands total population: 79.35 years male: 75.91 years female: 82.8 years (2006 est.)
Fiji total population: 69.82 years male: 67.32 years female: 72.45 years (2006 est.)
Finland total population: 78.5 years male: 74.99 years female: 82.17 years (2006 est.)
France total population: 79.73 years male: 76.1 years female: 83.54 years (2006 est.)
French Polynesia total population: 76.1 years male: 73.69 years female: 78.63 years (2006 est.)
Gabon total population: 54.49 years male: 53.21 years female: 55.81 years (2006 est.)
Gambia, The total population: 54.14 years male: 52.3 years female: 56.03 years (2006 est.)
Gaza Strip total population: 71.97 years male: 70.67 years female: 73.34 years (2006 est.)
Georgia total population: 76.09 years male: 72.8 years female: 79.87 years (2006 est.)
Germany total population: 78.8 years male: 75.81 years female: 81.96 years (2006 est.)
Ghana total population: 58.87 years male: 58.07 years female: 59.69 years (2006 est.)
Gibraltar total population: 79.8 years male: 76.92 years female: 82.83 years (2006 est.)
Greece total population: 79.24 years male: 76.72 years female: 81.91 years (2006 est.)
Greenland total population: 69.94 years male: 66.36 years female: 73.6 years (2006 est.)
Grenada total population: 64.87 years male: 63.06 years female: 66.68 years (2006 est.)
Guam total population: 78.58 years male: 75.52 years female: 81.83 years (2006 est.)
Guatemala total population: 69.38 years male: 67.65 years female: 71.18 years (2006 est.)
Guernsey total population: 80.42 years male: 77.41 years female: 83.53 years (2006 est.)
Guinea total population: 49.5 years male: 48.34 years female: 50.7 years (2006 est.)
Guinea-Bissau total population: 46.87 years male: 45.05 years female: 48.75 years (2006 est.)
Guyana total population: 65.86 years male: 63.21 years female: 68.65 years (2006 est.)
Haiti total population: 53.23 years male: 51.89 years female: 54.6 years (2006 est.)
Honduras total population: 69.33 years male: 67.75 years female: 70.98 years (2006 est.)
Hong Kong total population: 81.59 years male: 78.9 years female: 84.5 years (2006 est.)
Hungary total population: 72.66 years male: 68.45 years female: 77.14 years (2006 est.)
Iceland total population: 80.31 years male: 78.23 years female: 82.48 years (2006 est.)
India total population: 64.71 years male: 63.9 years female: 65.57 years (2006 est.)
Indonesia total population: 69.87 years male: 67.42 years female: 72.45 years (2006 est.)
Iran total population: 70.26 years male: 68.86 years female: 71.74 years (2006 est.)
Iraq total population: 69.01 years male: 67.76 years female: 70.31 years (2006 est.)
Ireland total population: 77.73 years male: 75.11 years female: 80.52 years (2006 est.)
Isle of Man total population: 78.49 years male: 75.14 years female: 82.02 years (2006 est.)
Israel total population: 79.46 years male: 77.33 years female: 81.7 years (2006 est.)
Italy total population: 79.81 years male: 76.88 years female: 82.94 years (2006 est.)
Jamaica total population: 73.24 years male: 71.54 years female: 75.03 years (2006 est.)
Japan total population: 81.25 years male: 77.96 years female: 84.7 years (2006 est.)
Jersey total population: 79.38 years male: 76.89 years female: 82.05 years (2006 est.)
Jordan total population: 78.4 years male: 75.9 years female: 81.05 years (2006 est.)
Kazakhstan total population: 66.89 years male: 61.56 years female: 72.52 years (2006 est.)
Kenya total population: 48.93 years male: 49.78 years female: 48.07 years (2006 est.)
Kiribati total population: 62.08 years male: 59.06 years female: 65.24 years (2006 est.)
Korea, North total population: 71.65 years male: 68.92 years female: 74.51 years (2006 est.)
Korea, South total population: 77.04 years male: 73.61 years female: 80.75 years (2006 est.)
Kuwait total population: 77.2 years male: 76.13 years female: 78.31 years (2006 est.)
Kyrgyzstan total population: 68.49 years male: 64.48 years female: 72.7 years (2006 est.)
Laos total population: 55.49 years male: 53.45 years female: 57.61 years (2006 est.)
Latvia total population: 71.33 years male: 66.08 years female: 76.85 years (2006 est.)
Lebanon total population: 72.88 years male: 70.41 years female: 75.48 years (2006 est.)
Lesotho total population: 34.4 years male: 35.55 years female: 33.21 years (2006 est.)
Liberia total population: 39.65 years male: 37.99 years female: 41.35 years (2006 est.)
Libya total population: 76.69 years male: 74.46 years female: 79.02 years (2006 est.)
Liechtenstein total population: 79.68 years male: 76.1 years female: 83.28 years (2006 est.)
Lithuania total population: 74.2 years male: 69.2 years female: 79.49 years (2006 est.)
Luxembourg total population: 78.89 years male: 75.6 years female: 82.38 years (2006 est.)
Macau total population: 82.19 years male: 79.36 years female: 85.17 years (2006 est.)
Macedonia total population: 73.97 years male: 71.51 years female: 76.62 years (2006 est.)
Madagascar total population: 57.34 years male: 54.93 years female: 59.82 years (2006 est.)
Malawi total population: 41.7 years male: 41.93 years female: 41.45 years (2006 est.)
Malaysia total population: 72.5 years male: 69.8 years female: 75.38 years (2006 est.)
Maldives total population: 64.41 years male: 63.08 years female: 65.8 years (2006 est.)
Mali total population: 49 years male: 47.05 years female: 51.01 years (2006 est.)
Malta total population: 79.01 years male: 76.83 years female: 81.31 years (2006 est.)
Marshall Islands total population: 70.31 years male: 68.33 years female: 72.39 years (2006 est.)
Mauritania total population: 53.12 years male: 50.88 years female: 55.42 years (2006 est.)
Mauritius total population: 72.63 years male: 68.66 years female: 76.66 years (2006 est.)
Mayotte total population: 61.76 years male: 59.57 years female: 64.02 years (2006 est.)
Mexico total population: 75.41 years male: 72.63 years female: 78.33 years (2006 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of total population: 70.05 years male: 68.24 years female: 71.95 years (2006 est.)
Moldova total population: 65.65 years male: 61.61 years female: 69.88 years (2006 est.)
Monaco total population: 79.69 years male: 75.85 years female: 83.74 years (2006 est.)
Mongolia total population: 64.89 years male: 62.64 years female: 67.25 years (2006 est.)
Montserrat total population: 78.85 years male: 76.67 years female: 81.14 years (2006 est.)
Morocco total population: 70.94 years male: 68.62 years female: 73.37 years (2006 est.)
Mozambique total population: 39.82 years male: 39.53 years female: 40.13 years (2006 est.)
Namibia total population: 43.39 years male: 44.46 years female: 42.29 years (2006 est.)
Nauru total population: 63.08 years male: 59.5 years female: 66.84 years (2006 est.)
Nepal total population: 60.18 years male: 60.43 years female: 59.91 years (2006 est.)
Netherlands total population: 78.96 years male: 76.39 years female: 81.67 years (2006 est.)
Netherlands Antilles total population: 76.03 years male: 73.76 years female: 78.41 years (2006 est.)
New Caledonia total population: 74.27 years male: 71.29 years female: 77.39 years (2006 est.)
New Zealand total population: 78.81 years male: 75.82 years female: 81.93 years (2006 est.)
Nicaragua total population: 70.63 years male: 68.55 years female: 72.81 years (2006 est.)
Niger total population: 43.76 years male: 43.8 years female: 43.73 years (2006 est.)
Nigeria total population: 47.08 years male: 46.52 years female: 47.66 years (2006 est.)
Niue total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Norfolk Island total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Northern Mariana Islands total population: 76.09 years male: 73.5 years female: 78.83 years (2006 est.)
Norway total population: 79.54 years male: 76.91 years female: 82.31 years (2006 est.)
Oman total population: 73.37 years male: 71.14 years female: 75.72 years (2006 est.)
Pakistan total population: 63.39 years male: 62.4 years female: 64.44 years (2006 est.)
Palau total population: 70.42 years male: 67.26 years female: 73.77 years (2006 est.)
Panama total population: 75.22 years male: 72.68 years female: 77.87 years (2006 est.)
Papua New Guinea total population: 65.28 years male: 63.08 years female: 67.58 years (2006 est.)
Paraguay total population: 75.1 years male: 72.56 years female: 77.78 years (2006 est.)
Peru total population: 69.84 years male: 68.05 years female: 71.71 years (2006 est.)
Philippines total population: 70.21 years male: 67.32 years female: 73.24 years (2006 est.)
Pitcairn Islands total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Poland total population: 74.97 years male: 70.95 years female: 79.23 years (2006 est.)
Portugal total population: 77.7 years male: 74.43 years female: 81.2 years (2006 est.)
Puerto Rico total population: 78.4 years male: 74.46 years female: 82.54 years (2006 est.)
Qatar total population: 73.9 years male: 71.37 years female: 76.57 years (2006 est.)
Romania total population: 71.63 years male: 68.14 years female: 75.34 years (2006 est.)
Russia total population: 67.08 years male: 60.45 years female: 74.1 years (2006 est.)
Rwanda total population: 47.3 years male: 46.26 years female: 48.38 years (2006 est.)
Saint Helena total population: 77.93 years male: 75.02 years female: 80.98 years (2006 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis total population: 72.4 years male: 69.56 years female: 75.42 years (2006 est.)
Saint Lucia total population: 73.84 years male: 70.29 years female: 77.65 years (2006 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon total population: 78.61 years male: 76.27 years female: 81.06 years (2006 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines total population: 73.85 years male: 71.99 years female: 75.77 years (2006 est.)
Samoa total population: 71 years male: 68.2 years female: 73.94 years (2006 est.)
San Marino total population: 81.71 years male: 78.23 years female: 85.5 years (2006 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe total population: 67.31 years male: 65.73 years female: 68.95 years (2006 est.)
Saudi Arabia total population: 75.67 years male: 73.66 years female: 77.78 years (2006 est.)
Senegal total population: 59.25 years male: 57.7 years female: 60.85 years (2006 est.)
Serbia total population: 74 years male: 71 years female: 76 years
Seychelles total population: 72.08 years male: 66.69 years female: 77.63 years (2006 est.)
Sierra Leone total population: 40.22 years male: 38.05 years female: 42.46 years (2006 est.)
Singapore total population: 81.71 years male: 79.13 years female: 84.49 years (2006 est.)
Slovakia total population: 74.73 years male: 70.76 years female: 78.89 years (2006 est.)
Slovenia total population: 76.33 years male: 72.63 years female: 80.29 years (2006 est.)
Solomon Islands total population: 72.91 years male: 70.4 years female: 75.55 years (2006 est.)
Somalia total population: 48.47 years male: 46.71 years female: 50.28 years (2006 est.)
South Africa total population: 42.73 years male: 43.25 years female: 42.19 years (2006 est.)
Spain total population: 79.65 years male: 76.32 years female: 83.2 years (2006 est.)
Sri Lanka total population: 73.41 years male: 70.83 years female: 76.12 years (2006 est.)
Sudan total population: 58.92 years male: 57.69 years female: 60.21 years (2006 est.)
Suriname total population: 69.01 years male: 66.66 years female: 71.47 years (2006 est.)
Svalbard total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Swaziland total population: 32.62 years male: 32.1 years female: 33.17 years (2006 est.)
Sweden total population: 80.51 years male: 78.29 years female: 82.87 years (2006 est.)
Switzerland total population: 80.51 years male: 77.69 years female: 83.48 years (2006 est.)
Syria total population: 70.32 years male: 69.01 years female: 71.7 years (2006 est.)
Taiwan total population: 77.43 years male: 74.67 years female: 80.47 years (2006 est.)
Tajikistan total population: 64.94 years male: 62.03 years female: 68 years (2006 est.)
Tanzania total population: 45.64 years male: 44.93 years female: 46.37 years (2006 est.)
Thailand total population: 72.25 years male: 69.95 years female: 74.68 years (2006 est.)
Togo total population: 57.42 years male: 55.41 years female: 59.49 years (2006 est.)
Tokelau total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Tonga total population: 69.82 years male: 67.32 years female: 72.45 years (2006 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago total population: 66.76 years male: 65.71 years female: 67.86 years (2006 est.)
Tunisia total population: 75.12 years male: 73.4 years female: 76.96 years (2006 est.)
Turkey total population: 72.62 years male: 70.18 years female: 75.18 years (2006 est.)
Turkmenistan total population: 61.83 years male: 58.43 years female: 65.41 years (2006 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands total population: 74.73 years male: 72.48 years female: 77.08 years (2006 est.)
Tuvalu total population: 68.32 years male: 66.08 years female: 70.66 years (2006 est.)
Uganda total population: 52.67 years male: 51.68 years female: 53.69 years (2006 est.)
Ukraine total population: 69.98 years male: 64.71 years female: 75.59 years (2006 est.)
United Arab Emirates total population: 75.44 years male: 72.92 years female: 78.08 years (2006 est.)
United Kingdom total population: 78.54 years male: 76.09 years female: 81.13 years (2006 est.)
United States total population: 77.85 years male: 75.02 years female: 80.82 years (2006 est.)
Uruguay total population: 76.33 years male: 73.12 years female: 79.65 years (2006 est.)
Uzbekistan total population: 64.58 years male: 61.19 years female: 68.14 years (2006 est.)
Vanuatu total population: 62.85 years male: 61.34 years female: 64.44 years (2006 est.)
Venezuela total population: 74.54 years male: 71.49 years female: 77.81 years (2006 est.)
Vietnam total population: 70.85 years male: 68.05 years female: 73.85 years (2006 est.)
Virgin Islands total population: 79.05 years male: 75.24 years female: 83.09 years (2006 est.)
Wallis and Futuna total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years
West Bank total population: 73.27 years male: 71.5 years female: 75.15 years (2006 est.)
Western Sahara total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years
World total population: 64.77 years male: 63.16 years female: 66.47 years (2006 est.)
Yemen total population: 62.12 years male: 60.23 years female: 64.11 years (2006 est.)
Zambia total population: 40.03 years male: 39.76 years female: 40.31 years (2006 est.)
Zimbabwe total population: 39.29 years male: 40.39 years female: 38.16 years (2006 est.)
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@2103 Literacy (%)
Afghanistan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 36% male: 51% female: 21% (1999 est.)
Albania definition: age 9 and over can read and write total population: 86.5% male: 93.3% female: 79.5% (2003 est.)
Algeria definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 70% male: 78.8% female: 61% (2003 est.)
American Samoa definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97% male: 98% female: 97% (1980 est.)
Andorra definition: NA total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100%
Angola definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 66.8% male: 82.1% female: 53.8% (2001 est.)
Anguilla definition: age 12 and over can read and write total population: 95% male: 95% female: 95% (1984 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling total population: 85.8% male: NA% female: NA% (2003 est.)
Argentina definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.1% male: 97.1% female: 97.1% (2003 est.)
Armenia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.6% male: 99.4% female: 98% (2003 est.)
Aruba definition: NA total population: 97% male: NA% female: NA%
Australia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Austria definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98% male: NA female: NA
Azerbaijan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.8% male: 99.5% female: 98.2% (2003 est.)
Bahamas, The definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.6% male: 94.7% female: 96.5% (2003 est.)
Bahrain definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 89.1% male: 91.9% female: 85% (2003 est.)
Bangladesh definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 43.1% male: 53.9% female: 31.8% (2003 est.)
Barbados definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 99.7% male: 99.7% female: 99.7% (2002 est.)
Belarus definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.6% male: 99.8% female: 99.5% (2003 est.)
Belgium definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Belize definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 94.1% male: 94.1% female: 94.1% (2003 est.)
Benin definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 33.6% male: 46.4% female: 22.6% (2002 est.)
Bermuda definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98% male: 98% female: 99% (2005 est.)
Bhutan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 47% male: 60% female: 34% (2003 est.)
Bolivia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 87.2% male: 93.1% female: 81.6% (2003 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 94.6% male: 98.4% female: 91.1% (2000 est.)
Botswana definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 79.8% male: 76.9% female: 82.4% (2003 est.)
Brazil definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 86.4% male: 86.1% female: 86.6% (2003 est.)
British Virgin Islands definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.8% (1991 est.) male: NA% female: NA%
Brunei definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.9% male: 96.3% female: 91.4% (2002)
Bulgaria definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.6% male: 99.1% female: 98.2% (2003 est.)
Burkina Faso definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 26.6% male: 36.9% female: 16.6% (2003 est.)
Burma definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 85.3% male: 89.2% female: 81.4% (2002)
Burundi definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 51.6% male: 58.5% female: 45.2% (2003 est.)
Cambodia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 73.6% male: 84.7% female: 64.1% (2004 est.)
Cameroon definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 79% male: 84.7% female: 73.4% (2003 est.)
Canada definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Cape Verde definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 76.6% male: 85.8% female: 69.2% (2003 est.)
Cayman Islands definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 98% male: 98% female: 98% (1970 est.)
Central African Republic definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 51% male: 63.3% female: 39.9% (2003 est.)
Chad definition: age 15 and over can read and write French or Arabic total population: 47.5% male: 56% female: 39.3% (2003 est.)
Chile definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.2% male: 96.4% female: 96.1% (2003 est.)
China definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 90.9% male: 95.1% female: 86.5% (2002)
Christmas Island NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA
Colombia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.5% male: 92.4% female: 92.6% (2003 est.)
Comoros definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 56.5% male: 63.6% female: 49.3% (2003 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the definition: age 15 and over can read and write French, Lingala, Kingwana, or Tshiluba total population: 65.5% male: 76.2% female: 55.1% (2003 est.)
Congo, Republic of the definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 83.8% male: 89.6% female: 78.4% (2003 est.)
Cook Islands definition: NA total population: 95% male: NA% female: NA%
Costa Rica definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96% male: 95.9% female: 96.1% (2003 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 50.9% male: 57.9% female: 43.6% (2003 est.)
Croatia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.5% male: 99.4% female: 97.8% (2003 est.)
Cuba definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97% male: 97.2% female: 96.9% (2003 est.)
Cyprus definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.6% male: 98.9% female: 96.3% (2003 est.)
Czech Republic definition: NA total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Denmark definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Djibouti definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 67.9% male: 78% female: 58.4% (2003 est.)
Dominica definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 94% male: 94% female: 94% (2003 est.)
Dominican Republic definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 84.7% male: 84.6% female: 84.8% (2003 est.)
East Timor definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 58.6% male: NA% female: NA% (2002)
Ecuador definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.5% male: 94% female: 91% (2003 est.)
Egypt definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 57.7% male: 68.3% female: 46.9% (2003 est.)
El Salvador definition: age 10 and over can read and write total population: 80.2% male: 82.8% female: 77.7% (2003 est.)
Equatorial Guinea definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 85.7% male: 93.3% female: 78.4% (2003 est.)
Eritrea definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 58.6% male: 69.9% female: 47.6% (2003 est.)
Estonia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.8% (2003 est.)
Ethiopia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 42.7% male: 50.3% female: 35.1% (2003 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA
Faroe Islands definition: NA total population: NA% male: NA% female: NA% note: probably 100%, the same as Denmark proper
Fiji definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.7% male: 95.5% female: 91.9% (2003 est.)
Finland definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% (2000 est.)
France definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
French Polynesia definition: age 14 and over can read and write total population: 98% male: 98% female: 98% (1977 est.)
Gabon definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 63.2% male: 73.7% female: 53.3% (1995 est.)
Gambia, The definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 40.1% male: 47.8% female: 32.8% (2003 est.)
Gaza Strip definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91.9% male: 96.3% female: 87.4% (2003 est.)
Georgia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% (2004 est.)
Germany definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Ghana definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 74.8% male: 82.7% female: 67.1% (2003 est.)
Gibraltar definition: NA total population: above 80% male: NA female: NA
Greece definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.5% male: 98.6% female: 96.5% (2003 est.)
Greenland definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% (2001 est.)
Grenada definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96% male: NA% female: NA% (2003 est.)
Guam definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (1990 est.)
Guatemala definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 70.6% male: 78% female: 63.3% (2003 est.)
Guernsey definition: NA total population: NA% male: NA% female: NA%
Guinea definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 35.9% male: 49.9% female: 21.9% (1995 est.)
Guinea-Bissau definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 42.4% male: 58.1% female: 27.4% (2003 est.)
Guyana definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 98.8% male: 99.1% female: 98.5% (2003 est.)
Haiti definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 52.9% male: 54.8% female: 51.2% (2003 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City) definition: NA total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100%
Honduras definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 76.2% male: 76.1% female: 76.3% (2003 est.)
Hong Kong definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 93.5% male: 96.9% female: 89.6% (2002)
Hungary definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.4% male: 99.5% female: 99.3% (2003 est.)
Iceland definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
India definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 59.5% male: 70.2% female: 48.3% (2003 est.)
Indonesia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 87.9% male: 92.5% female: 83.4% (2002 est.)
Iran definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 79.4% male: 85.6% female: 73% (2003 est.)
Iraq definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 40.4% male: 55.9% female: 24.4% (2003 est.)
Ireland definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Isle of Man definition: NA total population: NA% male: NA% female: NA%
Israel definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.4% male: 97.3% female: 93.6% (2003 est.)
Italy definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.6% male: 99% female: 98.3% (2003 est.)
Jamaica definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 87.9% male: 84.1% female: 91.6% (2003 est.)
Japan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2002)
Jersey definition: NA total population: NA% male: NA% female: NA%
Jordan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91.3% male: 95.9% female: 86.3% (2003 est.)
Kazakhstan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.4% male: 99.1% female: 97.7% (1999 est.)
Kenya definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 85.1% male: 90.6% female: 79.7% (2003 est.)
Kiribati definition: NA total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Korea, North definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99%
Korea, South definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.9% male: 99.2% female: 96.6% (2002)
Kuwait definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 83.5% male: 85.1% female: 81.7% (2003 est.)
Kyrgyzstan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.7% male: 99.3% female: 98.1% (1999 est.)
Laos definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 66.4% male: 77.4% female: 55.5% (2002)
Latvia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.8% (2003 est.)
Lebanon definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 87.4% male: 93.1% female: 82.2% (2003 est.)
Lesotho definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 84.8% male: 74.5% female: 94.5% (2003 est.)
Liberia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 57.5% male: 73.3% female: 41.6% (2003 est.)
Libya definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 82.6% male: 92.4% female: 72% (2003 est.)
Liechtenstein definition: age 10 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100%
Lithuania definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.6% male: 99.7% female: 99.6% (2003 est.)
Luxembourg definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% (2000 est.)
Macau definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 94.5% male: 97.2% female: 92% (2003 est.)
Macedonia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.1% male: 98.2% female: 94.1% (2002 est.)
Madagascar definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 68.9% male: 75.5% female: 62.5% (2003 est.)
Malawi definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 62.7% male: 76.1% female: 49.8% (2003 est.)
Malaysia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 88.7% male: 92% female: 85.4% (2002)
Maldives definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.2% male: 97.1% female: 97.3% (2003 est.)
Mali definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 46.4% male: 53.5% female: 39.6% (2003 est.)
Malta definition: age 10 and over can read and write total population: 92.8% male: 92% female: 93.6% (2003 est.)
Marshall Islands definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.7% male: 93.6% female: 93.7% (1999)
Mauritania definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 41.7% male: 51.8% female: 31.9% (2003 est.)
Mauritius definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 85.6% male: 88.6% female: 82.7% (2003 est.)
Mayotte definition: NA total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Mexico definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.2% male: 94% female: 90.5% (2003 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 89% male: 91% female: 88% (1980 est.)
Moldova definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.1% male: 99.6% female: 98.7% (2003 est.)
Monaco definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Mongolia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.8% male: 98% female: 97.5% (2002)
Montserrat definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 97% male: 97% female: 97% (1970 est.)
Morocco definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 51.7% male: 64.1% female: 39.4% (2003 est.)
Mozambique definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 47.8% male: 63.5% female: 32.7% (2003 est.)
Namibia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 84% male: 84.4% female: 83.7% (2003 est.)
Nauru definition: NA total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Nepal definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 48.6% male: 62.7% female: 34.9% (2000-2004 est.)
Netherlands definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Netherlands Antilles definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.7% male: 96.7% female: 96.8% (2003 est.)
New Caledonia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91% male: 92% female: 90% (1976 est.)
New Zealand definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Nicaragua definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 67.5% male: 67.2% female: 67.8% (2003 est.)
Niger definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 17.6% male: 25.8% female: 9.7% (2003 est.)
Nigeria definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 68% male: 75.7% female: 60.6% (2003 est.)
Niue definition: NA total population: 95% male: NA female: NA
Norfolk Island NA
Northern Mariana Islands definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97% male: 97% female: 96% (1980 est.)
Norway definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100%
Oman definition: NA total population: 75.8% male: 83.1% female: 67.2%
Pakistan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 48.7% male: 61.7% female: 35.2% (2004 est.)
Palau definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92% male: 93% female: 90% (1980 est.)
Panama definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.6% male: 93.2% female: 91.9% (2003 est.)
Papua New Guinea definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 64.6% male: 71.1% female: 57.7% (2002)
Paraguay definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 94% male: 94.9% female: 93% (2003 est.)
Peru definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 87.7% male: 93.5% female: 82.1% (2004 est.)
Philippines definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.6% male: 92.5% female: 92.7% (2002)
Pitcairn Islands NA
Poland definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.7% (2003 est.)
Portugal definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.3% male: 95.5% female: 91.3% (2003 est.)
Puerto Rico definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 94.1% male: 93.9% female: 94.4% (2002 est.)
Qatar definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 89% male: 89.1% female: 88.6% (2004 est.)
Romania definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.4% male: 99.1% female: 97.7% (2003 est.)
Russia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.6% male: 99.7% female: 99.5% (2003 est.)
Rwanda definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 70.4% male: 76.3% female: 64.7% (2003 est.)
Saint Helena definition: age 20 and over can read and write total population: 97% male: 97% female: 98% (1987 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 97.8% male: NA% female: NA% (2003 est.)
Saint Lucia definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 90.1% male: 89.5% female: 90.6% (2001 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (1982 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 96% male: 96% female: 96% (1970 est.)
Samoa definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.7% male: 99.6% female: 99.7% (2003 est.)
San Marino definition: age 10 and over can read and write total population: 96% male: 97% female: 95% (1976 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 79.3% male: 85% female: 62% (1991 est.)
Saudi Arabia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 78.8% male: 84.7% female: 70.8% (2003 est.)
Senegal definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 40.2% male: 50% female: 30.7% (2003 est.)
Serbia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.4% male: 98.9% female: 94.1% (2002 est.)
Seychelles definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91.9% male: 91.4% female: 92.3% (2003 est.)
Sierra Leone definition: age 15 and over can read and write English, Mende, Temne, or Arabic total population: 29.6% male: 39.8% female: 20.5% (2000 est.)
Singapore definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.5% male: 96.6% female: 88.6% (2002)
Slovakia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.6% male: 99.7% female: 99.6% (2001 est.)
Slovenia definition: NA total population: 99.7% male: 99.7% female: 99.6%
Solomon Islands definition: NA total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Somalia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 37.8% male: 49.7% female: 25.8% (2001 est.)
South Africa definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 86.4% male: 87% female: 85.7% (2003 est.)
Spain definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.9% male: 98.7% female: 97.2% (2003 est.)
Sri Lanka definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.3% male: 94.8% female: 90% (2003 est.)
Sudan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 61.1% male: 71.8% female: 50.5% (2003 est.)
Suriname definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 88% male: 92.3% female: 84.1% (2000 est.)
Svalbard NA
Swaziland definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 81.6% male: 82.6% female: 80.8% (2003 est.)
Sweden definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Switzerland definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Syria definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 76.9% male: 89.7% female: 64% (2003 est.)
Taiwan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.1% male: NA% female: NA% (2003)
Tajikistan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.4% male: 99.6% female: 99.1% (2003 est.)
Tanzania definition: age 15 and over can read and write Kiswahili (Swahili), English, or Arabic total population: 78.2% male: 85.9% female: 70.7% (2003 est.)
Thailand definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.6% male: 94.9% female: 90.5% (2002)
Togo definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 60.9% male: 75.4% female: 46.9% (2003 est.)
Tokelau NA
Tonga definition: can read and write Tongan and/or English total population: 98.9% male: 98.8% female: 99% (1999 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.6% male: 99.1% female: 98% (2003 est.)
Tunisia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 74.3% male: 83.4% female: 65.3% (2004 est.)
Turkey definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 86.5% male: 94.3% female: 78.7% (2003 est.)
Turkmenistan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.8% male: 99.3% female: 98.3% (1999 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 98% male: 99% female: 98% (1970 est.)
Tuvalu NA
Uganda definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 69.9% male: 79.5% female: 60.4% (2003 est.)
Ukraine definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.7% male: 99.8% female: 99.6% (2003 est.)
United Arab Emirates definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 77.9% male: 76.1% female: 81.7% (2003 est.)
United Kingdom definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
United States definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Uruguay definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98% male: 97.6% female: 98.4% (2003 est.)
Uzbekistan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.3% male: 99.6% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Vanuatu definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 74% male: NA female: NA
Venezuela definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.4% male: 93.8% female: 93.1% (2003 est.)
Vietnam definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 90.3% male: 93.9% female: 86.9% (2002)
Virgin Islands definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 90-95% est. male: NA% female: NA% (2005 est.)
Wallis and Futuna definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 50% male: 50% female: 50% (1969 est.)
West Bank definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91.9% male: 96.3% female: 87.4% (2003 est.)
Western Sahara NA
World definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 82% male: 87% female: 77% note: over two-thirds of the world's 785 million illiterate adults are found in only eight countries (India, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Egypt); of all the illiterate adults in the world, two-thirds are women; extremely low literacy rates are concentrated in three regions, South and West Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Arab states, where around one-third of the men and half of all women are illiterate (2005 est.)
Yemen definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 50.2% male: 70.5% female: 30% (2003 est.)
Zambia definition: age 15 and over can read and write English total population: 80.6% male: 86.8% female: 74.8% (2003 est.)
Zimbabwe definition: age 15 and over can read and write English total population: 90.7% male: 94.2% female: 87.2% (2003 est.)
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Afghanistan males age 22-49: 4,952,812 females age 22-49: 4,663,963 (2005 est.)
Albania males age 19-49: 809,524 females age 19-49: 784,199 (2005 est.)
Algeria males age 19-49: 8,033,049 females age 19-49: 7,926,351 (2005 est.)
Andorra males age 18-49: 18,418 (2005 est.)
Angola males age 17-49: 2,548,455 females age 17-49: 2,462,601 (2005 est.)
Anguilla males age 18-49: 3,614 (2005 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda males age 18-49: 18,952 females age 18-49: 18,360 (2005 est.)
Argentina males age 18-49: 8,981,886 females age 18-49: 8,883,756 (2005 est.)
Armenia males age 18-49: 722,836 females age 18-49: 795,084 (2005 est.)
Aruba males age 18-49: 16,278 (2005 est.)
Australia males age 18-49: 4,943,676 females age 18-49: 4,821,264
Austria males age 18-49: 1,914,800 females age 18-49: 1,870,134 (2005 est.)
Azerbaijan males age 18-49: 1,961,973 females age 18-49: 2,033,186 (2005 est.)
Bahamas, The males age 18-49: 73,121 (2005 est.)
Bahrain males age 18-49: 202,126 females age 18-49: 151,734 (2005 est.)
Bangladesh males age 18-49: 35,170,019 (2005 est.)
Barbados males age 18-49: 71,524 females age 18-49: 72,302 (2005 est.)
Belarus males age 18-49: 2,520,644 females age 18-49: 2,564,696 (2005 est.)
Belgium males age 16-49: 2,436,736 females age 16-49: 2,369,463 (2005 est.)
Belize males age 18-49: 61,201 females age 18-49: 60,048 (2005 est.)
Benin males age 21-49: 1,295,230 females age 21-49: 1,301,936 (2005 est.)
Bermuda males age 18-49: 15,151 (2005 est.)
Bhutan males age 18-49: 483,860 females age 18-49: 453,683 (2005 est.)
Bolivia males age 18-49: 1,923,234 females age 18-49: 2,007,315 (2005 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina males age 18-49: 1,119,508 females age 18-49: 1,079,435 (2005 est.)
Botswana males age 18-49: 350,649 females age 18-49: 361,642 (2005 est.) |
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