1. Cuba Category: People - Sex ratio (male(s)/female): at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female; under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female; 15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female; 65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female; total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2008 estimate)


2. New Caledonia Category: Geography - Natural hazards: cyclones, most frequent from November to March


3. Atlantic Ocean Category: Geography - Coastline (km): 111,866 km


4. Dominica Category: Economy - Debt - external: 3 million (2004)


5. Kiribati Category: Geography - Area - comparative: four times the size of Washington, DC

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1. Norway Category: Geography - Land use (%): arable land: 2.7%; permanent crops: 0%; other: 97.3% (2005)


2. New Zealand Category: Economy - Economy - overview: Over the past 20 years the government has transformed New Zealand from an agrarian economy dependent on concessionary British market access to a more industrialized, free market economy that can compete globally. This dynamic growth has boosted real incomes - but left behind many at the bottom of the ladder - and broadened and deepened the technological capabilities of the industrial sector. Per capita income has risen for eight consecutive years and reached ,300 in 2007 in purchasing power parity terms. Consumer and government spending have driven growth in recent years, and exports picked up in 2006 after struggling for several years. Exports were equal to about 22% of GDP in 2007, down from 33% of GDP in 2001. Thus far the economy has been resilient, and the Labor Government promises that expenditures on health, education, and pensions will increase proportionately to output. Inflationary pressures have built in recent years and the central bank raised its key rate 13 times since January 2004 to finish 2007 at 8.25%. A large balance of payments deficit poses another challenge in managing the economy.


3. Denmark Category: Communications - Telephone system: general assessment: excellent telephone and telegraph services; domestic: buried and submarine cables and microwave radio relay form trunk network, 4 cellular mobile communications systems; international: country code - 45; a series of fiber-optic submarine cables link Denmark with Canada, Faroe Islands, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and UK; satellite earth stations - 18 (6 Intelsat, 10 Eutelsat, 1 Orion, 1 Inmarsat (Blaavand-Atlantic-East)); note - the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) share the Danish earth station and the Eik, Norway, station for worldwide Inmarsat access


4. Congo, Republic of the Category: Economy - Exports: .009 billion f.o.b. (2008 estimate)


5. Thailand Category: Military - Military branches: Royal Thai Army (RTA), Royal Thai Navy (RTN, includes Royal Thai Marine Corps), Royal Thai Air Force (Knogtap Agard Thai, RTAF) (2008)

1. Glorioso Islands Category: Transnational Issues - Disputes - international: claimed by Madagascar


2. Latvia Category: Geography - Land boundaries (km): total: 1,382 km; border countries: Belarus 171 km, Estonia 343 km, Lithuania 576 km, Russia 292 km


3. Wake Island Category: Transnational Issues - Disputes - international: claimed by Marshall Islands


4. Croatia Category: Geography - Natural resources: oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, gypsum, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower


5. Laos Category: Economy - GDP - per capita (PPP): ,100 (2008 estimate)