DEMOGRAPHIC, ENVIRONMENTAL,
AND
SECURITY ISSUES PROJECT
WORLD POPULATION (in thousands -- 1994--UN)
HEADS OF STATE AND WORLD LEADERS;
ELECTIONS, AND UNEMPLOYMENT INFORMATION
WORLD - - - - - - - - 5629632; (5.79 billion, 10/96 - US Census)
1. Afghanistan: - - - - 21251 (1995; 16 million NYT, 10.96);
President Burhanuddin Rabbani ousted September
1996 by Taliban forces; 6 man ruling council or shura led
by Mullah Mohammed Omar, b. 1958,
Foreign Minister Mohammed Ghaus Akhund;
Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammed Stanakzai.
2. Albania - - - - - - - - 3414; President Sali Berisha;
elections, May 1996, third since 1991.
3. Algeria - - - - 27325;
President Liamine Zeroual;
Foreign Minister Ahmed Ataf
4. American Samoa- - - 53
5. Andorra - - - - - - 65
6. Angola- - - - - - - 10674;
President Jose Eduardo dos Santos
7. Anguilla- - - - - - 8
8. Antigua and Barbuda - - 65
9. Argentina - - - - - - - 34182;
President Carlos Saul Menem, b. July 2, 1930; in office July 1989.
Inflation: 17.1 (10/96); Congressional elections 1997.
10. Armenia - - 3548; President Levon Ter-Petrosyan; elected in 1991.
Elections September 1996 marked by fraud.
11. Aruba - - - - - - - - - 69
12. Australia - - - - - 17853; Prime Minister John Howard
13. Austria - - - - - - - - 7918
14. Azerbaijan- - - - - - - 7472; President Haydar Aliev;
15. Bahamas - - - - - - - - 272
16. Bahrain -- - - 549;
Sheik Isa bin Salman Al-Khalifa;
Crown Prince Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa
15. Bangladesh- - 117787; Prime Minister Khaleda Zia;
elections: June 12, 1996; (Feb 15, 1996 election results discounted?)
16. Barbados- - - - - - - - 261
17. Belarus - - - - - 10163; President Aleksandr Luashenko
18. Belgium - - - - - - - - 10080; Premier Jean-Luc
Dehaene
19. Belize- - - - - - - - - 210
20. Benin - - -- - 5246;President Nicephore D. Soglo lost
to Mathieu Kerekou in March 96 elections.
21. Bermuda - - - - - - - - 63
22. Bhutan- - - - - - - - - 1614
23. Bolivia - - - - - - - - 7237;
President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada;
Foreign Minister Dr.Antonio Arambar Quiroga
24. Bosnia and Herzegovina 3527; President Alija Izetbegovic, b. 1915
25. Botswana- - - - - - - - 1443
26. Brazil- - - - - - - 159143; President Fernando Henrique Cardoso
27. British Virgin Islands 18
28. Brunei Darussalam - - - 280
29. Bulgaria- - - - - - - - 8818
30. Burkina Faso- - - - - - 10046
31. Burundi - - - 6209;
President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya ousted in a coup in July 1996 by Major Pierre Buyoya.
32. Canada- - - - - - - 29141;
Prime Minister Jean Chretien
33. Cambodia- - - - - 9968;
First Prime Minister: Prince Norodom Ranariddh;
Second Prime Minister: Hun Sen
34. Cameroon- - - - - - - - 12871; President Paul Biya
35. Cape Verde- - - - - - - 381
36. Cayman Islands- - - - - 30
37. Central African Republic 3235; President Ange-Felix Patasse
38. Chad- - - - - - - - - - 6183;
President Idries Deby;
elections: June 2, 1996;
1st democratic presidential elections in 36 years of independence from France;
7/96: unemployment 12%: 3 million
39. Channel Islands - - - - 147
40. Chile - - - - - - - - - 14044;
President Eduardo Frei
41. China - - - - - - - - 1208841;
President Jiang Zemin
Prime Minister Li;
Foreign Minister Qian Qichen
42. Colombia - - - - - - - 34545; President Ernesto Samper
43. Comoros - - - - - - - - 630
44. Congo - - - - - - - - - 2516;
President Pascal Lissouba;
Prime Minister Jacques-Joachim Yhombi-Opango
45. Cook Islands - - - - - 19
46. Costa Rica - - - - - - 3.5 million (NYT, 9/96)
President Jose Maria Figueres
47. Cote d'Ivoire - - - - - 13780
48. Croatia - - - - - - - - 4504;President Franjo Tudjman
49. Cuba - - - - - - - - - 10960; President Fidel Castro
50. Cyprus - - - - - - - - 734; President Glafkos Clerdes;
51. Czech Republic - - - - 10295;
President Vaclav Havel;
Prime Minister (outgoing?) Vaclav Klaus;
elections: June 1996; first since 1993
52. Denmark - - - - - - - - 5173;
Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen; b. June 1943, in office Jan 25, 1993.
53. Djibouti - - - - - - - 566
54. Dominica - - - - - - - 71
55. Dominican Republic - - 7684; Leonel Fernandez;
elections May 1996; runoff June 30, 1996; took office
August 16, 1996.
European Union: Manuel Marin, vice president of the
European Commission
56. East Timor - - - - - - 800
57. Ecuador - - - - - - - - 11220; President Sixto Duran Ballen;
May 1996 and run-off in July '96.
58. Egypt - - - - - - - - - 61636; President Hosni Mubarak;
Foreign Mininister Musa Amr
59. El Salvador - - - - - - 5641; President Armando Calderon Sol;
elections; 1994.
60. Equatorial Guinea - - - 389
61. Eritrea - - - - - - - - 3437; President Issayas Afewerki;
elections: 1997.
62. Estonia - - - - - - - - 1541
63. Ethiopia - - - - - - - 53435; Prime Minister Meles Zenawi
64. Faeroe Islands - - - - 47
65. Falkland Islands - - - 2
66. Fiji - - - - - - - - - 771
67. Finland - - - - - - - - 5083; President Martti Ahtisaari;
Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen
68. France - - - - - - - - 57747;President Jacques Chirac;
government of Prime Minister Alain Juppe;
Foreign Minister Herve de Charette
69. French Guiana - - - - - 141
70. French Polynesia - - - 215
71. Gabon - - - - - - - - - 1283;President Omar Bango
72. Gambia - - - - - - - - 1081; President Yahya Jammeh;
won late September 1996 elections.
73. Gaza Strip - - - - - - 764; Palestian Authority;
President Yasir Arafat
74. Georgia - - - - - - - - 5450; (5725 - 1995);
President Eduard A. Shevardnadze; b Jan. 1928, in office November 6, 1992.
75. Germany - - - - - - - - 81278;
Chancellor Helmut Kohl;
4 million unemployed; 11% (1996)
76. Ghana - - - - - - - - - 16944; President Jerry Rawlings
77. Gibraltar - - - - - - - 28
78. Greece - - - - - - - - 10416;
Prime Minister Costas Simitis, b. 1936.
79. Greenland - - - - - - - 58
80. Grenada - - - - - - - - 92
81. Guadeloupe - - - - - - 421
82. Guam - - - - - - - - - 147
83. Guatemala - - - - - - - 10322; President Alvaro Arzu Irigoyen;
elections Jan 96.
84. Guinea - - - - - - - - 6501
85. Guinea-Bissau - - - - - 1050
86. Guyana - - - - - - - - 825
87. Haiti - - - - - - - - - 7035; President Rene Preval;
unemployment over 50% (NYT, 4/29/96)
88. Holy See - - - - - - - 1; Pope John Paul II
89. Honduras- - - - - - - - 5493;
President Carlos Roberto Reina
90. Hong Kong - - - - - - - 5838; Chris Paten - the last British
governor after 157 years of British rule
91. Hungary - - - - - - - - 10161
92. Iceland - - - - - - - - 266;
Prime Minister David Oddsson,
Foreign Minister Halldor Asgrimsson
93. India - - - - - - - - - 918570;
President Shankar Dayal Sharma;
Prime Minister Haradanahali Dodde Gowda Deve Gowda;
elections May 1996
94. Indonesia - - - - - - 194615; President Suharto;
elections -- March - April 97
95. Iran (Islamic Republic) 65758; President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani;
Foreign Minister: Dr. Ali Akbar Velayati
96. Iraq - - - - - - - - - 19925; President Saddam Hussein
97. Ireland - - - - - - - - 3539;Prime Minister John Bruton
Isle of Man - - - - - - 73
98. Israel - - - - - - - - 5458; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud);
Elections: May 29, 1996.
99. Italy - - - - - - - - - 57157;
Prime Minister Romano Prodi; Olive Green Party; President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
100. Ivory Coast
-- head of state: Henri Konan B,di,
founding father: Felix Houphouet-Boigny
100. Jamaica - - - - - - - - 2429
101. Japan - - - - - - - - - 124815; Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto;
Foreign Minister Yukihiko Ikeda; elections October 20, 1996.
102. Jordan - - - - - - - - 5198; King Hussein, b. 1936;
Prime Minister Abdul Karim Korbariti,
104.Kazakhstan - - - - - - 17027; President (?) Nursultan A. Nazarbayev
103. Kenya - - - - - - - - - 27343; President Daniel arap Moi
104. Kiribati - - - - - - - 77; President Teburoro Tito; in office: Oct. 1. 1994.
105. Korea (P.D.R.) - - - - 23483; President Kim Sun Il
106. Korea (Republic of) - - 44563
107. Kuwait - - - - - - - - 1633; Emir Sheik Jaber al Ahmad al-Sabah;
Foreign Minister Saba al-Ahmed al-Sabah
110.Kyrgyzstan - - - - - - 4667
108. Laos (P.D.R.) - - - - - 4742
109. Latvia - - - - - - - - 2583
110. Lebanon - - - - - - - - 2915;
Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, named in October 1993;
President Elias Hrawi;
Foreign Minister Fariz Buwayz;
Leader of Hezbollah: Sheik Hassan Nasrallah;
parliamentary elections: August 18,1996.
111. Lesotho - - - - - - - - 1996
112. Liberia - - - - - - - - 2941; Civilian leader Wilton Sankawuto;
Ulimo-J faction leader General Roosevelt Johnson
116.Libya - - - - - - -- 5225; President Moamar Khaddafi
113. Liechtenstein - - - - - 30
114. Lithuania - - - - - - - 3706;President Algirdas
Brazauskas; in office Feb. 25, 1993; Prime Minister Vytautas
Landsbergias; elections October 20, 1996.
115. Luxembourg - - - - - - 401
116. Macau - - - - - - - - - 398
117. Madagascar - - - - - - 14303;
President Albert Zaly; in office Feb 10, 1993;
Prime Minister Francisque Ravony; in office: Aug 1993.
118. Malaysia - - - - - - - 19695; Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad
119. Mauritania - - - - - - 2217; President El-Afia Ould Mohammed Khouna
120. Malawi - - - - - - - - 10843; President Bakili Muluzi
121. Maldives - - - - - - - 246
122. Mali - - - - - - - - - 10462; President Alpha Oumar Konare;
123. Malta - - - - - - - - - 364
124. Marshall Islands - - - 52
125. Martinique - - - - - - 375
126. Mauritius (1) - - - - - 1104
127. Mexico - - - - - - - - 91858; President Ernesto Zedillo
128. Micronesia - - - - - - 121
129. Monaco - - - - - - - - 31
130. Mongolia - - - - - - - 2363;
Prime Minister Mr. Enkhsaikhan, b. 1955; elections June 30, 1996.
131. Montserrat - - - - - - 11
132. Morocco - - - - - - - 26488;58. Morocco: King Hasan II.
133. Mozambique - - - - - - 15527;
President Joaquim Chissano; b . October 1939; in office: Oct. 19, 1986
134. Myanmar - - - - - - - 45555;
Gen. Than Shwe; b. 1933; in office: April 24, 1992.
135. Namibia - - - - - - - - 1500; President Sam Nogoma; b. 1929;
Prime Minister Hage Geingob.
136. Nauru - - - - - - - - 11; President Bernard Dowiyogo; b. 1946; in office: Dec. 12, 1989.
137. Nepal - - - - - - - - 21360
138. Netherlands - - - - - - 15397; Queen Beatrix;
Prime Minister Wim Kok; b. 1938; in office August 22, 1994.
139. Netherlands Antilles - 197
140. New Caledonia - - - - 178
141. New Zealand - - - - - 3531;
Prime Minister Jim Bolger; b 1935; in office: October 27, 1990.
142. Nicaragua - - - - - - 4275; President Arnoldo
Aleman; elections: October 20, 1996.
143. Niger - - - - - - - - 8846;
President Manamane Ousmane; ousted by
coup leader Col Barre Mainasara Ibrahim, Jan 96.
144. Nigeria - - - - - - - - 108467; General Sani Abacha
145. Niue - - - - - - - - - 2
146. Northern Mariana Islands 47
147. Norway - - - - - - - - 4318; Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland;
Foreign Minister Bjorn Tore Godal
148. Oman - - - - - - - - - 2077; Sultan Qaboos bin Saud;
Interior Minister Badr bin Saud bin Harib al-Busaidi
149. Pacific Islands (Palau) 17; President Kuniwo Nakamura
150. Pakistan - - - - - - - 136645; Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto
Palestinian Authority: President Yasir Arafat
155.Panama - - - - - - - - 2585; President Ernesto Perez Balladares;
151. Papua New Guinea - - - 4205; Prime Minister Sir Julius Chan
152. Paraguay - - - - - - - 4830; President Juan Carlos Wasmosy
153. Peru - - - - - - - - - 23331;
President Alberto Fujimori; b. July 28,1938; in office:July 28, 1990;
Prime MinisterDante Cordova; in office: July 28, 1995.
154. Philippines - - - - - - 66188; President Fidel Ramos;
Muslim leader Nul Misuari
155. Poland - - - - - - - - 38341; President Aleksander Kwasniewski, b. 1955.;
Prime Minister Wlodzimierz Climoszewicz, b. 1950;
Foreign Minister Dariusz Rosati, b.1947
156. Portugal - - - - - - - 9830; Prime Minister Antonio Guiterrez;
President George Sampayo; President Mario Soares
157. Puerto Rico - - - - - - 3646
158. Qatar - - - - - - - - - 540; Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani;
Foreign Minister Shaikh Hamad bin Jasim al-Thani
159. Republic of Moldova - - 4420
160. Reunion - - - - - - - - 644
161. Romania - - - - - - - - 22922; President Ion Ilescu;
b. March 30, 1930; in office:Dec. 25, 1989.
162. Russian Federation - - 147370; President Boris Yeltsin;
election run off June 96;
163. Rwanda - - - - - - - - 7750; Prime Minister Pierre Celestin Rwigema;
President Pasteur Bizimungu;
Vice President Paul Kagame;
Foreign Minister Anastase Gasare
164. Saint Helena - - - - - 6
165. Saint Kitts and Nevis - 41; Prime Minister Denzil L. Douglas
166. Saint Lucia - - - - - - 141
167. Saint Pierre and Miquelon 6
168. Saint Vincent & Grenadine 111
169. Samoa - - - - - - - - 169
170. San Marino - - - - - - 25
171. Sao Tome and Principe - 130
172. Saudi Arabia- - - - - - 17451; Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abd al-Zaiz al-Saud;
Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal
173. Senegal - - - - - - - 8102
174. Serbia: President Slobodan Milosevic
175. Seychelles - - - - - - 73
176. Sierra Leone - - - - - 4402; President Ahmed Tejan-Kabba;
rebel leader: Foday Sankoh;
elections:March-April 1996;
177. Singapore - - - - - - 2821; President Ong Teng Cheong;
Prime Minister Goh Chok Tony
178. Slovakia - - - - - - - 5333
179. Slovenia - - - - - - - 1942
180. Solomon Islands - - - - 366
181. Somalia - - - - - - - - 9077
182. South Africa - - - - - 40555; President Nelson Mandela;
1994 elections; Inkatha Leader Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi; elections
1999.
183. Spain - - - - - - - - 39568; 78. Spain:
Prime Minister Jose Maria Azhar, elected March 3, 1996; ousted
Felipe Gonzalez, in power for 13 years.
184. Sri Lanka - - - - - - - 18125
185. Sudan - - - - - - - - 27361; President (General) Omar al-Bashir Hassan;
elections (opposition banned) March 1996
186. Suriname - - - - - - - 418
187. Swaziland - - - - - - - 832
188. Sweden - - - - - - - - 8738; Prime Minister Goeran Persson;
189. Switzerland - - - - - - 7131;
190. Syrian Arab Republic - 14171; President Haffez al-Assad,
Foreign Minister Faruq al-Sharaa
Taiwan - - - - - - - - - - 22000 President Lee Teng-hui; March 23, 1996 elections
191. Tajikistan - - - - - - 5933; President Imomali Rakhmonov;
Prime Minister Yakhyo Azimov, b. 1947
192. Tanzania - - - - - - - President Benjamin Mkapa
193. TFYR Macedonia - - - - 2142
194. Thailand - - - - - - - 58183; Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa
195. Togo - - - - - - - - - 4010
196. Tokelau - - - - - - - - 2
197. Tonga - - - - - - - - 98
201.Trinidad and Tobago - - 1292; Prime Minister Basdeo Panday;
198. Tunisia - - - - - - - 8733; President Zeinadddine Ben Ali; Foreign Minister Habib Ben Yahia
199. Turkey - - - - - - - - 60771 Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan; rotating PM:
Tansut Ciller to take over in January 1997.
200. Turkmenistan - - - - - 4010; President Saparmurad Niyazov, b. 1940. 1991
-- Achieved independence from Moscow;
4.2 million people; 4th largest oil reserves; capital: Ashkhabad.
201. Turks and Caicos Islands 14
202. Tuvalu - - - - - - - - 9
203. Uganda - - - - - - - - 20621; President Yoweri Museveni
204. Ukraine - - - - - - - - 51465; President Leonid Kuchma; elected July 94.
205. United Arab Emirates - 1861;: President Sheik Zayid bin
Sultan al-Nuhhanyan; Foreign Minister Rashid Abdullah al-Nu'aymi
206. United Kingdom - - - - 58091; Prime Minister John Major;
Unemployment -- 7.9% (falling)
United Nations: Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali
207. United Rep. of Tanzania 28846;
President Ali Hassan Mwinyi; b. May 8, 1925; in office: Nov. 5, 1985; Prime
Minister Cleopa Msuya; in office:Dec. 7, 1994.
208. U.S.A. - - - - - - - - 260631; 91. United States:
President Bill Clinton; Secretary of State: Warren
Christopher
209. U.S. Virgin Islands - - 104
210. Uruguay - - - - - - - - 3167;
President Julio Maria Sanguinetti Cairolo;
b. Jan 6, 1936; in office: March 1, 1995.
211. Uzbekistan - - - - - - 22349; President Islam Karimov
212. Vanuatu - - - - - - - - 165
213. Venezuela - - - - - - - 21378; President Rafael Caldera
214. Viet Nam - - - - - - - 72931; Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet;
215. Wallis and Futuna Islands 14
216. West Bank - - - - - - 1.4 million; Palestinian Authority; President Yasir Arafat
217. Western Sahara - - - - 272
218. Yemen - - - - - - - - - 13873; President Ali Abdullah Saleh
219. Yugoslavia - - - - - - 10763
220. Zaire - - - - - - - - - 42552; Prime Minister Kengo Wa Dondo
221. Zambia - - - - - - - - 9196; President Mobutu Sese Seko
222. Zimbabwe - - - - - - - 11002; President Kenneth D. Kaunda
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