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Notes, Definitions, and Abbreviations. Ashmore and Cartier Islands. British Indian Ocean Territory. China also see separate Taiwan entry. Airports - with unpaved runways:.
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United States Armed Forces: Military service age and obligation:. Manpower available for military service:. Manpower fit for military service:. Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:.
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Canada 8, km including 2, km with Alaska , Mexico 3, km note: Death Valley m highest point: Total renewable water resources: Environment - current issues: Environment - international agreements: Life expectancy at birth: School life expectancy primary to tertiary education: United States of America conventional short form: Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition. Washington, DC geographic coordinates: UTC-5 during Standard Time daylight saving time: Independence Day, 4 July BIDEN since 20 January ; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government head of government: Cabinet appointed by the president with Senate approval elections: Senate - last held 4 November next to be held November ; House of Representatives - last held 4 November next to be held in November election results: Political parties and leaders: Political pressure groups and leaders: GDP purchasing power parity: GDP official exchange rate: GDP - real growth rate: GDP - composition by sector: Labor force - by occupation: Population below poverty line: Household income or consumption by percentage share: Distribution of family income - Gini index: Inflation rate consumer prices: Central bank discount rate: Commercial bank prime lending rate: Stock of quasi money: Stock of domestic credit: Market value of publicly traded shares: Industrial production growth rate: Oil - proved reserves: Most maritime commercial cargo is containerized, and the distribution of container ports is a useful indicator of world maritime trade.
The "Ports and terminals" entry in the Transportation section of the World entry has been updated to reflect the latest statistics on world container traffic. This entry includes the 20 largest container ports in the world as measured by the throughput of "Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units" or TEUs, twenty feet being the standard measurement of a cargo container. In addition, major container ports are listed in individual country entries with their respective throughput. When the United States entered the deadlocked conflict on 6 April , the US Army numbered , soldiers, 19 months later, on 11 November , the US military numbered 4.
It was their numbers, as well as US materiel and capital, that proved crucial in enabling the final Allied victory. In the Government section, "Legislative branch" field, the 'election results' entry has been expanded for all European countries with the addition of text describing 'composition,' which tallies the number of men and women and the percent of women in unicameral and bicameral legislatures.
The total percent of women in bicameral legislatures is included as a note at the end of lower chamber composition data. In coming weeks, composition data will be added for countries in other parts of the world.