List of countries by GDP (PPP)

World Share of GDP (PPP) according to data released by the IMF, October 2014

This article includes a list of countries in the world sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP), the value of all final goods and services produced within a state in a given year. The GDP dollar estimates given on this page are derived from purchasing power parity (PPP) calculations.

Comparisons using PPP are arguably more useful when assessing a nation's domestic market as well as the structure of its economy because PPP takes into account the relative cost of local goods, services and inflation rates of the country, rather than using international market exchange rates which may distort the real differences in per capita income.[1] It is however limited when comparing the size of national economies; GDP PPP is designed to compare the purchasing power of the citizens of one country against those of another country rather than the total size of national economies.[2] It could be argued that purchasing power and economic size are not very closely related and hence relying upon GDP PPP when comparing national economies, as opposed to the metric's intended purpose of comparing citizens' consumption of goods and services, can create distortions. For this reason, PPP is often used to gauge global poverty thresholds and is used by the United Nations in constructing the human development index.[1]

Tim Callen of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) outlined the general difference and usefulness of PPP over market rates, with essentially PPP being a better measure for assessing the cost of living, well-being of a country's population, and measuring non traded goods and services within a country.[2]

Economies do self-adjust to currency changes over time, and technology intensive and luxury goods, raw materials and energy prices are mostly unaffected by difference in currency (the last more by subsidies), however this is taken into account by the price comparison surveys, such as the International Comparison Program, which are used as the basis for PPP calculations. These surveys include both tradable and non-tradable goods in an attempt to estimate a representative basket of all goods.[1]

The first table includes data for the year 2014 for all current 187 International Monetary Fund (IMF) members, as well as Hong Kong and Taiwan (the official list uses "Taiwan, Province of China"). Data are in billions of international dollars and were calculated by the IMF. Figures were published in April 2015. The second table includes data mostly for the year 2013 for 180 of the 193 current United Nations member states, as well as the two Chinese Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). Data are in billions of international dollars and were compiled by the World Bank. The third table is a tabulation of the CIA World Factbook Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (Purchasing Power Parity) data update of 2013. The data for GDP at purchasing power parity have also been rebased using the new International Comparison Program price surveys and extrapolated to 2007. Final figures are estimates in billions of international dollars.

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Data from the International Monetary Fund (2014)[3] Data from the World Bank (2005–2013)[4] Data from the CIA World Factbook (1993–2014)[5]
Rank Country GDP (Billions of US$)
 World108,036.5
 European Union[n 1]18,526.5
1 China17,617.3
2 United States17,418.9
3 India7,375.9
4 Japan4,750.8
5 Germany3,721.6
6 Russia3,564.5
7 Brazil3,263.8
8 Indonesia2,676.1
9 France2,580.8
10 United Kingdom2,548.9
11 Mexico2,140.6
12 Italy2,127.7
13 South Korea1,778.8
14 Saudi Arabia1,605.7
15 Canada1,591.6
16 Spain1,566.4
17 Turkey1,508.1
18 Iran1,334.3
19 Australia1,095.4
20 Taiwan1,074.5
21 Nigeria1,049.1
22 Thailand985.5
23 Poland954.5
24 Argentina947.6
25 Egypt943.1
26 Pakistan882.3
27 Netherlands798.6
28 Malaysia746.1
29 South Africa704.5
30 Philippines692.2
31 Colombia640.1
32 United Arab Emirates599.8
33 Algeria551.8
34 Venezuela538.9
35 Bangladesh533.7
36 Iraq522.7
37 Vietnam510.7
38 Belgium481.5
39  Switzerland472.8
40 Singapore452.7
41 Sweden448.2
42 Kazakhstan418.5
43 Chile409.3
— Hong Kong397.5
44 Austria395.5
45 Romania392.8
46 Peru371.3
47 Ukraine370.8
48 Norway345.2
49 Qatar320.5
50 Czech Republic314.6
51 Greece284.3
52 Kuwait284.0
53 Portugal280.4
54 Israel268.5
55 Morocco252.4
56 Denmark249.5
57 Hungary246.4
58 Myanmar242.0
59 Ireland226.8
60 Finland221.0
61 Sri Lanka217.4
62 Ecuador180.2
63 Angola175.6
64 Belarus172.0
65 Uzbekistan171.7
66 Azerbaijan165.3
67 Oman162.4
68 Sudan159.1
69 New Zealand158.9
70 Slovakia152.6
71 Ethiopia144.6
72 Dominican Republic138.0
73 Kenya132.4
74 Bulgaria128.6
75 Tanzania127.1
76 Tunisia124.3
77 Syria121.4[n 2]
78 Guatemala119.1
79 Ghana108.3
80 Yemen103.6
81 Libya97.6
82 Serbia95.5
83 Croatia88.5
84 Turkmenistan82.1
85 Lebanon81.1
86 Lithuania79.6
87 Jordan79.6
88 Uganda76.9
89 Panama76.4
90Cote d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire71.1
91 Costa Rica71.0
92 Bolivia70.0
93 Uruguay70.0
94 Cameroon67.2
95   Nepal66.8
96 Bahrain61.9
97 Slovenia61.1
98 Zambia61.0
99 Afghanistan60.6
100 Paraguay58.3
101 Congo, Democratic Republic of55.8
102 Luxembourg51.4
103 El Salvador50.9
104 Cambodia50.0
105 Latvia48.2
106 Trinidad and Tobago43.4
107 Honduras39.1
108 Bosnia and Herzegovina38.1
109 Gabon36.3
110 Estonia35.6
111 Mongolia34.8
112 Laos34.4
113 Georgia34.2
114 Madagascar33.9
115 Botswana33.7
116 Senegal33.6
117 Albania31.6
118 Mozambique31.1
119 Brunei Darussalam30.2
120 Chad29.5
121 Nicaragua29.5
122 Burkina Faso29.3
123 Congo, Republic of the28.0
124 Macedonia27.6
125 Cyprus27.4
126 Mali27.3
127 Zimbabwe27.1
128 South Sudan26.0
129 Equatorial Guinea25.1
130 Armenia24.3
131 Jamaica24.1
132 Namibia23.6
133 Mauritius23.4
134 Tajikistan22.3
135 Benin19.8
136 Kyrgyzstan19.2
137 Rwanda18.8
138 Haiti18.3
139 Papua New Guinea18.1
140 Niger17.9
141 Moldova17.7
142 Kosovo16.9
143 Mauritania15.5
144 Guinea15.0
145 Iceland14.2
146 Malta14.1
147 Malawi13.7
148 Sierra Leone12.6
149 Togo10.1
150 Montenegro9.36
151 Suriname9.19
152 Bahamas, The9.02
153 Swaziland8.62
154 Burundi8.38
155 Eritrea7.81
156 Fiji7.29
157 Timor-Leste6.07
158 Bhutan5.86
159 Guyana5.51
160 Lesotho5.28
161 Maldives4.92
162 Barbados4.52
163 Liberia3.69
164 Cape Verde3.28
165 Gambia, The3.08
166 Belize2.94
167 Djibouti2.87
168 Central African Republic2.86
169 Guinea-Bissau2.50
170 Seychelles2.41
171 Antigua and Barbuda1.99
172 Saint Lucia1.97
173 San Marino1.91
174 Grenada1.27
175 Saint Kitts and Nevis1.26
176 Comoros1.20
177 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1.18
178 Solomon Islands1.09
179 Samoa0.99
180 Dominica0.76
181 Vanuatu0.69
182Sao Tome and Principe São Tomé and Príncipe0.62
183 Tonga0.50
184 Micronesia0.31
185 Palau0.29
186 Kiribati0.19
187 Marshall Islands0.18
188 Tuvalu0.04
Rank Country GDP (Billions of US$) Year
 World102,5732013
 European Union[n 1]17,9902013
1 United States16,7682013
2 China16,1622013
3 India6,7762013
4 Japan4,6412013
5 Russia3,6232013
6 Germany3,5392013
7 Brazil3,0132013
8 France2,5012013
9 United Kingdom2,4652013
10 Indonesia2,3892013
11 Italy2,1302013
12 Mexico2,0142013
13 South Korea1,6642013
14 Saudi Arabia1,5472013
15 Spain1,5362013
16 Canada1,5202013
17 Turkey1,4252013
18 Iran1,2072013
19 Australia1,0072013
20 Nigeria9732013
21 Taiwan9712013
22 Thailand9652013
23 Argentina9282013
24 Poland9112013
25 Egypt9102013
26 Pakistan8382013
27 Netherlands7782013
28 Malaysia6942013
29 South Africa6632013
30 Philippines6432013
31 Colombia6002013
32 Venezuela5532013
33 United Arab Emirates5512012
34 Algeria5222013
35 Iraq5002013
36 Vietnam4752013
37 Belgium4662013
38 Bangladesh4622013
39  Switzerland4572013
40 Sweden4332013
41 Singapore4252013
42 Ukraine4002013
43 Kazakhstan3952013
44 Chile3862013
45 Austria3852013
— Hong Kong3822013
46 Romania3792013
47 Peru3582013
48 Norway3332013
49 Czech Republic3032013
50 Qatar2972013
51 Kuwait2872012
52 Greece2842013
53 Portugal2802013
54 Israel2642013
55 Denmark2442013
56 Morocco2422013
57 Hungary2202012
58 Cuba2122011
59 Finland2082013
60 Sri Lanka1992013
61 Ireland1992013
62 Belarus1672013
63 Ecuador1652013
64 Angola1622013
65 Azerbaijan1612013
66 Oman1602013
67 Uzbekistan1562013
68 New Zealand1532013
69 Slovakia1372013
70 Libya1332013
71 Sudan1282013
72 Ethiopia1272013
— Puerto Rico1272012
73 Syria1222012
74 Dominican Republic1222013
75 Tunisia1212013
76 Bulgaria1162013
77 Guatemala1132013
78 Ghana1032013
79 Kenya1002013
80 Yemen972013
81 Croatia892013
82 Serbia892013
83 Tanzania (mainland)852013
— Macao812013
84 Lebanon772013
85 Jordan762013
86 Lithuania732012
87 Turkmenistan662012
88 Panama642012
89 Costa Rica642012
90 Uruguay622012
91 Slovenia572012
92 Bolivia55.42012
93 Cameroon512012
94 Uganda49.12012
95 Luxembourg48.62012
96 El Salvador452012
97 Latvia442012
98 Paraguay41.02012
99   Nepal40.82012
99 Afghanistan40.72011
99Cote d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire40.52012
100 Cambodia372012
101 Trinidad and Tobago35.62012
102 Bosnia and Herzegovina35.42012
103 Botswana342012
104 Honduras332012
105 Estonia312012
106 Bahrain29.892010
107 Albania29.862012
108 Congo, Democratic Republic of the282012
109 Cyprus26.722012
110 Senegal26.682012
111 Georgia26.632012
112 Gabon26.262012
113 Mozambique25.812012
114 Burkina Faso24.902012
115 Macedonia24.662012
116 Nicaragua24.392012
117 Zambia24.102012
118 Equatorial Guinea22.32012
119 Brunei Darussalam22.02012
120 Madagascar21.82012
121 Jamaica212010
122 Papua New Guinea20.82012
123 Mauritius20.22012
124 Armenia19.72012
125 Laos19.42012
126 Congo, Republic of the19.22012
127 Chad18.62012
128 Mali18.042012
129 Tajikistan17.992012
130 Namibia16.92012
131 Benin15.92012
132 Rwanda15.52012
133 Mongolia15.32012
134 Malawi14.32012
135 Kyrgyzstan13.52012
136 Haiti12.52012
137 Guinea12.242012
138 Moldova12.192012
139 Malta12.142012
140 Iceland12.02012
141 Bahamas, The11.82012
142 Niger11.42012
143 Mauritania9.92012
— West Bank and Gaza8.82005
144 Montenegro8.822012
145 Sierra Leone8.12012
146 Togo72012
147 Swaziland6.52012
148 Burundi5.52012
149 Bhutan5.02012
150 Suriname4.72012
151 Fiji4.32012
152 Lesotho4.02012
153 Central African Republic3.92012
154 Gambia3.492012
155 Eritrea3.472012
156 Maldives3.072012
157 Liberia2.742012
158 Guyana2.702012
159 Djibouti2.392012
160 Belize2.382011
161 Seychelles2.372012
162 Cape Verde2.192012
163 Timor-Leste2.072012
164 Saint Lucia2.022012
165 Guinea-Bissau1.982012
166 Antigua and Barbuda1.782012
167 Solomon Islands1.722012
168 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1.202012
169 Grenada1.1422012
170 Vanuatu1.1392012
171 Saint Kitts and Nevis0.972012
172 Dominica0.912012
173 Comoros0.882012
174 Samoa0.852012
175 Tonga0.522012
176 Federated States of Micronesia0.3952012
176 Palau0.3952012
178 Sao Tome and Principe0.352012
179 Kiribati0.252012
Rank Country GDP (Billions of US$) Year
 World 107,500 2014 est.
1  China 17,630 2014 est.
 European Union[n 1] 17,610 2014 est.
2  United States 17,460 2014 est.
3  India 7,277 2014 est.
4  Japan 4,807 2014 est.
5  Germany 3,621 2014 est.
6  Russia 3,568 2014 est.
7  Brazil 3,073 2014 est.
8  France 2,587 2014 est.
9  Indonesia 2,554 2014 est.
10  United Kingdom 2,435 2014 est.
11  Mexico 2,143 2014 est.
12  Italy 2,066 2014 est.
13  South Korea 1,786 2014 est.
14  Saudi Arabia 1,616 2014 est.
15  Canada 1,579 2014 est.
16  Spain 1,534 2014 est.
17  Turkey 1,512 2014 est.
18  Iran 1,284 2014 est.
19  Australia 1,100 2014 est.
20  Nigeria 1,058 2014 est.
21  Taiwan 1,022 2014 est.
22  Thailand 990.1 2014 est.
23  Egypt 945.4 2014 est.
24  Poland 941.4 2014 est.
25  Argentina 927.4 2014 est.
26  Pakistan 884.2 2014 est.
27  Netherlands 798.1 2014 est.
28  Malaysia 746.8 2014 est.
29  Philippines 694.6 2014 est.
30  South Africa 683.1 2014 est.
31  Colombia 642.7 2014 est.
32  Belgium 421.7 2013 est.
33  Venezuela 407.4 2013 est.
34  Sweden 393.8 2013 est.
—  Hong Kong 381.3 2013 est.
35   Switzerland 371.2 2013 est.
36  Austria 361.0 2013 est.
37  Vietnam 358.9 2013 est.
38  Peru 344.0 2013 est.
39  Singapore 339.0 2013 est.
40  Ukraine 337.4 2013 est.
41  Chile 335.4 2013 est.
42  Bangladesh 324.6 2013 est.
43  Romania 288.5 2013 est.
44  Czech Republic 285.6 2013 est.
45  Algeria 284.7 2013 est.
46  Norway 282.2 2013 est.
47  Israel 273.2 2013 est.
48  United Arab Emirates 269.8 2013 est.
49  Greece 267.1 2013 est.
50  Iraq 249.4 2013 est.
51  Kazakhstan 243.6 2013 est.
52  Portugal 243.3 2013 est.
53  Denmark 211.3 2013 est.
54  Qatar 198.7 2013 est.
55  Hungary 196.6 2013 est.
56  Finland 195.5 2013 est.
57  Ireland 190.4 2013 est.
58  Morocco 180.0 2013 est.
59  Kuwait 165.8 2013 est.
60  Ecuador 157.6 2013 est.
61  Belarus 149.2 2012 est.
62  New Zealand 134.2 2012 est.
63  Slovakia 134.1 2012 est.
64  Angola 130.4 2012 est.
65  Sri Lanka 128.4 2012 est.
66  Cuba 128.5 2014 est.
67  Syria 107.6 2011 est.
68  Tunisia 107.1 2012 est.
69  Uzbekistan 112.6 2012 est.
70  Bulgaria 105.5 2012 est.
71  Ethiopia 105.0 2012 est.
72  Dominican Republic 100.4 2012 est.
73  Azerbaijan 98.36 2012 est.
74  Oman 91.54 2012 est.
75  Myanmar 90.93 2012 est.
76  Sudan 86.67 2012 est.
77  Ghana 83.74 2012 est.
78  Serbia 80.02 2012 est.
79  Guatemala 79.97 2012 est.
80  Croatia 79.69 2012 est.
81  Libya 78.63 2012 est.
82  Kenya 77.14 2012 est.
83  Tanzania 75.07 2012 est.
84  Lithuania 66.08 2012 est.
—  Puerto Rico 64.84 2010 est.
85  Lebanon 64.22 2012 est.
86  Yemen 60.06 2012 est.
87  Costa Rica 59.79 2012 est.
88  Slovenia 58.91 2012 est.
89  Panama 58.02 2012 est.
90  Bolivia 56.14 2012 est.
91  Uruguay 54.67 2012 est.
92  Cameroon 51.61 2012 est.
93  Uganda 51.27 2012 est.
94  Turkmenistan 49.75 2012 est.
—  Macau 47.19 2011 est.
95  El Salvador 47.09 2012 est.
96  Luxembourg 42.92 2012 est.
97  Paraguay 41.55 2012 est.
98    Nepal 41.22 2012 est.
99  North Korea 40.00 2011 est.
100  Cote d'Ivoire 39.6 2012 est.
101  Jordan 39.29 2012 est.
102  Honduras 38.42 2012 est.
103  Latvia 37.88 2012 est.
104  Cambodia 37.25 2012 est.
105  Afghanistan 34.29 2012 est.
106  Bahrain 33.63 2012 est.
107  Bosnia and Herzegovina 32.03 2012 est.
108  Botswana 31.06 2012 est.
109  Estonia 29.57 2012 est.
110  Congo, Democratic Republic of the 28.03 2012 est.
111  Trinidad and Tobago 27.14 2012 est.
112  Albania 27.11 2012 est.
113  Senegal 27.10 2012 est.
114  Nicaragua 27.01 2012 est.
115  Mozambique 26.69 2012 est.
116  Georgia 26.45 2012 est.
117  Gabon 25.91 2012 est.
118  Jamaica 25.62 2012 est.
119  Burkina Faso 24.69 2012 est.
120  Zambia 24.36 2011 est.
121  Cyprus 24.00 2012 est.
122  Macedonia 22.19 2012 est.
123  Brunei 22.04 2012 est.
124  Madagascar 21.76 2012 est.
125  Chad 21.00 2012 est.
126  Mauritius 20.53 2012 est.
127  Armenia 19.97 2012 est.
128  Equatorial Guinea 19.60 2012 est.
129  Laos 19.52 2012 est.
130  Papua New Guinea 19.41 2012 est.
131  Congo, Republic of the 19.41 2012 est.
132  Mali 18.28 2012 est.
133  Tajikistan 18.04 2012 est.
134  Namibia 17.03 2012 est.
135  Benin 15.84 2012 est.
136  Rwanda 15.74 2012 est.
137  Mongolia 15.44 2012 est.
138  Malawi 14.5 2012 est.
139  Kosovo 13.59 2012 est.
140  Kyrgyzstan 13.50 2012 est.
141  Niger 13.34 2012 est.
142  Haiti 13.15 2012 est.
143  Iceland 13.04 2012 est.
144  Guinea 12.37 2012 est.
145  Moldova 12.36 2012 est.
146  Malta 11.45 2012 est.
147  Bahamas, The 11.24 2012 est.
148  Timor-Leste 11.23 2012 est.
149  South Sudan 10.62 2012 est.
—  New Caledonia 9.280 2008 est.
150  Sierra Leone 8.412 2012 est.
—  West Bank 8.022 2011 est.
151  Mauritania 7.824 2012 est.
152  Montenegro 7.461 2012 est.
153  Zimbabwe 7.366 2012 est.
154  Barbados 7.169 2012 est.
155  Togo 7.024 2012 est.
156  Suriname 6.874 2012 est.
157  Swaziland 6.345 2012 est.
158  Guyana 6.256 2012 est.
159  Somalia 5.896 2010 est.
160  Monaco 5.748 2011 est.
—  French Polynesia 5.650 2006 est.
—  Bermuda 5.600 2011 est.
161  Burundi 5.578 2012 est.
—  Jersey 5.100 2005 est.
162  Bhutan 5.036 2012 est.
—  Guam 4.600 2010 est.
163  Eritrea 4.468 2012 est.
164  Fiji 4.373 2012 est.
165  Lesotho 4.131 2012 est.
—  Isle of Man 4.076 2007 est.
166  Central African Republic 3.955 2012 est.
167  Gambia, The 3.459 2012 est.
168  Curaçao 3.128 2012 est.
169  Liechtenstein 3.200 2009
170  Andorra 3.163 2012 est.
171  Maldives 3.106 2012 est.
172  Belize 3.083 2013 est.
—  Guernsey 2.742 2005
—  Liberia 2.719 2012 est.
—  Aruba 2.516 2009 est.
173  Djibouti 2.418 2012 est.
174  Seychelles 2.355 2012 est.
—  Cayman Islands 2.250 2008 est.
175  Saint Lucia 2.233 2012 est.
176  Cape Verde 2.214 2012 est.
—  Greenland 2.133 2011 est.
177  Guinea-Bissau 1.963 2012 est.
178  Solomon Islands 1.922 2012 est.
179  Antigua and Barbuda 1.605 2012 est.
—  U.S. Virgin Islands 1.577 2004 est.
—  Faroe Islands 1.471 2010 est.
180  Grenada 1.467 2012 est.
181  San Marino 1.371 2012 est.
182  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.312 2012 est.
—  Gibraltar 1.275 2008
183  Vanuatu 1.251 2012 est.
184  Samoa 1.146 2012 est.
185  Dominica 1.018 2012 est.
186  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.946 2012 est.
—  Western Sahara 0.906 2007 est.
187  Comoros 0.887 2012 est.
188  Tonga 0.801 2012 est.
—  Sint Maarten 0.798 2010 est.
189  Micronesia, Federated States of 0.766 2012 est.
—  Northern Mariana Islands 0.733 2010 est.
190  Kiribati 0.636 2012 est.
—  Turks and Caicos Islands 0.632 2007 est.
—  American Samoa 0.575 2007 est.
—  British Virgin Islands 0.500 2010 est.
191  Marshall Islands 0.481 2012 est.
192  Sao Tome and Principe 0.408 2012 est.
193  Palau 0.221 2011 est.
—  Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.215 2006 est.
—  Cook Islands 0.183 2005 est.
—  Anguilla 0.175 2009 est.
—  Falkland Islands 0.1645 2007 est.
194  Nauru 0.06 2005 est.
—  Wallis and Futuna 0.06 2004 est.
—  Montserrat 0.044 2006 est.
195  Tuvalu 0.037 2012 est.
—  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 0.031 2010 est.
—  Niue 0.01 2003 est.
—  Tokelau 0.002 1993 est.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe. The EU is included because it has many attributes of independent nations, being much more than a free-trade association such as ASEAN, NAFTA, or Mercosur.[6] As the EU is not a country, the United States or China are the first ranked countries on the list.
  2. ↑ Data for Syria's 2014 GDP is from the September 2011 WEO Database, the latest available from the IMF.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Part 4. Applications and Limitations of ICP Data" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 PPP Versus the Market: Which Weight Matters?, imf.org, March 2007, Volume 44, Number 1
  3. ↑ "Report for Selected Country Groups and Subjects (PPP valuation of country GDP)". IMF. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ Data (2014-12-16). ""Gross domestic product 2013, PPP", World Bank, accessed on 18 December 2014". Data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2014-12-18.; European Union calculated by sum of individual countries.
  5. ↑ Field listing - GDP (PPP exchange rate), CIA World Factbook
  6. ↑ CIA (2014). "The World Factbook". Retrieved 15 March 2015. Although the EU is not a federation in the strict sense, it is far more than a free-trade association such as ASEAN, NAFTA, or Mercosur, and it has certain attributes associated with independent nations: its own flag, currency (for some members), and law-making abilities, as well as diplomatic representation and a common foreign and security policy in its dealings with external partners. Thus, inclusion of basic intelligence on the EU has been deemed appropriate as a new, separate entity in The World Factbook.