The 2008 CIA World Factbook

Chapter 292

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Cameroon noun: Cameroonian(s) adjective: Cameroonian

Canada noun: Canadian(s) adjective: Canadian

Cape Verde noun: Cape Verdean(s) adjective: Cape Verdean

Cayman Islands noun: Caymanian(s) adjective: Caymanian

Central African Republic noun: Central African(s) adjective: Central African

Chad noun: Chadian(s) adjective: Chadian

Chile noun: Chilean(s) adjective: Chilean

China noun: Chinese (singular and plural) adjective: Chinese

Christmas Island noun: Christmas Islander(s) adjective: Christmas Island

Cocos (Keeling) Islands noun: Cocos Islander(s) adjective: Cocos Islander

Colombia noun: Colombian(s) adjective: Colombian

Comoros noun: Comoran(s) adjective: Comoran

Congo, Democratic Republic of the noun: Congolese (singular and plural) adjective: Congolese or Congo

Congo, Republic of the noun: Congolese (singular and plural) adjective: Congolese or Congo

Cook Islands noun: Cook Islander(s) adjective: Cook Islander

Costa Rica noun: Costa Rican(s) adjective: Costa Rican

Cote d'Ivoire noun: Ivoirian(s) adjective: Ivoirian

Croatia noun: Croat(s), Croatian(s) adjective: Croatian

Cuba noun: Cuban(s) adjective: Cuban

Cyprus noun: Cypriot(s) adjective: Cypriot

Czech Republic noun: Czech(s) adjective: Czech

Denmark noun: Dane(s) adjective: Danish

Djibouti noun: Djiboutian(s) adjective: Djiboutian

Dominica noun: Dominican(s) adjective: Dominican

Dominican Republic noun: Dominican(s) adjective: Dominican

Ecuador noun: Ecuadorian(s) adjective: Ecuadorian

Egypt noun: Egyptian(s) adjective: Egyptian

El Salvador noun: Salvadoran(s) adjective: Salvadoran

Equatorial Guinea noun: Equatorial Guinean(s) or Equatoguinean(s) adjective: Equatorial Guinean or Equatoguinean

Eritrea noun: Eritrean(s) adjective: Eritrean

Estonia noun: Estonian(s) adjective: Estonian

Ethiopia noun: Ethiopian(s) adjective: Ethiopian

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) noun: Falkland Islander(s) adjective: Falkland Island

Faroe Islands noun: Faroese (singular and plural) adjective: Faroese

Fiji noun: Fijian(s) adjective: Fijian

Finland noun: Finn(s) adjective: Finnish

France noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women) adjective: French

French Polynesia noun: French Polynesian(s) adjective: French Polynesian

Gabon noun: Gabonese (singular and plural) adjective: Gabonese

Gambia, The noun: Gambian(s) adjective: Gambian

Gaza Strip noun: NA adjective: NA

Georgia noun: Georgian(s) adjective: Georgian

Germany noun: German(s) adjective: German

Ghana noun: Ghanaian(s) adjective: Ghanaian

Gibraltar noun: Gibraltarian(s) adjective: Gibraltar

Greece noun: Greek(s) adjective: Greek

Greenland noun: Greenlander(s) adjective: Greenlandic

Grenada noun: Grenadian(s) adjective: Grenadian

Guam noun: Guamanian(s) (US citizens) adjective: Guamanian

Guatemala noun: Guatemalan(s) adjective: Guatemalan

Guernsey noun: Channel Islander(s) adjective: Channel Islander

Guinea noun: Guinean(s) adjective: Guinean

Guinea-Bissau noun: Guinean(s) adjective: Guinean

Guyana noun: Guyanese (singular and plural) adjective: Guyanese

Haiti noun: Haitian(s) adjective: Haitian

Holy See (Vatican City) noun: none adjective: none

Honduras noun: Honduran(s) adjective: Honduran

Hong Kong noun: Chinese/Hong Konger adjective: Chinese/Hong Kong

Hungary noun: Hungarian(s) adjective: Hungarian

Iceland noun: Icelander(s) adjective: Icelandic

India noun: Indian(s) adjective: Indian

Indonesia noun: Indonesian(s) adjective: Indonesian

Iran noun: Iranian(s) adjective: Iranian

Iraq noun: Iraqi(s) adjective: Iraqi

Ireland noun: Irishman(men), Irishwoman(women), Irish (collective plural) adjective: Irish

Isle of Man noun: Manxman (men), Manxwoman (women) adjective: Manx

Israel noun: Israeli(s) adjective: Israeli

Italy noun: Italian(s) adjective: Italian

Jamaica noun: Jamaican(s) adjective: Jamaican

Japan noun: Japanese (singular and plural) adjective: Japanese

Jersey noun: Channel Islander(s) adjective: Channel Islander

Jordan noun: Jordanian(s) adjective: Jordanian

Kazakhstan noun: Kazakhstani(s) adjective: Kazakhstani

Kenya noun: Kenyan(s) adjective: Kenyan

Kiribati noun: I-Kiribati (singular and plural) adjective: I-Kiribati

Korea, North noun: Korean(s) adjective: Korean

Korea, South noun: Korean(s) adjective: Korean

Kosovo noun: Kosovar (Albanian), Kosovac (Serbian) adjective: Kosovar (Albanian), Kosovski (Serbian) note: Kosovan, a neutral term, is sometimes also used as a noun or adjective

Kuwait noun: Kuwaiti(s) adjective: Kuwaiti

Kyrgyzstan noun: Kyrgyzstani(s) adjective: Kyrgyzstani

Laos noun: Lao(s) or Laotian(s) adjective: Lao or Laotian

Latvia noun: Latvian(s) adjective: Latvian

Lebanon noun: Lebanese (singular and plural) adjective: Lebanese

Lesotho noun: Mosotho (singular), Basotho (plural) adjective: Basotho

Liberia noun: Liberian(s) adjective: Liberian

Libya noun: Libyan(s) adjective: Libyan

Liechtenstein noun: Liechtensteiner(s) adjective: Liechtenstein

Lithuania noun: Lithuanian(s) adjective: Lithuanian

Luxembourg noun: Luxembourger(s) adjective: Luxembourg

Macau noun: Chinese adjective: Chinese

Macedonia noun: Macedonian(s) adjective: Macedonian

Madagascar noun: Malagasy (singular and plural) adjective: Malagasy

Malawi noun: Malawian(s) adjective: Malawian

Malaysia noun: Malaysian(s) adjective: Malaysian

Maldives noun: Maldivian(s) adjective: Maldivian

Mali noun: Malian(s) adjective: Malian

Malta noun: Maltese (singular and plural) adjective: Maltese

Marshall Islands noun: Marshallese (singular and plural) adjective: Marshallese

Mauritania noun: Mauritanian(s) adjective: Mauritanian

Mauritius noun: Mauritian(s) adjective: Mauritian

Mayotte noun: Mahorais (singular and plural) adjective: Mahoran

Mexico noun: Mexican(s) adjective: Mexican

Micronesia, Federated States of noun: Micronesian(s) adjective: Micronesian; Chuukese, Kosraen(s), Pohnpeian(s), Yapese

Moldova noun: Moldovan(s) adjective: Moldovan

Monaco noun: Monegasque(s) or Monacan(s) adjective: Monegasque or Monacan

Mongolia noun: Mongolian(s) adjective: Mongolian

Montenegro noun: Montenegrin(s) adjective: Montenegrin

Montserrat noun: Montserratian(s) adjective: Montserratian

Morocco noun: Moroccan(s) adjective: Moroccan

Mozambique noun: Mozambican(s) adjective: Mozambican

Namibia noun: Namibian(s) adjective: Namibian

Nauru noun: Nauruan(s) adjective: Nauruan

Nepal noun: Nepalese (singular and plural) adjective: Nepalese

Netherlands noun: Dutchman(men), Dutchwoman(women) adjective: Dutch

Netherlands Antilles noun: Dutch Antillean(s) adjective: Dutch Antillean

New Caledonia noun: New Caledonian(s) adjective: New Caledonian

New Zealand noun: New Zealander(s) adjective: New Zealand

Nicaragua noun: Nicaraguan(s) adjective: Nicaraguan

Niger noun: Nigerien(s) adjective: Nigerien

Nigeria noun: Nigerian(s) adjective: Nigerian

Niue noun: Niuean(s) adjective: Niuean

Norfolk Island noun: Norfolk Islander(s) adjective: Norfolk Islander(s)

Northern Mariana Islands noun: NA (US citizens) adjective: NA

Norway noun: Norwegian(s) adjective: Norwegian

Oman noun: Omani(s) adjective: Omani

Pakistan noun: Pakistani(s) adjective: Pakistani

Palau noun: Palauan(s) adjective: Palauan

Panama noun: Panamanian(s) adjective: Panamanian

Papua New Guinea noun: Papua New Guinean(s) adjective: Papua New Guinean

Paraguay noun: Paraguayan(s) adjective: Paraguayan

Peru noun: Peruvian(s) adjective: Peruvian

Philippines noun: Filipino(s) adjective: Philippine

Pitcairn Islands noun: Pitcairn Islander(s) adjective: Pitcairn Islander

Poland noun: Pole(s) adjective: Polish

Portugal noun: Portuguese (singular and plural) adjective: Portuguese

Puerto Rico noun: Puerto Rican(s) (US citizens) adjective: Puerto Rican

Qatar noun: Qatari(s) adjective: Qatari

Romania noun: Romanian(s) adjective: Romanian

Russia noun: Russian(s) adjective: Russian

Rwanda noun: Rwandan(s) adjective: Rwandan

Saint Helena noun: Saint Helenian(s) adjective: Saint Helenian note: referred to locally as "Saints"

Saint Kitts and Nevis noun: Kittitian(s), Nevisian(s) adjective: Kittitian, Nevisian

Saint Lucia noun: Saint Lucian(s) adjective: Saint Lucian

Saint Pierre and Miquelon noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women) adjective: French

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines noun: Saint Vincentian(s) or Vincentian(s) adjective: Saint Vincentian or Vincentian

Samoa noun: Samoan(s) adjective: Samoan

San Marino noun: Sammarinese (singular and plural) adjective: Sammarinese

Sao Tome and Principe noun: Sao Tomean(s) adjective: Sao Tomean

Saudi Arabia noun: Saudi(s) adjective: Saudi or Saudi Arabian

Senegal noun: Senegalese (singular and plural) adjective: Senegalese

Serbia noun: Serb(s) adjective: Serbian

Seychelles noun: Seychellois (singular and plural) adjective: Seychellois

Sierra Leone noun: Sierra Leonean(s) adjective: Sierra Leonean

Singapore noun: Singaporean(s) adjective: Singapore

Slovakia noun: Slovak(s) adjective: Slovak

Slovenia noun: Slovene(s) adjective: Slovenian

Solomon Islands noun: Solomon Islander(s) adjective: Solomon Islander

Somalia noun: Somali(s) adjective: Somali

South Africa noun: South African(s) adjective: South African

Spain noun: Spaniard(s) adjective: Spanish

Sri Lanka noun: Sri Lankan(s) adjective: Sri Lankan

Sudan noun: Sudanese (singular and plural) adjective: Sudanese

Suriname noun: Surinamer(s) adjective: Surinamese

Swaziland noun: Swazi(s) adjective: Swazi

Sweden noun: Swede(s) adjective: Swedish

Switzerland noun: Swiss (singular and plural) adjective: Swiss

Syria noun: Syrian(s) adjective: Syrian

Taiwan noun: Taiwan (singular and plural) note: example - he or she is from Taiwan; they are from Taiwan adjective: Taiwan

Tajikistan noun: Tajikistani(s) adjective: Tajikistani

Tanzania noun: Tanzanian(s) adjective: Tanzanian

Thailand noun: Thai (singular and plural) adjective: Thai

Timor-Leste noun: Timorese adjective: Timorese

Togo noun: Togolese (singular and plural) adjective: Togolese

Tokelau noun: Tokelauan(s) adjective: Tokelauan

Tonga noun: Tongan(s) adjective: Tongan

Trinidad and Tobago noun: Trinidadian(s), Tobagonian(s) adjective: Trinidadian, Tobagonian

Tunisia noun: Tunisian(s) adjective: Tunisian

Turkey noun: Turk(s) adjective: Turkish

Turkmenistan noun: Turkmen(s) adjective: Turkmenistani

Turks and Caicos Islands noun: none adjective: none

Tuvalu noun: Tuvaluan(s) adjective: Tuvaluan

Uganda noun: Ugandan(s) adjective: Ugandan

Ukraine noun: Ukrainian(s) adjective: Ukrainian

United Arab Emirates noun: Emirati(s) adjective: Emirati

United Kingdom noun: Briton(s), British (collective plural) adjective: British

United States noun: American(s) adjective: American

Uruguay noun: Uruguayan(s) adjective: Uruguayan

Uzbekistan noun: Uzbekistani adjective: Uzbekistani

Vanuatu noun: Ni-Vanuatu (singular and plural) adjective: Ni-Vanuatu

Venezuela noun: Venezuelan(s) adjective: Venezuelan

Vietnam noun: Vietnamese (singular and plural) adjective: Vietnamese

Virgin Islands noun: Virgin Islander(s) (US citizens) adjective: Virgin Islander

Wallis and Futuna noun: Wallisian(s), Futunan(s), or Wallis and Futuna Islanders adjective: Wallisian, Futunan, or Wallis and Futuna Islander

West Bank noun: NA adjective: NA

Western Sahara noun: Sahrawi(s), Sahraoui(s) adjective: Sahrawi, Sahrawian, Sahraouian

Yemen noun: Yemeni(s) adjective: Yemeni

Zambia noun: Zambian(s) adjective: Zambian

Zimbabwe noun: Zimbabwean(s) adjective: Zimbabwean

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@2111 Natural resources

Afghanistan natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semiprecious stones

Albania petroleum, natural gas, coal, bauxite, chromite, copper, iron ore, nickel, salt, timber, hydropower

Algeria petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc

American Samoa pumice, pumicite

Andorra hydropower, mineral water, timber, iron ore, lead

Angola petroleum, diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, copper, feldspar, gold, bauxite, uranium

Anguilla salt, fish, lobster

Antarctica iron ore, chromium, copper, gold, nickel, platinum and other minerals, and coal and hydrocarbons have been found in small uncommercial quantities; none presently exploited; krill, finfish, and crab have been taken by commercial fisheries

Antigua and Barbuda NEGL; pleasant climate fosters tourism

Arctic Ocean sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, oil and gas fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales)

Argentina fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium

Armenia small deposits of gold, copper, molybdenum, zinc, bauxite

Aruba NEGL; white sandy beaches

Ashmore and Cartier Islands fish

Atlantic Ocean oil and gas fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales), sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, precious stones

Australia bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum note: Australia is the world's largest net exporter of coal accounting for 29% of global coal exports

Austria oil, coal, lignite, timber, iron ore, copper, zinc, antimony, magnesite, tungsten, graphite, salt, hydropower

Azerbaijan petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, nonferrous metals, bauxite

Bahamas, The salt, aragonite, timber, arable land

Bahrain oil, associated and nonassociated natural gas, fish, pearls

Bangladesh natural gas, arable land, timber, coal

Barbados petroleum, fish, natural gas

Belarus forests, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas, granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, clay

Belgium construction materials, silica sand, carbonates

Belize arable land potential, timber, fish, hydropower

Benin small offshore oil deposits, limestone, marble, timber

Bermuda limestone, pleasant climate fostering tourism

Bhutan timber, hydropower, gypsum, calcium carbonate

Bolivia tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, gold, timber, hydropower

Bosnia and Herzegovina coal, iron ore, bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, cobalt, manganese, nickel, clay, gypsum, salt, sand, forests, hydropower

Botswana diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash, coal, iron ore, silver

Bouvet Island none

Brazil bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber

British Indian Ocean Territory coconuts, fish, sugarcane

British Virgin Islands NEGL

Brunei petroleum, natural gas, timber

Bulgaria bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, coal, timber, arable land

Burkina Faso manganese, limestone, marble; small deposits of gold, phosphates, pumice, salt

Burma petroleum, timber, tin, antimony, zinc, copper, tungsten, lead, coal, marble, limestone, precious stones, natural gas, hydropower

Burundi nickel, uranium, rare earth oxides, peat, cobalt, copper, platinum, vanadium, arable land, hydropower, niobium, tantalum, gold, tin, tungsten, kaolin, limestone

Cambodia oil and gas, timber, gemstones, iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential

Cameroon petroleum, bauxite, iron ore, timber, hydropower

Canada iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas, hydropower

Cape Verde salt, basalt rock, limestone, kaolin, fish, clay, gypsum

Cayman Islands fish, climate and beaches that foster tourism

Central African Republic diamonds, uranium, timber, gold, oil, hydropower

Chad petroleum, uranium, natron, kaolin, fish (Lake Chad), gold, limestone, sand and gravel, salt

Chile copper, timber, iron ore, nitrates, precious metals, molybdenum, hydropower

China coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, uranium, hydropower potential (world's largest)

Christmas Island phosphate, beaches

Clipperton Island fish

Cocos (Keeling) Islands fish

Colombia petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, nickel, gold, copper, emeralds, hydropower

Comoros NEGL

Congo, Democratic Republic of the cobalt, copper, niobium, tantalum, petroleum, industrial and gem diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, manganese, tin, uranium, coal, hydropower, timber

Congo, Republic of the petroleum, timber, potash, lead, zinc, uranium, copper, phosphates, gold, magnesium, natural gas, hydropower

Cook Islands NEGL

Coral Sea Islands NEGL

Costa Rica hydropower

Cote d'Ivoire petroleum, natural gas, diamonds, manganese, iron ore, cobalt, bauxite, copper, gold, nickel, tantalum, silica sand, clay, cocoa beans, coffee, palm oil, hydropower

Croatia oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, gypsum, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower

Cuba cobalt, nickel, iron ore, chromium, copper, salt, timber, silica, petroleum, arable land

Cyprus copper, pyrites, asbestos, gypsum, timber, salt, marble, clay earth pigment

Czech Republic hard coal, soft coal, kaolin, clay, graphite, timber

Denmark petroleum, natural gas, fish, salt, limestone, chalk, stone, gravel and sand

Djibouti geothermal areas, gold, clay, granite, limestone, marble, salt, diatomite, gypsum, pumice, petroleum

Dominica timber, hydropower, arable land

Dominican Republic nickel, bauxite, gold, silver

Ecuador petroleum, fish, timber, hydropower

Egypt petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, manganese, limestone, gypsum, talc, asbestos, lead, zinc

El Salvador hydropower, geothermal power, petroleum, arable land

Equatorial Guinea petroleum, natural gas, timber, gold, bauxite, diamonds, tantalum, sand and gravel, clay

Eritrea gold, potash, zinc, copper, salt, possibly oil and natural gas, fish

Estonia oil shale, peat, phosphorite, clay, limestone, sand, dolomite, arable land, sea mud

Ethiopia small reserves of gold, platinum, copper, potash, natural gas, hydropower

European Union iron ore, natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, lead, zinc, bauxite, uranium, potash, salt, hydropower, arable land, timber, fish

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) fish, squid, wildlife, calcified seaweed, sphagnum moss

Faroe Islands fish, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas

Fiji timber, fish, gold, copper, offshore oil potential, hydropower

Finland timber, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, nickel, gold, silver, limestone

France metropolitan France: coal, iron ore, bauxite, zinc, uranium, antimony, arsenic, potash, feldspar, fluorspar, gypsum, timber, fish French Guiana: gold deposits, petroleum, kaolin, niobium, tantalum, clay

French Polynesia timber, fish, cobalt, hydropower

French Southern and Antarctic Lands fish, crayfish note: Glorioso Islands and Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses) have guano, phosphates, and coconuts

Gabon petroleum, natural gas, diamond, niobium, manganese, uranium, gold, timber, iron ore, hydropower

Gambia, The fish, titanium (rutile and ilmenite), tin, zircon, silica sand, clay, petroleum

Gaza Strip arable land, natural gas

Georgia forests, hydropower, manganese deposits, iron ore, copper, minor coal and oil deposits; coastal climate and soils allow for important tea and citrus growth

Germany coal, lignite, natural gas, iron ore, copper, nickel, uranium, potash, salt, construction materials, timber, arable land

Ghana gold, timber, industrial diamonds, bauxite, manganese, fish, rubber, hydropower, petroleum, silver, salt, limestone

Gibraltar none

Greece lignite, petroleum, iron ore, bauxite, lead, zinc, nickel, magnesite, marble, salt, hydropower potential

Greenland coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, molybdenum, diamonds, gold, platinum, niobium, tantalite, uranium, fish, seals, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas

Grenada timber, tropical fruit, deepwater harbors

Guam aquatic wildlife (supporting tourism), fishing (largely undeveloped)

Guatemala petroleum, nickel, rare woods, fish, chicle, hydropower

Guernsey cropland

Guinea bauxite, iron ore, diamonds, gold, uranium, hydropower, fish, salt

Guinea-Bissau fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, clay, granite, limestone, unexploited deposits of petroleum

Guyana bauxite, gold, diamonds, hardwood timber, shrimp, fish

Haiti bauxite, copper, calcium carbonate, gold, marble, hydropower

Heard Island and McDonald Islands fish

Holy See (Vatican City) none

Honduras timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower

Hong Kong outstanding deepwater harbor, feldspar

Hungary bauxite, coal, natural gas, fertile soils, arable land

Iceland fish, hydropower, geothermal power, diatomite

India coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land

Indian Ocean oil and gas fields, fish, shrimp, sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules

Indonesia petroleum, tin, natural gas, nickel, timber, bauxite, copper, fertile soils, coal, gold, silver

Iran petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, iron ore, lead, manganese, zinc, sulfur

Iraq petroleum, natural gas, phosphates, sulfur

Ireland natural gas, peat, copper, lead, zinc, silver, barite, gypsum, limestone, dolomite

Isle of Man none

Israel timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand

Italy coal, mercury, zinc, potash, marble, barite, asbestos, pumice, fluorspar, feldspar, pyrite (sulfur), natural gas and crude oil reserves, fish, arable land

Jamaica bauxite, gypsum, limestone

Jan Mayen none

Japan negligible mineral resources, fish note: with virtually no energy natural resources, Japan is the world's largest importer of coal and liquefied natural gas as well as the second largest importer of oil

Jersey arable land

Jordan phosphates, potash, shale oil

Kazakhstan major deposits of petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, manganese, chrome ore, nickel, cobalt, copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc, bauxite, gold, uranium

Kenya limestone, soda ash, salt, gemstones, fluorspar, zinc, diatomite, gypsum, wildlife, hydropower

Kiribati phosphate (production discontinued in 1979)

Korea, North coal, lead, tungsten, zinc, graphite, magnesite, iron ore, copper, gold, pyrites, salt, fluorspar, hydropower

Korea, South coal, tungsten, graphite, molybdenum, lead, hydropower potential

Kosovo nickel, lead, zinc, magnesium, lignite, kaolin, chrome, bauxite

Kuwait petroleum, fish, shrimp, natural gas