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Ecuador refugees (country of origin): 11,526 (Colombia); note - UNHCR estimates as many as 250,000 Columbians are seeking asylum in Ecuador, many of whom do not register as refugees for fear of deportation (2007)
Egypt refugees (country of origin): 60,000 - 80,000 (Iraq); 70,198 (Palestinian Territories); 12,157 (Sudan) (2007)
Eritrea IDPs: 32,000 (border war with Ethiopia from 1998-2000; most IDPs are near the central border region) (2007)
Ethiopia refugees (country of origin): 66,980 (Sudan); 16,576 (Somalia); 13,078 (Eritrea) IDPs: 200,000 (border war with Eritrea from 1998-2000, ethnic clashes in Gambela, and ongoing Ethiopian military counterinsurgency in Somali region; most IDPs are in Tigray and Gambela Provinces) (2007)
Gabon refugees (country of origin): 7,178 (Republic of Congo) (2007)
Gambia, The refugees (country of origin): 5,955 (Sierra Leone) (2007)
Gaza Strip refugees (country of origin): 1.017 million (Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA)) (2007)
Georgia refugees (country of origin): 1,100 (Russia) IDPs: 220,000-240,000 (displaced from Abkhazia and South Ossetia) (2007)
Ghana refugees (country of origin): 35,653 (Liberia); 8,517 (Togo) (2007)
Guatemala IDPs: undetermined (the UN does not estimate there are any IDPs, although some NGOs estimate over 200,000 IDPs as a result of over three decades of internal conflict that ended in 1996) (2007)
Guinea refugees (country of origin): 21,856 (Liberia); 5,259 (Sierra Leone); 3,900 (Cote d'Ivoire) IDPs: 19,000 (cross-border incursions from Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone) (2007)
Guinea-Bissau refugees (country of origin): 7,454 (Senegal) (2007)
India refugees (country of origin): 77,200 (Tibet/China); 69,609 (Sri Lanka); 9,472 (Afghanistan) IDPs: at least 600,000 (about half are Kashmiri Pandits from Jammu and Kashmir) (2007)
Indonesia IDPs: 200,000-350,000 (government offensives against rebels in Aceh; most IDPs in Aceh, Central Kalimantan, Central Sulawesi Provinces, and Maluku) (2007)
Iran refugees (country of origin): 914,268 (Afghanistan); 54,024 (Iraq) (2007)
Iraq refugees (country of origin): 10,000-15,000 (Palestinian Territories); 11,773 (Iran); 16,832 (Turkey) IDPs: 2.4 million (ongoing US-led war and ethno-sectarian violence) (2007)
Israel IDPs: 150,000-420,000 (Arab villagers displaced from homes in northern Israel) (2007)
Jordan refugees (country of origin): 1,835,704 (Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA)); 500,000 (Iraq) IDPs: 160,000 (1967 Arab-Israeli War) (2007)
Kazakhstan refugees (country of origin): 3,700 (Russia); 508 (Afghanistan) (2007)
Kenya refugees (country of origin): 173,702 (Somalia); 73,004 (Sudan); 16,428 (Ethiopia) IDPs: 250,000-400,000 (2007 post-election violence; KANU attacks on opposition tribal groups in 1990s) (2007)
Korea, North IDPs: undetermined (flooding in mid-2007 and famine during mid-1990s) (2007)
Kosovo IDP's: 21,000 (2007)
Lebanon refugees (country of origin): 405,425 (Palestinian refugees (UNRWA)); 50,000-60,000 (Iraq) IDPs: 17,000 (1975-90 civil war, Israeli invasions); 200,000 (July-August 2006 war) (2007)
Liberia refugees (country of origin): 12,600 (Cote d'Ivoire) IDPs: 13,000 (civil war from 1990-2004; IDP resettlement began in November 2004) (2007)
Libya refugees (country of origin): 8,000 (Palestinian Territories) (2007)
Macedonia IDPs: fewer than 1,000 (ethnic conflict in 2001) (2007)
Malaysia refugees (country of origin): 15,174 (Indonesia); 21,544 (Burma) (2007)
Maldives IDPs: 1,000-10,000 (December 2004 tsunami victims) (2007)
Mali refugees (country of origin): 6,300 (Mauritania) (2007)
Mexico IDPs: 5,500-10,000 (government's quashing of Zapatista uprising in 1994 in eastern Chiapas Region) (2007)
Montenegro refugees (country of origin): 7,000 (Kosovo); note - mostly ethnic Serbs and Roma who fled Kosovo in 1999 IDPs: 16,192 (ethnic conflict in 1999 and riots in 2004) (2007)
Namibia refugees (country of origin): 4,700 (Angola) (2007)
Nepal refugees (country of origin): 107,803 (Bhutan); 20,153 (Tibet/China) IDPs: 50,000-70,000 (remaining from ten-year Maoist insurgency that officially ended in 2006; displacement spread across the country) (2007)
Nigeria refugees (country of origin): 5,778 (Liberia) IDPs: undetermined (communal violence between Christians and Muslims since President OBASANJO's election in 1999; displacement is mostly short-term) (2007)
Pakistan refugees (country of origin): 1,043,984 (Afghanistan) IDPs: undetermined (government strikes on Islamic militants in South Waziristan); 34,000 (October 2005 earthquake; most of those displaced returned to their home villages in the spring of 2006) (2007)
Papua New Guinea refugees (country of origin): 10,177 (Indonesia) (2007)
Peru IDPs: 60,000-150,000 (civil war from 1980-2000; most IDPs are indigenous peasants in Andean and Amazonian regions) (2007)
Philippines IDPs: 300,000 (fighting between government troops and MILF and Abu Sayyaf groups) (2007)
Russia IDPs: 18,000-160,000 (displacement from Chechnya and North Ossetia) (2007)
Rwanda refugees (country of origin): 46,272 (Democratic Republic of the Congo); 4,400 (Burundi) (2007)
Saudi Arabia refugees (country of origin): 240,015 (Palestinian Territories) (2007)
Senegal refugees (country of origin): 19,630 (Mauritania) IDPs: 22,400 (approximately 65% of the IDP population returned in 2005, but new displacement is occurring due to clashes between government troops and separatists in Casamance region) (2007)
Serbia refugees (country of origin): 71,111 (Croatia); 27,414 (Bosnia and Herzegovina); 206,000 (Kosovo), note - mostly ethnic Serbs and Roma who fled Kosovo in 1999 (2007)
Sierra Leone refugees (country of origin): 27,311 (Liberia) (2007)
Solomon Islands IDPs: 5,400 (displaced by tsunami on 2 April 2007) (2007)
Somalia IDPs: 1.1 million (civil war since 1988, clan-based competition for resources) (2007)
South Africa refugees (country of origin): 10,772 (Democratic Republic of Congo); 7,818 (Somalia); 5,759 (Angola) (2007)
Sri Lanka IDPs: 460,000 (both Tamils and non-Tamils displaced due to long-term civil war between the government and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)) (2007)
Sudan refugees (country of origin): 157,220 (Eritrea); 25,023 (Chad); 11,009 (Ethiopia); 7,895 (Uganda); 5,023 (Central African Republic) IDPs: 5.3 - 6.2 million (civil war 1983-2005; ongoing conflict in Darfur region) (2007)
Syria refugees (country of origin): 1-1.4 million (Iraq); 522,100 (Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA)) IDPs: 305,000 (most displaced from Golan Heights during 1967 Arab-Israeli War) (2007)
Tanzania refugees (country of origin): 352,640 (Burundi); 127,973 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2007)
Thailand refugees (country of origin): 132,241 (Burma) (2007)
Timor-Leste IDPs: 100,000 (2007)
Togo refugees (country of origin): 5,000 (Ghana) IDPs: 1,500 (2007)
Turkey IDPs: 1-1.2 million (fighting 1984-99 between Kurdish PKK and Turkish military; most IDPs in southeastern provinces) (2007)
Turkmenistan refugees (country of origin): 11,173 (Tajikistan); less than 1,000 (Afghanistan) (2007)
Uganda refugees (country of origin): 215,700 (Sudan); 28,880 (Democratic Republic of Congo); 24,900 (Rwanda) IDPs: 1.27 million (350,000 IDPs returned in 2006 following ongoing peace talks between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda) (2007)
United States refugees (country of origin): the US admitted 62,643 refugees during FY04/05 including; 10,586 (Somalia); 8,549 (Laos); 6,666 (Russia); 6,479 (Cuba); 3,100 (Haiti); 2,136 (Iran) (2006)
Uzbekistan refugees (country of origin): 39,202 (Tajikistan); 1,060 (Afghanistan) IDPs: 3,400 (forced population transfers by government from villages near Tajikistan border) (2007)
West Bank refugees (country of origin): 722,000 (Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA)) (2007)
World the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimated that in December 2006 there was a global population of 8.8 million registered refugees and as many as 24.5 million IDPs in more than 50 countries; the actual global population of refugees is probably closer to 10 million given the estimated 1.5 million Iraqi refugees displaced throughout the Middle East (2007)
Yemen refugees (country of origin): 91,587 (Somalia) (2007)
Zambia refugees (country of origin): 42,565 (Angola); 60,874 (Democratic Republic of the Congo); 4,100 (Rwanda) (2007)
Zimbabwe refugees (country of origin): 2,500 (Democratic Republic of Congo) IDPs: 569,685 (MUGABE-led political violence, human rights violations, land reform, and economic collapse) (2007)
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@2195 GDP (official exchange rate)
Afghanistan $8.842 billion (2007 est.)
Albania $10.62 billion (2007 est.)
Algeria $131.6 billion (2007 est.)
American Samoa $333.8 million (2005)
Andorra $NA
Angola $61.36 billion (2007 est.)
Anguilla $108.9 million (2004 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda $1.089 billion (2007 est.)
Argentina $260 billion (2007 est.)
Armenia $7.974 billion (2007 est.)
Aruba $2.258 billion (2005 est.)
Australia $908.8 billion (2007 est.)
Austria $373.9 billion (2007 est.)
Azerbaijan $31.32 billion (2007 est.)
Bahamas, The $6.586 billion (2007 est.)
Bahrain $19.66 billion (2007 est.)
Bangladesh $72.42 billion (2007 est.)
Barbados $3.739 billion (2007 est.)
Belarus $44.77 billion (2007 est.)
Belgium $453.6 billion (2007 est.)
Belize $1.274 billion (2007 est.)
Benin $5.433 billion (2007 est.)
Bermuda $NA
Bhutan $1.308 billion (2007 est.)
Bolivia $13.19 billion (2007 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina $14.78 billion (2007 est.)
Botswana $12.31 billion (2007 est.)
Brazil $1.314 trillion (2007 est.)
British Virgin Islands $839.7 million (2003)
Brunei $12.39 billion (2007 est.)
Bulgaria $39.61 billion (2007 est.)
Burkina Faso $6.977 billion (2007 est.)
Burma $13.53 billion (2007 est.)
Burundi $1.001 billion (2007 est.)
Cambodia $8.604 billion (2007 est.)
Cameroon $20.65 billion (2007 est.)
Canada $1.432 trillion (2007 est.)
Cape Verde $1.428 billion (2007 est.)
Cayman Islands $NA
Central African Republic $1.714 billion (2007 est.)
Chad $7.095 billion (2007 est.)
Chile $163.8 billion (2007 est.)
China $3.251 trillion (2007 est.)
Colombia $171.6 billion (2007 est.)
Comoros $442 million (2007 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the $10.14 billion (2007 est.)
Congo, Republic of the $7.657 billion (2007 est.)
Cook Islands $183.2 million (2005 est.)
Costa Rica $26.24 billion (2007 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire $19.6 billion (2007 est.)
Croatia $51.36 billion (2007 est.)
Cuba $45.58 billion (2007 est.)
Cyprus $21.3 billion (2007 est.)
Czech Republic $175.3 billion (2007 est.)
Denmark $311.9 billion (2007 est.)
Djibouti $841 million (2007 est.)
Dominica $311 million (2007 est.)
Dominican Republic $36.4 billion (2007 est.)
Ecuador $44.18 billion (2007 est.)
Egypt $127.9 billion (2007 est.)
El Salvador $20.37 billion (2007 est.)
Equatorial Guinea $10.49 billion (2007 est.)
Eritrea $1.316 billion (2007 est.)
Estonia $21.28 billion (2007 est.)
Ethiopia $19.43 billion (2007 est.)
European Union $16.62 trillion (2007 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) $NA
Faroe Islands $1.7 billion (2005 est.)
Fiji $3.409 billion (2007 est.)
Finland $245 billion (2007 est.)
France $2.56 trillion (2007 est.)
French Polynesia $3.8 billion (2002)
Gabon $11.3 billion (2007 est.)
Gambia, The $653 million (2007 est.)
Gaza Strip $5.328 billion (includes West Bank) (2006 est.)
Georgia $10.29 billion (2007 est.)
Germany $3.322 trillion (2007 est.)
Ghana $14.86 billion (2007 est.)
Gibraltar $1.066 billion (2005 est.)
Greece $314.6 billion (2007 est.)
Greenland $1.7 billion (2005)
Grenada $590 million (2007 est.)
Guam $2.773 billion (2001)
Guatemala $33.69 billion (2007 est.)
Guernsey $2.742 billion (2005)
Guinea $4.714 billion (2007 est.)
Guinea-Bissau $343 million (2007 est.)
Guyana $1.039 billion (2007 est.)
Haiti $5.435 billion (2007 est.)
Honduras $12.28 billion (2007 est.)
Hong Kong $206.7 billion (2007 est.)
Hungary $138.4 billion (2007 est.)
Iceland $20 billion (2007 est.)
India $1.099 trillion (2007 est.)
Indonesia $432.9 billion (2007 est.)
Iran $294.1 billion (2007 est.)
Iraq $60.12 billion (2007 est.)
Ireland $258.6 billion (2007 est.)
Isle of Man $2.719 billion (2005 est.)
Israel $161.9 billion (2007 est.)
Italy $2.105 trillion (2007 est.)
Jamaica $11.21 billion (2007 est.)
Japan $4.384 trillion (2007 est.)
Jersey $5.1 billion (2005 est.)
Jordan $16.01 billion (2007 est.)
Kazakhstan $103.8 billion (2007 est.)
Kenya $29.3 billion (2007 est.)
Kiribati $67 million (2007 est.)
Korea, North $25.96 billion (2007 est.)
Korea, South $957.1 billion (2007 est.)
Kosovo $3.237 billion (2007 est.)
Kuwait $111.3 billion (2007 est.)
Kyrgyzstan $3.748 billion (2007 est.)
Laos $4.028 billion (2007 est.)
Latvia $27.34 billion (2007 est.)
Lebanon $24.64 billion (2007 est.)
Lesotho $1.6 billion (2007 est.)
Liberia $730 million (2007 est.)
Libya $57.06 billion (2007 est.)
Liechtenstein $36.33 billion (2007 est.)
Lithuania $38.35 billion (2007 est.)
Luxembourg $50.16 billion (2007 est.)
Macau $14.3 billion (2006)
Macedonia $7.497 billion (2007 est.)
Madagascar $7.322 billion (2007 est.)
Malawi $3.538 billion (2007 est.)
Malaysia $186.5 billion (2007 est.)
Maldives $1.049 billion (2007 est.)
Mali $6.745 billion (2007 est.)
Malta $7.419 billion (2007 est.)
Marshall Islands $144 million (2005)
Mauritania $2.756 billion (2007 est.)
Mauritius $6.959 billion (2007 est.)
Mayotte $NA
Mexico $893.4 billion (2007 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of $232 million (2005)
Moldova $4.227 billion (2007 est.)
Monaco $NA
Mongolia $3.905 billion (2007 est.)
Montenegro $2.974 billion (2007 est.)
Montserrat $NA
Morocco $73.43 billion (2007 est.)
Mozambique $7.559 billion (2007 est.)
Namibia $7.4 billion (2007 est.)
Nauru $NA
Nepal $9.627 billion (2007 est.)
Netherlands $768.7 billion (2007 est.)
Netherlands Antilles $NA
New Caledonia $3.3 billion (2003 est.)
New Zealand $128.1 billion (2007 est.)
Nicaragua $5.723 billion (2007 est.)
Niger $4.174 billion (2007 est.)
Nigeria $166.8 billion (2007 est.)
Niue $10.01 million (2003)
Northern Mariana Islands $633.4 million (2000)
Norway $391.5 billion (2007 est.)
Oman $40.06 billion (2007 est.)
Pakistan $143.8 billion (2007 est.)
Palau $145 million (2005)
Panama $19.74 billion (2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea $6.001 billion (2007 est.)
Paraguay $10.87 billion (2007 est.)
Peru $109.1 billion (2007 est.)
Philippines $144.1 billion (2007 est.)
Poland $420.3 billion (2007 est.)
Portugal $223.3 billion (2007 est.)
Puerto Rico $NA (2007 est.)
Qatar $67.76 billion (2007 est.)
Romania $166 billion (2007 est.)
Russia $1.29 trillion (2007 est.)
Rwanda $3.32 billion (2007 est.)
Saint Helena $NA
Saint Kitts and Nevis $527 million (2007 est.)
Saint Lucia $958 million (2007 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon $NA
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $559 million (2007 est.)
Samoa $397 million (2007 est.)
San Marino $1.048 billion (2004)
Sao Tome and Principe $144 million (2007 est.)
Saudi Arabia $376 billion (2007 est.)
Senegal $11.12 billion (2007 est.)
Serbia $41.68 billion (2007 est.)
Seychelles $710 million (2007 est.)
Sierra Leone $1.664 billion (2007 est.)
Singapore $161.3 billion (2007 est.)
Slovakia $74.99 billion (2007 est.)
Slovenia $46.08 billion (2007 est.)
Solomon Islands $358 million (2007 est.)
Somalia $2.509 billion (2007 est.)
South Africa $282.6 billion (2007 est.)
Spain $1.439 trillion (2007 est.)
Sri Lanka $30.01 billion (2007 est.)
Sudan $46.16 billion (2007 est.)
Suriname $2.404 billion (2007 est.)
Swaziland $2.936 billion (2007 est.)
Sweden $455.3 billion (2007 est.)
Switzerland $423.9 billion (2007 est.)
Syria $37.76 billion (2007 est.)
Taiwan $383.3 billion (2007 est.)
Tajikistan $3.712 billion (2007 est.)
Tanzania $16.18 billion (2007 est.)
Thailand $245.7 billion (2007 est.)
Timor-Leste $459 million (2007 est.)
Togo $2.497 billion (2007 est.)
Tokelau $NA
Tonga $219 million (2007 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago $20.7 billion (2007 est.)
Tunisia $35.01 billion (2007 est.)
Turkey $663.4 billion (2007 est.)
Turkmenistan $26.91 billion (2007 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands $NA
Tuvalu $14.94 million (2002)
Uganda $11.23 billion (2007 est.)
Ukraine $140.5 billion (2007 est.)
United Arab Emirates $192.6 billion (2007 est.)
United Kingdom $2.773 trillion (2007 est.)
United States $13.84 trillion (2007 est.)
Uruguay $22.95 billion (2007 est.)
Uzbekistan $22.31 billion (2007 est.)
Vanuatu $455 million (2007 est.)
Venezuela $236.4 billion (2007 est.)
Vietnam $70.02 billion (2007 est.)
Virgin Islands $NA
Wallis and Futuna $NA
West Bank $5.328 billion (includes Gaza Strip) (2006 est.)
Western Sahara $NA
World GWP (gross world product): $54.62 trillion (2007 est.)
Yemen $21.66 billion (2007 est.)
Zambia $11.16 billion (2007 est.)
Zimbabwe $641 million note: hyperinflation and the plunging value of the Zimbabwean dollar makes Zimbabwe's GDP at the official exchange rate a highly inaccurate statistic (2007 est.)
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@2196 Trafficking in persons
Albania current situation: Albania is a source country for women and girls trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor; it is no longer considered a major country of transit; Albanian victims are trafficked to Greece, Italy, Macedonia, and Kosovo, with many trafficked onward to Western European countries; children were also trafficked to Greece for begging and other forms of child labor; approximately half of all Albanian trafficking victims are under age 18; internal sex trafficking of women and children is on the rise tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Albania is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat trafficking in persons in 2007, particularly in the area of victim protection; the government did not appropriately identify trafficking victims during 2007, and has not demonstrated that it is vigorously investigating or prosecuting complicit officials (2008)
Algeria current situation: Algeria is a transit country for men and women trafficked from sub-Saharan Africa to Europe for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and involuntary servitude; Algerian children are trafficked internally for the purpose of domestic servitude or street vending tier rating: Tier 3 - Algeria did not report any serious law enforcement actions to punish traffickers who force women into commercial sexual exploitation or men into involuntary servitude in 2007; the government again reported no investigations of trafficking of children for domestic servitude or improvements in protection services available to victims of trafficking; Algeria still lacks victim protection services, and its failure to distinguish between trafficking and illegal migration may result in the punishment of victims of trafficking (2008)
Argentina current situation: Argentina is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor; most victims are trafficked within the country, from rural to urban areas; child sex tourism is a problem; foreign women and children, primarily from Paraguay, Brazil, and the Dominican Republic, are trafficked to Argentina for commercial sexual exploitation; Argentine women and girls are also trafficked to neighboring countries, Mexico, and Western Europe for sexual exploitation; a significant number of Bolivians, Peruvians, and Paraguayans are trafficked into the country for forced labor in sweatshops, agriculture, and as domestic servants tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - despite some progress, Argentina remains on the Tier 2 Watch List for the third consecutive year for its failure to show evidence of increasing efforts to combat human trafficking, particularly in terms of providing adequate assistance to victims and curbing official complicity with trafficking activity, especially on the provincial and local levels; the Argentine Congress has demonstrated progress by enacting much-needed and first-ever federal anti-trafficking legislation (2008)
Armenia current situation: Armenia is primarily a source country for women and girls trafficked to the UAE and Turkey for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation; Armenian men and women are trafficked to Turkey and Russia for the purpose of forced labor tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Armenia is placed on the Tier 2 Watch List for a fourth consecutive year; its efforts to increase compliance with the minimum standards were assessed based on its commitments to undertake future actions, particularly in the areas of improving victim protection and assistance; while the government elevated anti-trafficking responsibilities to the ministerial level, adopted a new National Action Plan, and drafted a National Referral Mechanism, it has yet to show tangible progress in identifying and protecting victims or in tackling trafficking complicity of government officials; the Armenian Government made some notable improvements in its anti-trafficking law enforcement efforts, but it failed to demonstrate evidence of investigations, prosecutions, convictions, and sentences of officials complicit in trafficking (2008)
Azerbaijan current situation: Azerbaijan is primarily a source and transit country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor; women and some children from Azerbaijan are trafficked to Turkey and the UAE for the purpose of sexual exploitation; men and boys are trafficked to Russia for the purpose of forced labor; Azerbaijan serves as a transit country for victims from Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Moldova trafficked to Turkey and the UAE for sexual exploitation tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Azerbaijan is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat trafficking in persons, particularly efforts to investigate, prosecute, and punish traffickers; to address complicity among law enforcement personnel; and to adequately identify and protect victims in Azerbaijan; the government has yet to develop a much-needed mechanism to identify potential trafficking victims and refer them to safety and care; poor treatment of trafficking victims in courtrooms continues to be a problem (2008)