over 3,659 m; 23 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 16 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications:
adequate domestic and international services; 4,800,000 telephones;
broadcast stations - 79 AM, 46 FM, 256 TV (57 of 1 kW or greater); satellite
earth stations - 2 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT and 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT

:Korea, South Defense Forces

Branches:
Army, Navy, Marines Corps, Air Force
Manpower availability:
males 15-49, 13,131,113; 8,456,428 fit for military service; 448,450 reach
military age (18) annually
Defense expenditures:
exchange rate conversion - $12.6 billion, 4.5% of GNP (1992 budget)

:Kuwait Geography

Total area:
17,820 km2
Land area:
17,820 km2
Comparative area:
slightly smaller than New Jersey
Land boundaries:
462 km; Iraq 240 km, Saudi Arabia 222 km
Coastline:
499 km
Maritime claims:
Continental shelf:
not specific
Territorial sea:
12 nm
Disputes:
in April 1991 official Iraqi acceptance of UN Security Council Resolution
687, which demands that Iraq accept the inviolability of the boundary set
forth in its 1963 agreement with Kuwait, ending earlier claims to Bubiyan
and Warbah Islands or to all of Kuwait; a UN Boundary Demarcation Commission
is demarcating the Iraq-Kuwait boundary persuant to Resolution 687, and, on
17 June 1992, the UN Security Council reaffirmed the finality of the
Boundary Demarcation Commission's decisions; ownership of Qaruh and Umm al
Maradim Islands disputed by Saudi Arabia
Climate:
dry desert; intensely hot summers; short, cool winters
Terrain:
flat to slightly undulating desert plain
Natural resources:
petroleum, fish, shrimp, natural gas
Land use:
arable land NEGL%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 8%; forest and
woodland NEGL%; other 92%; includes irrigated NEGL%
Environment:
some of world's largest and most sophisticated desalination facilities
provide most of water; air and water pollution; desertification
Note:
strategic location at head of Persian Gulf

:Kuwait People

Population:
1,378,613 (July 1992), growth rate NA (1992)
Birth rate:
32 births/1,000 population (1992)
Death rate:
2 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
Net migration rate:
NA migrants/1,000 population (1992)
Infant mortality rate:
14 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
Life expectancy at birth:
72 years male, 76 years female