16.18 trillion kWh (2004 est.)

Electricity - exports:
562.2 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
568.5 billion kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
83 million bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
82.59 million bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - proved reserves:
1.326 trillion bbl (1 January 2002 est.)

Natural gas - production:
2.824 trillion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
2.82 trillion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
810.9 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
828 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
172.2 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)

Exports:
$12.45 trillion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and services

Exports - partners:
US 15.6%, Germany 7.4%, China 5.7%, France 4.9%, UK 4.7%, Japan
4.5% (2005)

Imports:
$12.08 trillion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and services

Imports - partners:
China 9.3%, Germany 9%, US 9%, Japan 6.1%, France 4.2% (2005)

Debt - external:
$44.62 trillion
note: this figure is the sum total of all countries' external debt,
both public and private (2004 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$154 billion official development assistance (ODA) (2004)

Communications World

Telephones - main lines in use:
1,263,367,600 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
2,168,433,600 (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: NA
international: NA

Radio broadcast stations:
AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA

Radios:
NA

Television broadcast stations:
NA

Televisions:
NA

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
10,350 (2000 est.)

Internet users:
1,018,057,389 (2005)

Transportation World

Airports:
49,024 (2006)

Heliports:
2,021 (2006)

Railways:
total: 1,115,205 km
broad gauge: 257,481 km
standard gauge: 671,413 km
narrow gauge: 186,311 km (2003)

Roadways:
total: 32,345,165 km
paved: 19,403,061 km
unpaved: 12,942,104 km (2002)

Waterways:
671,886 km (2004)

Merchant marine:
total: 33,222 ships (1000 GRT or over) (2006)

Military World

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
aggregate real expenditure on arms worldwide has increased in the
beginning of the 21st century, with the largest increase in the US;
a rough estimate for 2005 is $1.2 trillion (at