population as of 1 July for the same year.

GDP - real growth rate: This entry gives GDP growth on an annual basis
adjusted for inflation and expressed as a percent.

Geographic coordinates: This entry includes rounded latitude and
longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate
geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of
Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic
Names and on other sources.

Geographic names: This information is presented in [7]Appendix H:
Cross-Reference List of Geographic Names which indicates where various
geographic names - including alternate names, former names, political
or geographical portions of larger entities, and the location of all
US Foreign Service posts - can be found in The World Factbook.
Spellings are normally, but not always, those approved by the US Board
on Geographic Names (BGN). Alternate names are included in
parentheses, while additional information is included in brackets.

Geography: This category includes the entries dealing with the natural
environment and the effects of human activity.

Geography - note: This entry includes miscellaneous geographic
information of significance not included elsewhere.

GNP: Gross national product (GNP) is the value of all final goods and
services produced within a nation in a given year, plus income earned
by its citizens abroad, minus income earned by foreigners from
domestic production. The Factbook, following current practice, uses
GDP rather than GNP to measure national production. However, the user
must realize that in certain countries net remittances from citizens
working abroad may be important to national well-being.

Government: This category includes the entries dealing with the system
for the adoption and administration of public policy.

Government type: This entry gives the basic form of government (e.g.,
republic, constitutional monarchy, federal republic, parliamentary
democracy, military dictatorship).

Government - note: This entry includes miscellaneous government
information of significance not included elsewhere.

Gross domestic product: see GDP

Gross national product: see GNP

Gross world product: see GWP

GWP: This entry gives the gross world product (GWP) or aggregate value
of all final goods and services produced worldwide in a given year.

Heliports: This entry gives the total number of established helicopter
takeoff and landing sites (