area: 47,000 km2 comparative area: about 8.5 times the size of Washington, DC *Jarvis Island, People Population: 13,137 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 5% (1992 est.) National product per capita: $320 (1992 est.) National product per capita: $425 (1992 est.) Exports: $512 million (f.o.b., 1989) commodities: materials for canneries 56%, food 8%, petroleum products 3,900 km; natural gas 3,300 km navigable year round Ports: Freetown, Pepel, Bonthe Merchant marine: 62 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 930,780 GRT/1,674,878 DWT; includes 10 short-sea passenger, 6 passenger, 17 cargo, 1 liquefied gas, 2 passenger, 8 bulk, 1 passenger cargo Airports: total: 330 usable: 330 with permanent-surface runways: 2 with permanent-surface runways: 5 with permanent-surface runways: 9 with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 51 Telecommunications: good interisland VHF/UHF/SHF radio connections and international levels members-(58 national councils) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan Communaute Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs (CEPGL) see Economic Community (EEC or Common Market);
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