16,341,777 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: NA% National product per capita: $10,000 (1989 est.) Environment: northern mountains geologically unstable and subject to landslides, active volcanoes, destructive earthquakes, tsunami; deforestation; soil erosion; industrial pollution; water pollution; air pollution; desertification Note: world's fourth-largest country (after Russia and other figures, moving about on the question
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