National Unit of Analysis

The nation is the Framework’s unit of analysis, against which capabilities are observed. The Framework’s reference set covers 197 nations: all 193 UN member states, the two UN observer states (the Holy See and Palestine) and two states with limited recognition (Kosovo and Taiwan).

Asia Pacific

63N · 4.8B · $39.9T

Eastern Asia6N · 1.6B · $24.5T

China1.4B$17.8T Japan125M$4.2T North Korea26.2M$24.0B South Korea51.7M$1.7T Mongolia3.4M$18.8B Taiwan23.4M$756B

Southern Asia9N · 2.0B · $4.8T

Afghanistan42.2M$14.5B Bangladesh173M$437B Bhutan780K$2.7B India1.4B$3.5T Iran89.2M$401B Maldives520K$6.9B Nepal30.9M$41.0B Pakistan241M$338B Sri Lanka21.9M$84.0B

Western Asia (Middle East)18N · 298M · $4.3T

Armenia2.8M$24.0B Azerbaijan10.3M$78.0B Bahrain1.5M$47.0B Cyprus1.3M$32.0B Georgia3.7M$30.0B Iraq45.5M$251B Israel9.8M$510B Jordan11.3M$50.0B Kuwait4.3M$160B Lebanon5.4M$18.0B Oman5.0M$108B Palestine5.4M$19.0B Qatar2.7M$235B Saudi Arabia36.9M$1.1T Syria23.2M$9.0B Türkiye85.3M$1.1T United Arab Emirates9.5M$510B Yemen33.7M$21.0B

South-Eastern Asia11N · 687M · $3.8T

Brunei450K$15.0B Cambodia16.9M$31.0B Indonesia278M$1.4T Laos7.6M$14.0B Malaysia33.9M$400B Myanmar54.6M$65.0B Philippines117M$437B Singapore5.9M$501B Thailand71.7M$514B Timor-Leste1.4M$2.0B Vietnam100M$430B

Oceania14N · 44.8M · $2.0T

Australia26.6M$1.7T New Zealand5.2M$250B Papua New Guinea10.3M$31.0B Fiji940K$5.5B Solomon Islands740K$1.6B Vanuatu330K$1.1B Samoa220K$900M Tonga110K$500M Kiribati130K$250M Micronesia110K$460M Marshall Islands42K$280M Palau18K$310M Nauru12K$150M Tuvalu11K$60M

Central Asia5N · 79.4M · $430B

Kazakhstan19.6M$260B Kyrgyzstan7.0M$12.0B Tajikistan10.1M$12.0B Turkmenistan7.1M$56.0B Uzbekistan35.6M$90.0B

Americas

35N · 1.0B · $36.2T

Northern America2N · 375M · $29.5T

Canada40.1M$2.1T United States335M$27.4T

South America12N · 439M · $4.2T

Argentina45.8M$640B Bolivia12.1M$46.0B Brazil216M$2.2T Chile19.6M$335B Colombia52.1M$364B Ecuador18.2M$119B Guyana810K$16.0B Paraguay6.8M$43.0B Peru34.4M$268B Suriname620K$4.1B Uruguay3.4M$78.0B Venezuela28.8M$96.0B

Central America8N · 181M · $2.2T

Belize410K$3.3B Costa Rica5.2M$86.0B El Salvador6.4M$33.0B Guatemala17.6M$102B Honduras10.6M$32.0B Mexico129M$1.8T Nicaragua7.0M$17.0B Panama4.5M$83.0B

Caribbean13N · 39.6M · $325B

Antigua & Barbuda94K$1.9B Bahamas400K$14.0B Barbados280K$6.5B Cuba11.0M$107B Dominica73K$600M Dominican Republic11.3M$121B Grenada118K$1.3B Haiti11.7M$22.0B Jamaica2.9M$18.0B Saint Kitts & Nevis48K$1.1B Saint Lucia180K$2.5B Saint Vincent & Grenadines103K$1.0B Trinidad & Tobago1.4M$28.0B

Africa

54N · 1.5B · $2.9T

Northern Africa6N · 264M · $980B

Algeria45.6M$240B Egypt113M$396B Libya6.9M$41.0B Morocco37.8M$144B Sudan48.1M$110B Tunisia12.5M$49.0B

Western Africa16N · 440M · $683B

Benin13.7M$19.0B Burkina Faso23.3M$20.0B Cabo Verde600K$2.6B Côte d'Ivoire28.9M$79.0B Gambia2.8M$2.3B Ghana33.5M$76.0B Guinea14.2M$22.0B Guinea-Bissau2.1M$2.0B Liberia5.4M$4.3B Mali23.3M$21.0B Mauritania4.9M$10.4B Niger27.2M$17.0B Nigeria224M$363B Senegal17.8M$31.0B Sierra Leone8.8M$4.0B Togo9.0M$9.2B

Eastern Africa18N · 483M · $558B

Burundi13.2M$3.3B Comoros850K$1.3B Djibouti1.1M$3.9B Eritrea3.7M$2.6B Ethiopia127M$156B Kenya55.0M$108B Madagascar30.3M$16.0B Malawi20.4M$13.0B Mauritius1.3M$14.0B Mozambique33.9M$19.0B Rwanda14.0M$13.7B Seychelles108K$2.1B Somalia17.6M$11.0B South Sudan11.1M$6.0B Tanzania67.4M$79.0B Uganda48.6M$49.0B Zambia20.6M$28.0B Zimbabwe16.7M$32.0B

Southern Africa5N · 69.2M · $418B

Botswana2.7M$20.0B Eswatini1.2M$4.7B Lesotho2.3M$2.4B Namibia2.6M$12.6B South Africa60.4M$378B

Middle Africa9N · 202M · $272B

Angola36.7M$93.0B Cameroon28.6M$48.0B Central African Rep.5.7M$2.5B Chad18.3M$13.0B Congo6.1M$15.0B DR Congo102M$67.0B Equatorial Guinea1.7M$12.0B Gabon2.4M$21.0B São Tomé & Príncipe230K$600M

Europe

45N · 736M · $25.5T

Western Europe9N · 198M · $10.7T

Austria9.1M$516B Belgium11.7M$627B France64.8M$3.0T Germany84.5M$4.5T Liechtenstein40K$7.4B Luxembourg660K$89.0B Monaco39K$8.6B Netherlands17.9M$1.1T Switzerland8.8M$884B

Northern Europe10N · 106M · $5.8T

Denmark6.0M$407B Estonia1.4M$38.0B Finland5.6M$300B Iceland380K$31.0B Ireland5.1M$550B Latvia1.8M$41.0B Lithuania2.8M$78.0B Norway5.5M$485B Sweden10.5M$590B United Kingdom67.0M$3.3T

Southern Europe16N · 152M · $4.8T

Albania2.8M$23.0B Andorra80K$3.7B Bosnia & Herzegovina3.2M$27.0B Croatia3.9M$80.0B Greece10.4M$244B Holy See1K$20M Italy58.9M$2.3T Kosovo1.8M$10.0B Malta550K$21.0B Montenegro620K$7.4B North Macedonia2.1M$14.8B Portugal10.5M$290B San Marino34K$1.9B Serbia6.6M$75.0B Slovenia2.1M$68.0B Spain48.4M$1.6T

Eastern Europe10N · 280M · $4.2T

Belarus9.2M$71.0B Bulgaria6.7M$102B Czechia10.5M$335B Hungary9.6M$212B Moldova2.5M$16.0B Poland36.8M$811B Romania19.0M$350B Russia144M$2.0T Slovakia5.4M$132B Ukraine36.7M$179B

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