country's list

Country Region Widely Spoken Language Major Religion Major Imports

Afghanistan AsiaAfghan Persian (Dari) 50 %, Pashto 35%, Uzbek &

Turkmen 11%Muslim 99%

Food, petroleum products, consumer

goods

Albania Europe Albanian (Tosk is the official dialect), Greek Muslim 70% Machinery, consumer

goods, grainsAlgeria - Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria Africa Arabic Muslim 99%

Capital goods, food and beverages, consumer

goodsAmerican Samoa AustralasiaAndorra - Principality of Andorra Europe Catalán Roman Catholic Consumer goods, food

Angola - Republic of Angola Africa Portuguese Roman Catholic 65%

Capital equipment (machinery and

electrical equipment), food, vehicles and

spare parts, textiles and clothing,

medicines; substantial military deliveries

Anguilla CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda Caribbean English Anglican

Argentina - Argentine Republic South America Spanish Nominally Roman Catholic 90%

Machinery and equipment, chemicals,

metals, fuels and lubricants, agricultural

productsArmenia - Republic of Armenia Asia Armenian Armenian Orthodox

94%Grain, other foods, fuel, other energy

Aruba Caribbean

Australia - Commonwealth of Australia Australasia English Christian

Machinery and transport equipment, computers and office machines, crude oil

and petroleum products

Austria - Republic of Austria Europe German Roman Catholic 85%

Petroleum, foodstuffs, machinery and

equipment, vehicles, chemicals, textiles and

clothing, pharmaceuticals

Azerbaijan - Azerbaijani Republic Asia Azeri 89% Muslim 93.4%

Machinery and parts, consumer durables, foodstuffs, textiles

Bahamas North AmericaBahrain - State of Bahrain Middle East Arabic Shiite Muslim 60%

Sunni Muslim 25%Non-oil (petroleum

products containing no

oil), crude oilBangladesh - People’s Republic of Bangladesh Asia Bangla Muslim 83%

Capital goods, petroleum, food,

textiles

Barbados Caribbean English Protestant 67%

Consumer goods, machinery, foodstuffs, construction materials,

chemicals, fuel, electrical components

Belarus - Republic of Belarus Europe Belarusian Eastern Orthodox

Fuel, natural gas, industrial raw

materials, textiles, sugar

Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium Europe Dutch 56%, French 32% Roman Catholic 75% Fuels, grains, chemicals, foodstuffs

Belize North America EnglishRoman Catholic 60%

Protestant 30%

Machinery and transport equipment, food, manufactured

goods, fuels, chemicals, pharmaceuticals

Benin - Republic of Benin Africa FrenchIndigenous beliefs 70% Muslim 15% Christian

15%

Foodstuffs, beverages, tobacco, petroleum

products, intermediate goods, capital goods, light consumer goods

Bermuda Caribbean

Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan Asia Dzongkha Lamaistic Buddhism 75%

Fuel and lubricants, grain, machinery and

parts, vehicles, fabrics, rice

Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia South AmericaSpanish (official),

Quechua (official), Aymara (official)

Roman Catholic 95%Capital goods,

chemicals, petroleum, food

Bosnia-Herzegovina - Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe

Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian

(three official languages)

Muslim 40% Orthodox 31% Catholic 15%

Fuels and lubricants, machinery and

transport equipment, other manufactured

goods, chemicals, raw materials, food, live animals, beverages,

tobacco

Botswana - Republic of Botswana Africa English Indigenous beliefs 50%

Christian 50%

Foodstuffs, vehicles and transport

equipment, textiles, petroleum products

Bouvet Island Africa

Brazil - Federative Republic of Brazil South America Portuguese Roman Catholic 73%

Crude oil, capital goods, chemical

products, foodstuffs, coal

Brunei - Negara Brunei Asia Malay Muslim 63% Machinery and

Darussalam (Nation of Brunei, Abode of Peace)

transport equipment, manufactured goods,

food, chemicals

Bulgaria - Republic of Bulgaria Europe Bulgarian Bulgarian Orthodox 85% Muslim 13%

Fuels, minerals, raw materials, machinery

and equipment, manufactured

consumer goods, agricultural products

Burkina Faso Africa French

Muslim 50% Indigenous beliefs 40% Christian

10%Machinery, food

products, petroleum

Burundi - Republic of Burundi Africa Kirundi (official), French (official) Roman Catholic 62%

Capital goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs, consumer

goods

Cambodia Asia Khmer Theravada Buddhism 95%

Cigarettes, construction materials,

petroleum products, machinery

Cameroon - Republic of Cameroon Africa English (official), French

(official)

Christian 53% Indigenous beliefs 25%

Muslim 22%

Machines and electrical equipment, food, consumer goods,

transport equipment

Canada North America English (official), French (official)

Roman Catholic 46% United Church 16%

Anglican 10% Other or non-religious 28%

Crude oil, chemicals, motor vehicles and

parts, durable consumer goods,

computers, telecommunication

equipment and parts

Cape Verde - Republic of Cape Verde Africa Portuguese

Roman Catholicism fused with indigenous

beliefs

Foodstuffs, consumer goods, industrial

products, transport equipment

Cayman Islands Caribbean

Central African Republic Africa French

Protestant 25% Roman Catholic 25 %

Indigenous beliefs 24% Muslim 15%

Food, textiles, petroleum products, machinery, electrical

equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals,

pharmaceuticals, consumer goods,

industrial products

Chad - Republic of Chad Africa French (official), Arabic (official)

Muslim 50% Christian 25% Indigenous beliefs

and animism 25%

Machinery and transport equipment,

industrial goods, petroleum products,

foodstuffsChile - Republic of Chile South America Spanish Roman Catholic 89% Capital goods, spare

Protestant 11% parts, raw materials, petroleum, foodstuffs

China - People’s Republic of China Asia

Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua,

based on the Beijing dialect), Yue

(Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei

(Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese),

Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects

Officially atheist, but traditionally eclectic.

Daoism (Taoism), Buddhism,

Confucianism, and small factions practicing

Muslim (2 per cent) and Christianity (1 per cent)

Steel, motor vehicles, textile machinery, oil

products, aircraft

Christmas Island AustralasiaCocos (Keeling) Islands Australasia

Colombia - Republic of Colombia South America Spanish Roman Catholic

Industrial equipment, transport equipment,

consumer goods, chemicals, paper

products

Comoros - Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros Africa Arabic (official), French

(official) Sunni Muslim 86%

Rice and other foodstuffs, petroleum

products, cement, consumer goods

Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Zaire) - Republic of the Congo

Africa French Christian 50% Animist 48% Muslim 2%

Intermediate manufactured goods,

capital equipment, construction materials,

foodstuffs

Congo, Republic of - Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Africa French

Roman Catholic 50% Protestant 20%

Kimbanguist (indigenous Christian)

10% Muslim 10%

Consumer goods, foodstuffs, raw

materials

Cook Islands Australasia

Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica North America Spanish Roman Catholic 95%

Raw materials, consumer goods,

capital equipment, petroleum

Croatia - Republic of Croatia Europe CroatianRoman Catholic 76.5

Orthodox 11.1 Muslim 1.2%

Machinery and transport equipment, fuels and lubricants, food and livestock,

chemicals, manufactured goods,

raw materials, beverages, tobacco

Cuba - Republic of Cuba Caribbean Spanish Non-religious (including atheist) 55% Roman

Catholic 40% Protestant

Petroleum, food, machinery, chemicals

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Cyprus - Republic of Cyprus Europe Greek, Turkish, English Greek Orthodox 78% Muslim 18%

Consumer goods, petroleum and

lubricants, food and feed grains, machinery

Czech Republic Europe Czech, Slovak, German, Russian, English

None (atheist) 40% Roman Catholic 39%

Protestant 4.6% Orthodox 3%

Machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, chemicals, fuels and

lubricants, raw materials, agricultural

products

Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark Europe

Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit

dialect), German

Evangelical Lutheran 91%

Petroleum, machinery and equipment,

chemicals, grain and foodstuffs, textiles,

paper

Djibouti - Republic of Djibouti AfricaFrench (official), Arabic (official), Somali, Afar Muslim 96%

Foods, beverages, transport equipment, chemicals, petroleum

products

Dominica - Commonwealth of Dominica Caribbean English


Manufactured goods, machinery and

equipment, food, chemicals

Dominican Republic Caribbean Spanish Roman Catholic 95%

Foodstuffs, petroleum, cotton and fabrics,

chemicals and pharmaceuticals

Ecuador - Republic of Ecuador South America Spanish Roman Catholic 95%

Transport equipment, consumer goods,

vehicles, machinery, chemicals

Egypt - Arab Republic of Egypt Africa Arabic (official) Muslim 94%

Machinery and equipment, foods, fertilizers, wood

products, durable consumer goods,

capital goodsEl Salvador - Republic of El Salvador North America Spanish Roman Catholic 75%

Protestant 25%

Raw materials, consumer goods,

capital goods

Equatorial Guinea - Republic of Equatorial Guinea Africa Spanish

Nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic; indigenous

practises

Petroleum, food, beverages, clothing,

machinery

Eritrea - State of Eritrea Africa Tigre, Afar, Bilien, Hedareb, Kunama, Nara,

Rashaida, Saho, Tigrinya, English, Arabic

Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman

Catholic, Protestant, indigenous beliefs

N/a

(animism)

Estonia - Republic of Estonia Europe EstonianLutheran, Russian Orthodox, other

Protestant

Machinery, fuels, vehicles, textiles

Ethiopia - Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Africa

Amharic (official), Tigrinya, Orominga,

Ge'ez, Guraga, Somali, Arabic, English (major

foreign language taught in schools)

Ethiopian Orthodox 45-50% Muslim 35-40%

Capital goods, consumer goods, fuel

Falkland Islands South AmericaFaroe Islands Europe

Fiji - Republic of Fiji Australasia English (official), Fijian, Hindustani

Hindu 38% Methodist 37% Roman Catholic 9%

Muslim 8%

Machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products,

food, consumer goods, chemicals

Finland -Republic of Finland Europe

Finnish (official) 93.5% Swedish (official) 6.3%


Foodstuffs, petroleum and petroleum

products, chemicals, transport equipment,

iron and steel, machinery, textile yarn

and fabrics, fodder grains

France - French Republic Europe

French, regional dialects and languages

(Provençal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalán, Basque, Flemish), English

Roman Catholic 90%

Crude oil, machinery and equipment,

agricultural products, chemicals, iron and

steel products

French Guiana South America

Gabon - Gabonese Republic Africa French

Roman Catholic 60% Protestant 20% Animists

and Muslims 20%

Foodstuffs, chemical products, petroleum

products, construction materials,

manufactured goods, machinery

Gambia Africa

Georgia - Republic of Georgia Europe Georgian

Georgian Orthodox 65% Russian Orthodox 11%

Muslim 10%

Fuel, grains and other foods, machinery and

parts, transport equipment

Germany - Federal Republic of Germany Europe German, English,

Russian, Serbian

Protestant 45% Roman Catholic 37%

Manufactured goods, agricultural products, fuels, raw materials

Ghana -Republic of Ghana Africa English

Indigenous beliefs 38% Muslim 30% Christian

24%

Petroleum, consumer goods, foods,

intermediate goods, capital equipment

Gibraltar Europe

Greece - Hellenic Republic Europe Greek Greek Orthodox 98% Muslim 1.3%

Manufactured goods, foodstuffs, chemical

products, fuelsGreenland Europe

Grenada Caribbean English

Roman Catholic 60% Anglican and other

Protestant denominations 35%

Food, manufactured goods, machinery,

chemicals, fuel

Guadeloupe (French) CaribbeanGuam (USA) Australasia

Guatemala - Republic of Guatemala North America Spanish

Roman Catholic, Protestant, traditional

Mayan

Fuel and petroleum products, machinery,

grain, fertilizers, motor vehicles

Guinea - Republic of Guinea Africa French Muslim 85% Christian 8%

Petroleum products, metals, machinery,

transport equipment, foodstuffs, textiles, and

grain

Guinea Bissau - Republic of Guinea-Bissau Africa Portuguese Indigenous beliefs 65%

Muslim 30%

Foodstuffs, transport equipment, petroleum products, machinery

and equipmentGuyana - Cooperative Republic of Guyana South America

English, Hindi, Urdu, Native American

dialects

Christian 57% Hindu 33% Muslim 9%

Manufactured goods, machinery, petroleum,

food

Haiti - Republic of Haiti Caribbean French (official), Creole (official)

Roman Catholic (most of whom

also practise Voodoo) 80% Protestant 16%

Machines and manufactured goods, food and beverages, petroleum products,

chemicals, fats and oilsHoly See Europe

Honduras - Republic of Honduras North America

Spanish, Native American dialects,

Creole EnglishRoman Catholic 97%


chemical products, manufactured goods, fuel and oil, foodstuffs

Hong Kong Asia

Hungary - Republic of Hungary Europe Hungarian (Magyar)Roman Catholic 67.5%

Calvinist 20%

Fuels and energy, raw materials, semi-finished goods, machinery and

transport equipment, consumer goods, food

and agricultural products

Iceland - Republic of Iceland Europe Icelandic (official), Danish, English


Machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products,

foodstuffs, textiles

India - Republic of India Asia Hindi (Urdu) Hindu 82% Muslim 12%

Crude oil and petroleum products,

machinery, gems, fertilizer, chemicals

Indonesia - Republic of Indonesia Asia

Bahasa Indonesia (modified form of

Malay; official)Muslim 87%

Capital equipment, intermediate and raw materials, consumer

goods, fuels

Iran - Islamic Republic of Iran Middle East Persian (Farsi) Shiite Muslim 95% Sunni Muslim 4%

Machinery, military supplies, metal works,

foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, technical services,

refined oil products

Iraq - Republic of Iraq Middle EastArabic, Kurdish (official

in Kurdish regions), Assyrian, Armenian

Muslim 97% Manufactured goods, food

Ireland - Republic of Ireland Europe

Irish (Gaelic) is spoken mainly in areas along

the western coast; English is the language

generally used

Roman Catholic 93%

Food, animal feed, data-processing

equipment, petroleum and petroleum

products, machinery, textiles, clothing

Israel - State of Israel Middle East Jewish Hebrew

Military equipment, investment goods,

rough diamonds, oil, consumer goods

Italy - Italian Republic Europe Italian Roman Catholic 98%

Industrial machinery, chemicals, transport

equipment, petroleum, metals, food,

agricultural productsIvory Coast (Cote D`Ivoire) - Republic of Côte d’Ivoire Africa French Indigenous 65% Muslim

23% Christian 12%Food, capital goods,

consumer goods, fuel

Jamaica Caribbean English

Protestant 55.9% Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, and other 39.1 % Roman

Catholic 5%


construction materials, fuel, food, chemicals

Japan Asia Japanese Observe both Shinto and Buddhism 84%

Manufactured goods, fossil fuels, foodstuffs,

raw materials

Jordan - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Middle East Arabic Sunni Muslim 92%

Crude oil, machinery, transport equipment,

food, livestock, manufactured goods

Kazakhstan -Republic of Kazakhstan Asia Kazakh (Qazaq, official

language)

Muslim 47% Russian Orthodox 44%

Machinery and parts, industrial materials, oil,

gas



Kenya - Republic of Kenya Africa English


Indigenous beliefs 10% Muslim 6%


petroleum and petroleum products, iron and steel, raw materials, food and

consumer goodsKiribati Australasia

Kuwait - State of Kuwait Middle East Arabic

Sunni Muslim 45% Shiite Muslim 30% Other

Muslim 10% Christian, Hindu, Parsi, and other

15%

Food, construction materials, vehicles and

parts, clothing

Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz Republic Asia Kyrgyz

Muslim 70% Russian Orthodox and other

30%

Grain, timber, industrial products, ferrous metals, fuel, machinery, textiles,

footwearLaos - Lao People’s Democratic Republic Asia Lao

Buddhist 60% Animist and other 40%

Food, fuel oil, consumer goods,

manufactured goods

Latvia - Republic of Latvia Europe LatvianLutheran, Roman Catholic, Russian

Orthodox

Fuels, cars, ferrous metals, chemicals

Lebanon - Lebanese Republic Middle East Arabic (official), French (official)

Muslim 70% Christian 30%

Consumer goods, machinery and

transport equipment, petroleum products

Lesotho - Kingdom of Lesotho AfricaSesotho (southern

Sotho, official), English (official), Zulu, Xhosa


Muslim 1%

maize, building materials, clothing,

vehicles, machinery, medicines, petroleum

Liberia - Republic of Liberia Africa English Indigenous 70% Muslim 20% Christian 10%

Mineral fuels, chemicals, machinery, transport equipment,

rice and other foodstuff

Libya - Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahi Africa Arabic Muslim 97%

Machinery, transport equipment, food,

manufactured goodsLiechtenstein Europe

Lithuania -Republic of Lithuania Europe Lithuanian

Mostly Roman Catholic; Lutheran, other

Protestant, Muslim, Jewish

Oil, machinery, chemicals, grain

Luxembourg - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Europe Luxembourgisch (official), German (official), French

Roman Catholic 97% Minerals, metals, foodstuffs, quality consumer goods

(official), EnglishMacau AsiaMacedonia Europe

Madagascar - Republic of Madagascar Africa French (official),

Malagasy (official)

Indigenous beliefs 52% Christians 41% Muslim

7%

Intermediate manufactured goods,

capital goods, petroleum, consumer

goods, food

Malawi - Republic of Malawi Africa English (official), Chichewa (official)

Protestant 55% Roman Catholic 20% Muslim

20%

Food, petroleum products, semi-

manufactured goods, consumer goods,

transport equipment

Malaysia - Federation of Malaysia Asia Malay Muslim, Buddhist,

Hindu

Machinery and equipment, chemicals,

food, petroleum products

Maldives - Republic of Maldives Asia Divehi (dialect of

Sinhala), English Muslim

Consumer goods, intermediate and

capital goods, petroleum products

Mali - Republic of Mali Africa French Muslim 90%

Machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, construction materials,

petroleum, textiles

Malta - Republic of Malta Europe Maltese (official), English (official), Italian Roman Catholic 98%

Food, petroleum, machinery and semi-manufactured goods

Marshall Islands AustralasiaMartinique (French) CaribbeanMauritania -Islamic Republic of Mauritania Africa Hasaniya Arabic Muslim 100%

Foodstuffs, consumer goods, petroleum

products, capital goods

Mauritius -Republic of Mauritius Africa

English (official), Creole, French, Hindi, Urdu,

Hakka, Bojpoori, other

Hindu 52% Christian 28% Muslim 17%

Manufactured goods, capital equipment,

foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals

Mayotte Africa

Mexico - United Mexican States North America Spanish

Nominally Roman Catholic 89%

Protestant, other, or none 11%

Metalworking machinery, steel-mill products, agricultural machinery, electrical

equipment, motor vehicle parts for

assembly, repair parts for motor vehicles, aircraft and aircraft

partsMicronesia AustralasiaMoldova - Republic of Europe Romanian, Russian, Eastern Orthodox 98.5% Oil, gas, coal, steel,




Moldova Gagauz machinery, foodstuffs, motor vehicles, other

consumer durablesMonaco Europe

Mongolia Asia Khalkha MongolPredominantly Tibetan

Buddhist, Muslim minority

Machinery and equipment, fuels, food

products, industrial consumer goods,

chemicals, building materials, sugar, tea

Montenegro EuropeMontserrat Caribbean

Morocco - Kingdom of Morocco Africa Arabic Muslim 98.7%

Capital goods, semi-processed goods, raw

materials, fuel and lubricants, food and

beverages, consumer goods

Mozambique - Republic of Mozambique Africa Portuguese

Indigenous beliefs 60% Christian 30% Muslim

10%

Food, clothing, farm equipment, petroleum

Myanmar - Union of Myanmar Asia Burmese Buddhist 89% Muslim 4%

Machinery, transport equipment, chemicals,

food products

Namibia - Republic of Namibia Africa English Christian 90%

Foodstuffs, petroleum products and fuel,

machinery and equipment

Nauru AustralasiaNepal - Kingdom of Nepal Asia Nepali Hindu 90% Petroleum products,

fertilizer, machinery

Netherlands - Kingdom of the Netherlands Europe Dutch

Roman Catholic 34% Protestant 25% Muslim

3%

Raw materials and semi-finished products,

consumer goods, machinery and

transport equipment, crude oil, food

productsNetherlands Antilles CaribbeanNew Caledonia (French) Australasia

New Zealand Australasia English (official), Maori (official)

Anglican 24% Presbyterian 18%

Roman Catholic 15% Other Christian 10% None or unspecified

33%

Machinery and equipment, vehicles

and aircraft, petroleum, consumer

goods

Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua

North America Spanish Roman Catholic 95% Consumer goods, machinery and

equipment, petroleum

products

Niger - Republic of Niger Africa French

Muslim 80% Indigenous beliefs and Christian

20%

Consumer goods, primary materials,

machinery, vehicles and parts, petroleum,

cereals

Nigeria - Federal Republic of Nigeria Africa English Muslim 50% Christian

40%

Machinery and equipment,

manufactured goods, food and animals

Niue AustralasiaNorfolk Island Australasia

North Korea - Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Asia Korean

Buddhism and Confucianism, some

Christianity and syncretic Ch'ondogyo

Petroleum, grain, coking coal, machinery

and equipment, consumer goods

Northern Mariana Islands Asia

Norway - Kingdom of Norway Europe Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran 87.8%

Machinery and equipment, chemicals

and other industrial inputs, manufactured

consumer goods, foodstuffs

Oman - Sultanate of Oman Middle East Arabic

Ibadhi Muslim 75% Sunni Muslim, Shiite

Muslim,Hindu, and other 25%

Machinery, transport equipment,

manufactured goods, food, livestock,

lubricants

Pakistan - Islamic Republic of Pakistan Asia Urdu

Sunni Muslim 77% Shiite Muslim 20% Christian, Hindu, and other 3 %

Petroleum, petroleum products, machinery, transport equipment, vegetable oils, animal

fats, chemicalsPalau Australasia

Panama - Republic of Panama North America Spanish Roman Catholic 85% Protestant 15%

Capital goods, crude oil, foodstuffs,

consumer goods, chemicals

Papua New Guinea -Independent State of Papua New Guinea

Australasia

Melanesian and Papuan languages and dialects,

English (official), Melanesian Pidgin (Tok Pisin); Motu spoken in

Papua region

Protestant 44% Roman Catholic 22% Indigenous

beliefs 34%


manufactured goods, food, fuels, chemicals

Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay South America Spanish Roman Catholic 90%

Capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods, raw materials,

fuelsPeru - Republic of Peru South America Spanish (official),

Quechua (official), Roman Catholic 95% Machinery, transport

equipment, foodstuffs,

Aymara, Englishpetroleum, iron and

steel, chemicals, pharmaceuticals

Philippines - Republic of the Philippines Asia Filipino

Roman Catholic 83% Protestant 9% Muslim

5%

Raw materials, capital goods, petroleum

products

Pitcairn Island Australasia

Poland - Republic of Poland Europe Polish Roman Catholic 95%

Machinery, metals, wood and paper

products, petroleum, natural gas, textiles,

chemicals, food, electrical goods

Polynesia (French) Australasia

Portugal - Portuguese Republic Europe Portuguese Roman Catholic 97%

Machinery and transport equipment, agricultural products, chemicals, petroleum,

textilesPuerto Rico Caribbean

Qatar - State of Qatar Middle East Arabic Muslim 95%Machinery and

equipment, consumer goods, food, chemicals

Reunion Africa

Romania Europe Romanian Romanian Orthodox 70%

Minerals, machinery and equipment,

textiles, agricultural goods

Russia - Russian Federation Europe Russian Russian Orthodox, Muslim, other

Machinery and equipment, medical supplies, chemicals,

consumer goods, foodstuffs, wood and paper products, semi-

finished metal products

Rwanda - Rwandese Republic AfricaKinyarwanda (official),

French (official), Kiswahili

Roman Catholic 65% Indigenous beliefs and other 25% Protestant

9% Muslim 1%

Textiles, foodstuffs, clothing, machines and

equipment, steel, petroleum products, transport equipment, construction materials

Saint Helena AfricaSaint Kitts and Nevis CaribbeanSaint Lucia CaribbeanSaint Pierre and Miquelon North AmericaSaint Vincent and Grenadines CaribbeanSamoa AustralasiaSan Marino Europe

Sao Tome and Principe Africa

Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Middle East Arabic Muslim 100%

Transport equipment, chemicals, clothing,

metal products, textiles, manufactured

goods, food and livestock, wood and

paper products, precious stones,

machinery

Senegal - Republic of Senegal Africa French Muslim 92%

Foods and beverages, consumer goods,

capital goods, petroleum

Serbia EuropeSeychelles Africa

Sierra Leone - Republic of Sierra Leone Africa English

Muslim 60% Indigenous beliefs 30% Christian

10%Foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, fuels

Singapore - Republic of Singapore Asia

Chinese (official), Malay (official and national), Tamil (official), English

(official)

Buddhist (Chinese), Muslim (Malays),

Christian, Hindu, Sikh, Taoist, Confucianist

Aircraft, petroleum, chemicals, foodstuffs

Slovakia - Slovak Republic Europe Slovak

Roman Catholic 60.3% Protestant 8.4%

Orthodox 4.1% Other 17.5% None (atheist)

9.7%

Machinery, transport equipment, fuels and

lubricants, manufactured goods,

raw materials, chemicals, agricultural

products

Slovenia - Republic of Slovenia EuropeSlovenian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian,

Hungarian, Italian, other

Roman Catholic (including

2 per cent Uniate) 96% Muslim 1% Jewish 3%


intermediate manufactured goods,

chemicals, raw materials, fuels and

lubricants, foodSolomon Islands Australasia

Somalia - Somali Democratic Republic Africa Somali Muslim 99% Christian

1%

Petroleum products, food and livestock,

fertilizers, machinery, textiles, construction

materials

South Africa - Republic of South Africa Africa

English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele, Northern Sotho,

Southern Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, and

Venda (all 11 languages are official).

Christian, Hindu, Muslim, indigenous

beliefs, Jewish

Machinery, transport and electrical

equipment, chemicals, plastics, rubber, paper,

textiles, precision instruments

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands South America

South Korea - Republic of Korea Asia Korean

Christianity 48.6% Buddhism 47.4% Confucianism 3%

Machinery, electronics and electronic

equipment, oil, steel, transport equipment,

textiles, organic chemicals, grains

South Sudan Africa

Spain - Kingdom of Spain Europe Castilian Spanish Roman Catholic 99%

Machinery, transport equipment, fuels,

electrical equipment, food and livestock, consumer goods,

chemicals, minerals, plastics, rubber goods, hides and skins, wood and paper products,

textiles, building materials, precious and semi-precious stones, precision instruments

Sri Lanka - Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Asia Sinhala

Theravada Buddhist 69% Hindu 15%

Christian 8% Muslim 8%

Textiles and textile materials, machinery

and equipment, transport equipment, petroleum, building

materials

Sudan - Republic of the Sudan Africa Arabic

Sunni Muslim 70% Indigenous beliefs 25%

Christian 5%

Foodstuffs, petroleum products,

manufactured goods, machinery and

equipment, medicines, chemicals, textiles

Suriname - Republic of Suriname South America Dutch

Hindu 27% Protestant 25% Roman Catholic

23% Muslim 20%

Capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs,

cotton, consumer goods

Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands Europe

Swaziland - Kingdom of Swaziland Africa English (official), Siswati

(official)


Motor vehicles, machinery, transport

equipment, petroleum products, foodstuffs,

chemicals

Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden Europe Swedish Evangelical Lutheran 94%

Machinery, petroleum and petroleum

products, chemicals, motor vehicles,

foodstuffs, iron and steel, clothing


Switzerland - Swiss Confederation Europe

German (official), French (official), Italian

(official), Romansch (official), English, and

others

Roman Catholic 47.6% Protestant 44.3%

Agricultural products, machinery, transport

equipment, chemicals, textiles, clothing,

building materials, energy, metal

products, fuels, paper products, plastics

Syria - Syrian Arab Republic Middle East Arabic

Sunni Muslim 73% Alawite, Druze, and

other Muslim factions 16% Christian 10%

Foodstuffs, metal products, machinery

Taiwan Asia Mandarin ChineseMixture of Buddhist,Confucian, and Taoist

93%

Petroleum, machinery, electrical components,

gold, transport equipment, basic

manufactured goods, chemicals and

minerals, metals, foodstuffs

Tajikistan - Republic of Tajikistan Asia Tajik

Sunni Muslim 80% Ismaili Muslim 5% Shiite

Muslim, Russian Orthodox, Jewish 15%

Fuel, chemicals, machinery and

transport equipment, textiles, foodstuffs

Tanzania -United Republic of Tanzania Africa

Swahili (official), English (official; used for

commerce, administration, and higher education)

Mainland: Christian 45% Muslim 35% Hindu,

indigenous beliefs, and other 20%

Zanzibar Island: Muslim 99%

Manufactured goods, machinery, transport equipment, crude oil,

foodstuffs, construction materials

Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand Asia Thai Buddhist 95% Muslim 3.8%

Petroleum products, food and livestock,

transport equipment, machinery, chemicals,

iron and steel, consumer goods

Timor-Leste (East Timor) Australasia

Togo - Togolese Republic Africa FrenchIndigenous beliefs 50% Christians 35% Muslim

15%

Machinery and equipment, consumer goods, food, chemical

productsTokelau Australasia

Tonga - Kingdom of Tonga Australasia Tongan (official), English (official) Christian

Food products, machinery, transport

equipment, manufactured goods,

fuels, chemicals



Trinidad and Tobago - Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean

English (official), Hindi, French, Spanish,

Chinese

Roman Catholic 32.2% Hindu 24.3% Anglican

14.4% Other Protestant 14% Muslim 6%


manufactured goods, food, livestock

Tunisia - Republic of Tunisia Africa Arabic Muslim 98%

Industrial goods and equipment,

hydrocarbons, food, consumer goods

Turkey - Republic of Turkey Middle East Turkish Muslim (mostly Sunni) 99.8%

Liquid fuels, machinery, iron and

steel, transport equipment, chemicals,

plastics, rubber

Turkmenistan - Republic of Turkmenistan Asia Turkmen

Muslim (mostly Sunni) 87% Eastern Orthodox

11%

Machinery and parts, grains and food,

plastics and rubber, consumer durables,

textilesTurks and Caicos Islands CaribbeanTuvalu Australasia

Uganda - Republic of Uganda Africa English


Indigenous beliefs 18% Muslim & Others 16%

Petroleum products, machinery, metals,

transport equipment, food

Ukraine Europe Ukrainian

Ukrainian Orthodox—Moscow Patriarchate, Ukrainian Orthodox—

Kiev Patriarchate, Ukrainian

Autocephalous Orthodox, Ukrainian

Catholic (Uniate), Protestant, Jewish

Machinery and parts, transport equipment, petroleum and gas, chemicals, textiles,

food, wood and paper products, light

industrial goods

United Arab Emirates Middle East Arabic

Sunni Muslim 80% Shiite Muslim 16% Christian, Hindu, and other 4%

Manufactured goods, machinery, transport

equipment, food

United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Europe English

Anglican 47% Roman Catholic 16% Muslim 2%

Other or none 31%

Manufactured goods, machinery, semi-finished goods,

foodstuffs, consumer goods

United States - United States of America

North America English Protestant 56% Roman Catholic 28%

Crude oil and refined petroleum products,

raw materials, machinery, cars, consumer goods,

industrial raw materials, food and

livestock, chemicals, basic manufactured

goods, clothing

Uruguay - Oriental Republic of Uruguay South America Spanish

Roman Catholic 66% Other or none 30%

Protestant 2%

Machinery and equipment, vehicles, chemicals, minerals,

plastics

Uzbekistan - Republic of Uzbekistan Asia Uzbek

Muslim (mostly Sunni) 88% Eastern Orthodox

9%

Grains, machinery and parts, consumer

durables, other foods

Vanuatu - Republic of Vanuatu Australasia English

Presbyterian 36.7% Anglican 15% Catholic 15% Indigenous beliefs

7.6% Seventh-Day Adventist 6.2% Church of Christ 3.8% Others

15.7%

Machines and vehicles, food and beverages, basic manufactured goods, raw materials and fuels, chemicals

Venezuela - Republic of Venezuela South America Spanish Nominally Roman

Catholic 96%

Raw materials, machinery and

equipment, transport equipment,

construction materials

Vietnam - Socialist Republic of Vietnam Asia Vietnamese

Buddhist 55% Taoist 12% Roman Catholic

10% Indigenous beliefs, Muslim,

Protestant, Other 23%

Petroleum products, machinery and

equipment, steel products, fertilizer, raw

cotton, grains

Virgin Islands CaribbeanWallis and Futuna Islands Australasia

Yemen - Republic of Yemen Middle East Arabic

Muslim including Sha'fi (Sunni) and Zaydi

(Shi'a), small numbers of Jewish, Christian, and

Hindu

Textiles, manufactured consumer goods,

petroleum products, sugar, grain, flour, other foodstuffs,

cement, machinery, chemicals

Zambia - Republic of Zambia Africa English

Christian 50-75% Muslim and Hindu 24-

49%

Machinery, transport equipment, chemicals,

fuels, manufactured goods, foodstuffs

Zimbabwe -Republic of Zimbabwe

Africa English Syncretic (part Christian,part indigenous beliefs)

50% Christian 25% Indigenous beliefs 24% Muslim, Hindu, Other

Machinery, transport equipment, basic

manufactured goods, chemicals, fuels

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