The 2009 CIA World Factbook

by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Rank code: 2106

Country Comparison :: Maritime claims

This entry includes the following claims, the definitions of which are excerpted from the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which alone contains the full and definitive descriptions: territorial sea - the sovereignty of a coastal state extends beyond its land territory and internal waters to an adjacent belt of sea, described as the territorial sea in the UNCLOS (Part II); this sovereignty extends to the air space over the territorial sea as well as its underlying seabed and subsoil; every state has the right to establish the breadth of its territorial sea up to a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles; the normal baseline for measuring the breadth of the territorial sea is the mean low-water line along the coast as marked on large-scale charts officially recognized by the coastal state; the UNCLOS describes specific rules for archipelagic states. contiguous zone - according to the UNCLOS (Article 33), this is a zone contiguous to a coastal state's territorial sea, over which it may exercise the control necessary to: prevent infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration, or sanitary laws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea; punish infringement of the above laws and regulations committed within its territory or territorial sea; the contiguous zone may not extend beyond 24 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured (e.g. the US has claimed a 12-nautical mile contiguous zone in addition to its 12-nautical mile territorial sea). exclusive economic zone (EEZ) - the UNCLOS (Part V) defines the EEZ as a zone beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea in which a coastal state has: sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources, whether living or non-living, of the waters superjacent to the seabed and of the seabed and its subsoil, and with regard to other activities for the economic exploitation and exploration of the zone, such as the production of energy from the water, currents, and winds; jurisdiction with regard to the establishment and use of artificial islands, installations, and structures; marine scientific research; the protection and preservation of the marine environment; the outer limit of the exclusive economic zone shall not exceed 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured. continental shelf - the UNCLOS (Article 76) defines the continental shelf of a coastal state as comprising the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond its territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of its land territory to the outer edge of the continental margin, or to a distance of 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured where the outer edge of the continental margin does not extend up to that distance; the continental margin comprises the submerged prolongation of the landmass of the coastal state, and consists of the seabed and subsoil of the shelf, the slope and the rise; wherever the continental margin extends beyond 200 nautical miles from the baseline, coastal states may extend their claim to a distance not to exceed 350 nautical miles from the baseline or 100 nautical miles from the 2500 meter isobath; it does not include the deep ocean floor with its oceanic ridges or the subsoil thereof. exclusive fishing zone - while this term is not used in the UNCLOS, some states (e.g., the United Kingdom) have chosen not to claim an EEZ, but rather to claim jurisdiction over the living resources off their coast; in such cases, the term exclusive fishing zone is often used; the breadth of this zone is normally the same as the EEZ or 200 nautical miles.

Rank country Maritime claims Date of Information

1 Antigua and Barbuda 200.00 NA 2 Antigua and Barbuda 200.00 NA 3 United Arab Emirates 200.00 NA 4 Angola 200.00 NA 5 American Samoa 200.00 NA 6 Argentina 200.00 NA 7 Australia 200.00 NA 8 Anguilla 200.00 NA 9 Bermuda 200.00 NA 10 Navassa Island 200.00 NA 11 Solomon Islands 200.00 NA 12 Solomon Islands 200.00 NA 13 Benin 200.00 NA 14 Burma 200.00 NA 15 Burma 200.00 NA 16 Belize 200.00 NA 17 Bangladesh 200.00 NA 18 Bahamas, The 200.00 NA 19 China 200.00 NA 20 China 200.00 NA 21 Congo, Republic of the 200.00 NA 22 Sri Lanka 200.00 NA 23 Sri Lanka 200.00 NA 24 Cambodia 200.00 NA 25 Cambodia 200.00 NA 26 Canada 200.00 NA 27 Canada 200.00 NA 28 Brunei 200.00 NA 29 Bulgaria 200.00 NA 30 Brazil 200.00 NA 31 Brazil 200.00 NA 32 El Salvador 200.00 NA 33 Equatorial Guinea 200.00 NA 34 Ireland 200.00 NA 35 Egypt 200.00 NA 36 Ecuador 200.00 NA 37 Dominican Republic 200.00 NA 38 Dominican Republic 200.00 NA 39 Dominica 200.00 NA 40 Djibouti 200.00 NA 41 Denmark 200.00 NA 42 Cook Islands 200.00 NA 43 Cook Islands 200.00 NA 44 Cape Verde 200.00 NA 45 Cuba 200.00 NA 46 Costa Rica 200.00 NA 47 Greenland 200.00 NA 48 Greenland 200.00 NA 49 Grenada 200.00 NA 50 Ghana 200.00 NA 51 Ghana 200.00 NA 52 Georgia 200.00 NA 53 Gabon 200.00 NA 54 Gambia, The 200.00 NA 55 French Southern and Antarctic Lands200.00 NA 56 Cote d'Ivoire 200.00 NA 57 Cote d'Ivoire 200.00 NA 58 Clipperton Island 200.00 NA 59 British Indian Ocean Territory 200.00 NA 60 India 200.00 NA 61 India 200.00 NA 62 Indonesia 200.00 NA 63 Iceland 200.00 NA 64 Iceland 200.00 NA 65 Morocco 200.00 NA 66 Montserrat 200.00 NA 67 Mayotte 200.00 NA 68 Madagascar 200.00 NA 69 Madagascar 200.00 NA 70 Liberia 200.00 NA 71 Latvia 200.00 NA 72 Christmas Island 200.00 NA 73 Korea, South 200.00 NA 74 Netherlands 200.00 NA 75 Nigeria 200.00 NA 76 Vanuatu 200.00 NA 77 Vanuatu 200.00 NA 78 Norfolk Island 200.00 NA 79 Niue 200.00 NA 80 New Caledonia 200.00 NA 81 Mozambique 200.00 NA 82 Malaysia 200.00 NA 83 Yemen 200.00 NA 84 Yemen 200.00 NA 85 Samoa 200.00 NA 86 Wake Island 200.00 NA 87 Wallis and Futuna 200.00 NA 88 Namibia 200.00 NA 89 Virgin Islands 200.00 NA 90 Vietnam 200.00 NA 91 Vietnam 200.00 NA 92 British Virgin Islands 200.00 NA 93 Venezuela 200.00 NA 94 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 200.00 NA 95 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 200.00 NA 96 Uruguay 200.00 NA 97 United States 200.00 NA 98 Ukraine 200.00 NA 99 United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges200.00 NA 100 United Kingdom 200.00 NA 101 Tanzania 200.00 NA 102 Taiwan 200.00 NA 103 Tuvalu 200.00 NA 104 Timor-Leste 200.00 NA 105 Sao Tome and Principe 200.00 NA 106 Togo 200.00 NA 107 Tonga 200.00 NA 108 Tokelau 200.00 NA 109 Turks and Caicos Islands 200.00 NA 110 Thailand 200.00 NA 111 Trinidad and Tobago 200.00 NA 112 Trinidad and Tobago 200.00 NA 113 South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands200.00 NA 114 Svalbard 200.00 NA 115 Saint Lucia 200.00 NA 116 Saint Lucia 200.00 NA 117 Spain 200.00 NA 118 Somalia 200.00 NA 119 Sierra Leone 200.00 NA 120 Sierra Leone 200.00 NA 121 Saint Helena 200.00 NA 122 Senegal 200.00 NA 123 Senegal 200.00 NA 124 South Africa 200.00 NA 125 South Africa 200.00 NA 126 Seychelles 200.00 NA 127 Seychelles 200.00 NA 128 Saint Kitts and Nevis 200.00 NA 129 Saint Kitts and Nevis 200.00 NA 130 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 200.00 NA 131 Russia 200.00 NA 132 Puerto Rico 200.00 NA 133 Philippines 200.00 NA 134 Romania 200.00 NA 135 Marshall Islands 200.00 NA 136 Guinea-Bissau 200.00 NA 137 Palau 200.00 NA 138 Papua New Guinea 200.00 NA 139 Portugal 200.00 NA 140 Panama 200.00 NA 141 Pakistan 200.00 NA 142 Pakistan 200.00 NA 143 Peru 200.00 NA 144 Peru 200.00 NA 145 Pitcairn Islands 200.00 NA 146 New Zealand 200.00 NA 147 New Zealand 200.00 NA 148 Suriname 200.00 NA 149 Nauru 200.00 NA 150 Norway 200.00 NA 151 Norway 200.00 NA 152 Mexico 200.00 NA 153 Mexico 200.00 NA 154 Maldives 200.00 NA 155 Oman 200.00 NA 156 Mauritania 200.00 NA 157 Mauritania 200.00 NA 158 Mauritius 200.00 NA 159 Mauritius 200.00 NA 160 Kiribati 200.00 NA 161 Korea, North 200.00 NA 162 Kenya 200.00 NA 163 Kenya 200.00 NA 164 Jan Mayen 200.00 NA 165 Jamaica 200.00 NA 166 Jamaica 200.00 NA 167 Japan 200.00 NA 168 Honduras 200.00 NA 169 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 200.00 NA 170 Haiti 200.00 NA 171 Guyana 200.00 NA 172 Guyana 200.00 NA 173 Guinea 200.00 NA 174 Guatemala 200.00 NA 175 Germany 200.00 NA 176 France 200.00 NA 177 French Polynesia 200.00 NA 178 Faroe Islands 200.00 NA 179 Faroe Islands 200.00 NA 180 Micronesia, Federated States of 200.00 NA 181 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 200.00 NA 182 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 200.00 NA 183 Fiji 200.00 NA 184 Costa Rica 200.00 NA 185 Coral Sea Islands 200.00 NA 186 Northern Mariana Islands 200.00 NA 187 Colombia 200.00 NA 188 Comoros 200.00 NA 189 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 200.00 NA 190 Cayman Islands 200.00 NA 191 Chile 200.00 NA 192 Barbados 200.00 NA 193 Ashmore and Cartier Islands 200.00 NA 194 Australia 200.00 NA 195 Argentina 200.00 NA 196 United Arab Emirates 200.00 NA 197 Libya 62.00 NA 198 Togo 30.00 NA 199 Malta 25.00 NA 200 Antigua and Barbuda 24.00 NA 201 United Arab Emirates 24.00 NA 202 Angola 24.00 NA 203 Finland 24.00 NA 204 El Salvador 24.00 NA 205 Egypt 24.00 NA 206 Dominican Republic 24.00 NA 207 China 24.00 NA 208 Sri Lanka 24.00 NA 209 Cambodia 24.00 NA 210 Canada 24.00 NA 211 Bulgaria 24.00 NA 212 Brazil 24.00 NA 213 Burma 24.00 NA 214 Belgium 24.00 NA 215 Bahrain 24.00 NA 216 Yemen 24.00 NA 217 Samoa 24.00 NA 218 Namibia 24.00 NA 219 Vietnam 24.00 NA 220 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 24.00 NA 221 Uruguay 24.00 NA 222 United States 24.00 NA 223 Tuvalu 24.00 NA 224 Timor-Leste 24.00 NA 225 Tunisia 24.00 NA 226 Trinidad and Tobago 24.00 NA 227 Syria 24.00 NA 228 Saint Lucia 24.00 NA 229 Spain 24.00 NA 230 Sierra Leone 24.00 NA 231 Senegal 24.00 NA 232 South Africa 24.00 NA 233 Seychelles 24.00 NA 234 Saint Kitts and Nevis 24.00 NA 235 Russia 24.00 NA 236 Romania 24.00 NA 237 Marshall Islands 24.00 NA 238 Qatar 24.00 NA 239 Portugal 24.00 NA 240 Panama 24.00 NA 241 Pakistan 24.00 NA 242 New Zealand 24.00 NA 243 Nicaragua 24.00 NA 244 Nauru 24.00 NA 245 Netherlands 24.00 NA 246 Vanuatu 24.00 NA 247 Mexico 24.00 NA 248 Maldives 24.00 NA 249 Oman 24.00 NA 250 Malta 24.00 NA 251 Mauritania 24.00 NA 252 Morocco 24.00 NA 253 Madagascar 24.00 NA 254 Korea, South 24.00 NA 255 Jamaica 24.00 NA 256 Japan 24.00 NA 257 Iran 24.00 NA 258 India 24.00 NA 259 Honduras 24.00 NA 260 Haiti 24.00 NA 261 Ghana 24.00 NA 262 Gabon 24.00 NA 263 France 24.00 NA 264 Dominica 24.00 NA 265 Djibouti 24.00 NA 266 Denmark 24.00 NA 267 Cyprus 24.00 NA 268 Cape Verde 24.00 NA 269 Cuba 24.00 NA 270 Cameroon 24.00 NA 271 Chile 24.00 NA 272 Australia 24.00 NA 273 Argentina 24.00 NA 274 Bangladesh 18.00 NA 275 Gambia, The 18.00 NA 276 Saudi Arabia 18.00 NA 277 Sudan 18.00 NA 278 Venezuela 15.00 NA 279 Aruba 12.00 NA 280 United Arab Emirates 12.00 NA 281 Algeria 12.00 NA 282 Australia 12.00 NA 283 Ashmore and Cartier Islands 12.00 NA 284 Solomon Islands 12.00 NA 285 Burma 12.00 NA 286 Belize 12.00 NA 287 Bangladesh 12.00 NA 288 Bahamas, The 12.00 NA 289 Belgium 12.00 NA 290 Bermuda 12.00 NA 291 Barbados 12.00 NA 292 Bahrain 12.00 NA 293 Finland 12.00 NA 294 Finland 12.00 NA 295 El Salvador 12.00 NA 296 Eritrea 12.00 NA 297 Estonia 12.00 NA 298 Equatorial Guinea 12.00 NA 299 Ireland 12.00 NA 300 Egypt 12.00 NA 301 Northern Mariana Islands 12.00 NA 302 Guyana 12.00 NA 303 Guinea 12.00 NA 304 Guatemala 12.00 NA 305 Greece 12.00 NA 306 Germany 12.00 NA 307 Guernsey 12.00 NA 308 Grenada 12.00 NA 309 Ghana 12.00 NA 310 Georgia 12.00 NA 311 Jersey 12.00 NA 312 Japan 12.00 NA 313 Iraq 12.00 NA 314 Cote d'Ivoire 12.00 NA 315 Italy 12.00 NA 316 Israel 12.00 NA 317 Iran 12.00 NA 318 Clipperton Island 12.00 NA 319 India 12.00 NA 320 Yemen 12.00 NA 321 Samoa 12.00 NA 322 Wake Island 12.00 NA 323 Wallis and Futuna 12.00 NA 324 Namibia 12.00 NA 325 Virgin Islands 12.00 NA 326 Vietnam 12.00 NA 327 Venezuela 12.00 NA 328 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12.00 NA 329 Uruguay 12.00 NA 330 United States 12.00 NA 331 Ukraine 12.00 NA 332 United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges12.00 NA 333 United Kingdom 12.00 NA 334 Tanzania 12.00 NA 335 Taiwan 12.00 NA 336 Tuvalu 12.00 NA 337 Turkey 12.00 NA 338 Timor-Leste 12.00 NA 339 Tunisia 12.00 NA 340 Tunisia 12.00 NA 341 Sao Tome and Principe 12.00 NA 342 Tonga 12.00 NA 343 Tokelau 12.00 NA 344 Turks and Caicos Islands 12.00 NA 345 Thailand 12.00 NA 346 Trinidad and Tobago 12.00 NA 347 Syria 12.00 NA 348 South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands12.00 NA 349 Sweden 12.00 NA 350 Sudan 12.00 NA 351 Saint Lucia 12.00 NA 352 Spain 12.00 NA 353 Sierra Leone 12.00 NA 354 Slovenia 12.00 NA 355 Saint Helena 12.00 NA 356 Senegal 12.00 NA 357 South Africa 12.00 NA 358 Seychelles 12.00 NA 359 Saint Kitts and Nevis 12.00 NA 360 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 12.00 NA 361 Saudi Arabia 12.00 NA 362 Russia 12.00 NA 363 Puerto Rico 12.00 NA 364 Romania 12.00 NA 365 Marshall Islands 12.00 NA 366 Qatar 12.00 NA 367 Guinea-Bissau 12.00 NA 368 Papua New Guinea 12.00 NA 369 Portugal 12.00 NA 370 Panama 12.00 NA 371 Poland 12.00 NA 372 Pakistan 12.00 NA 373 New Zealand 12.00 NA 374 Nicaragua 12.00 NA 375 Netherlands Antilles 12.00 NA 376 Netherlands Antilles 12.00 NA 377 Suriname 12.00 NA 378 Nauru 12.00 NA 379 Norway 12.00 NA 380 Netherlands 12.00 NA 381 Nigeria 12.00 NA 382 Vanuatu 12.00 NA 383 Norfolk Island 12.00 NA 384 Niue 12.00 NA 385 New Caledonia 12.00 NA 386 Mozambique 12.00 NA 387 Malaysia 12.00 NA 388 Mexico 12.00 NA 389 Monaco 12.00 NA 390 Monaco 12.00 NA 391 Montenegro 12.00 NA 392 Mayotte 12.00 NA 393 Madagascar 12.00 NA 394 Libya 12.00 NA 395 Lithuania 12.00 NA 396 Latvia 12.00 NA 397 Lebanon 12.00 NA 398 Maldives 12.00 NA 399 Oman 12.00 NA 400 Malta 12.00 NA 401 Mauritania 12.00 NA 402 Mauritius 12.00 NA 403 Morocco 12.00 NA 404 Kuwait 12.00 NA 405 Christmas Island 12.00 NA 406 Christmas Island 12.00 NA 407 Korea, South 12.00 NA 408 Kiribati 12.00 NA 409 Korea, North 12.00 NA 410 Kenya 12.00 NA 411 Jamaica 12.00 NA 412 Isle of Man 12.00 NA 413 Isle of Man 12.00 NA 414 Indonesia 12.00 NA 415 Iceland 12.00 NA 416 Croatia 12.00 NA 417 Honduras 12.00 NA 418 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 12.00 NA 419 Haiti 12.00 NA 420 Gabon 12.00 NA 421 Gambia, The 12.00 NA 422 French Southern and Antarctic Lands12.00 NA 423 France 12.00 NA 424 French Polynesia 12.00 NA 425 Micronesia, Federated States of 12.00 NA 426 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 12.00 NA 427 Fiji 12.00 NA 428 Colombia 12.00 NA 429 Comoros 12.00 NA 430 Cameroon 12.00 NA 431 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 12.00 NA 432 Cayman Islands 12.00 NA 433 Chile 12.00 NA 434 China 12.00 NA 435 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 12.00 NA 436 Dominica 12.00 NA 437 Djibouti 12.00 NA 438 Denmark 12.00 NA 439 Cyprus 12.00 NA 440 Cook Islands 12.00 NA 441 Cape Verde 12.00 NA 442 Cuba 12.00 NA 443 Costa Rica 12.00 NA 444 Sri Lanka 12.00 NA 445 Cambodia 12.00 NA 446 Canada 12.00 NA 447 Brunei 12.00 NA 448 Bulgaria 12.00 NA 449 Brazil 12.00 NA 450 Navassa Island 12.00 NA 451 Ashmore and Cartier Islands 12.00 NA 452 Argentina 12.00 NA 453 American Samoa 12.00 NA 454 Angola 12.00 NA 455 Albania 12.00 NA 456 Antigua and Barbuda 12.00 NA 457 Jan Mayen 10.00 NA 458 Norway 10.00 NA 459 Dominican Republic 6.00 NA 460 Turkey 6.00 NA 461 Bouvet Island 4.00 NA 462 Jan Mayen 4.00 NA 463 Svalbard 4.00 NA 464 Anguilla 3.00 NA 465 British Virgin Islands 3.00 NA 466 Singapore 3.00 NA 467 Palau 3.00 NA 468 Pitcairn Islands 3.00 NA 469 Montserrat 3.00 NA 470 Jordan 3.00 NA 471 Jersey 3.00 NA 472 Gibraltar 3.00 NA 473 Guernsey 3.00 NA 474 Greenland 3.00 NA 475 British Indian Ocean Territory 3.00 NA 476 Hong Kong 3.00 NA 477 Faroe Islands 3.00 NA 478 Coral Sea Islands 3.00 NA

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Rank code: 2107

Country Comparison :: International organization participation

This entry lists in alphabetical order by abbreviation those international organizations in which the subject country is a member or participates in some other way.

Rank country International organization participationDate of Information