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Which country has the lowest life expectancy, despite its rich natural resources of oil, gold and diamonds?
For which countries are Protestants mentioned as larger religious groups?
Which countries are related to uranium as a natural resource?

Properties
Participations

Property	Type	Value	Unit	Rank	Empirical method	Date	Comparison
Birth rate	Population property	10.10	Per 1000 Inhabitants	192	Estimation	2010	Birth rate
Death rate	Population property	10.50	Per 1000 Inhabitants	52	Estimation	2010	Death rate
Infant Mortality Rate	Health property	4.38	Per 1000 Live Births	199	Estimation	2010	Infant Mortality Rate
Life Expectancy at Birth	Population property	79.37	Years	34	Estimation	2010	Life Expectancy at Birth
Net Migration Rate	Population property	1.22	Per 1000 Inhabitants	46	Estimation	2010	Net Migration Rate
Population growth rate	Population property	0.08	Percent	188	Estimation	2010	Population growth rate
Total Fertility Rate	Population property	1.65	Born per Woman	174	Estimation	2010	Total Fertility Rate
Electricity production	Economic property	82170	Gigawatt hour	36	Estimation		Electricity production
Natural gas consumption	Economic property	17330	1 Mil. Cubic metre	37	Estimation		Natural gas consumption
Natural gas production	Economic property	0	1 Mil. Cubic metre	96	Estimation		Natural gas production
GDP growth rate	Economic property	-3.10	Percent	167	Estimation		GDP growth rate
GDP - per capita (PPP)	Economic property	36600	Dollar	29	Estimation		GDP - per capita (PPP)
GDP	Economic property	383400	Million dollar	31	Estimation		GDP
Industrial production growth rate	Economic property	2.00	Percent	51	Estimation		Industrial production growth rate
Inflation rate	Economic property	0.00	Percent	17	Estimation		Inflation rate
Oil consumption	Economic property	716.8	1000 Barrel per day	24	Estimation		Oil consumption
Oil production	Economic property	11.22	1000 Barrel per day	84	Estimation		Oil production
Unemployment rate	Economic property	8.30	Percent	93	Estimation		Unemployment rate
Area	Geo property	30528	Square kilometer	140			Area
HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate	Health property	0.20	Percent	94			HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate
HIV/AIDS - deaths	Health property	100		151			HIV/AIDS - deaths
People living with HIV/AIDS	Health property	15000		86			People living with HIV/AIDS
Population size	Population property	10423493		79			Population size

Organisation / Group	Aim	status
Asian Development Bank	to promote regional economic cooperation	nonregional members
African Development Bank Group	to promote economic development and social progress	nonregional members
Organization of American States	to promote regional peace and security as well as economic and social development	observer
Southeast European Cooperative Initiative	to encourage cooperation among participating states and to facilitate their integration into European structures	observer
West African Development Bank	to promote regional economic development and integration	nonregional
International Organization of the French-speaking World	founded around a common language to promote and spread the cultures of its members and to reinforce cultural and technical cooperation between them
Australia Group	to consult on and coordinate export controls related to chemical and biological weapons
Benelux Union	to develop closer economic and legal cooperation and integration
Bank for International Settlements	to promote cooperation among central banks in international financial settlements
Council of Europe	to promote increased unity and quality of life in Europe
European Organization for Nuclear Research	to foster nuclear research for peaceful purposes only
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council	to discuss cooperation on mutual political and security issues
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development	to facilitate the transition of seven centrally planned economies in Europe (Bulgaria, former Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, former USSR, and former Yugoslavia) to market economies by committing 60% of its loans to privatization
European Investment Bank	to promote economic development of the EU and its predecessors, the EEC and the EC
European Space Agency	to promote peaceful cooperation in space research and technology
Food and Agriculture Organization	to raise living standards and increase availability of agricultural products;a UN specialized agency
Financial Action Task Force	to develop and promote policies to combat money laundering and terrorist financing
Group of 9	to discuss matters of mutual interest on an informal basis
Group of 10	to coordinate credit policy
Inter-American Development Bank	to promote economic and social development in Latin America
International Atomic Energy Agency	to promote peaceful uses of atomic energy
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development	to provide economic development loans;a UN specialized agency
International Civil Aviation Organization	to promote international cooperation in civil aviation;a UN specialized agency
International Chamber of Commerce	to promote free trade and private enterprise and to represent business interests at national and international levels
International Criminal Court	to hold all individuals and countries accountable to international laws of conduct; to specify international standards of conduct;to provide an important mechanism for implementing these standards;to ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement	to promote worldwide humanitarian aid through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in wartime, and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS;formerly League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies or LORCS) in peacetime
International Development Association	to provide economic loans for low-income countries;UN specialized agency and IBRD affiliate
International Energy Agency	to promote cooperation on energy matters, especially emergency oil sharing and relations between oil consumers and oil producers;established by the OECD
International Fund for Agricultural Development	to promote agricultural development;a UN specialized agency
International Finance Corporation	to support private enterprise in international economic development;a UN specialized agency and IBRD affiliate
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies	to organize, coordinate, and direct international relief actions;to promote humanitarian activities;to represent and encourage the development of National Societies;to bring help to victims of armed conflicts, refugees, and displaced people;to reduce the vulnerability of people through development programs
International Hydrographic Organization	to train hydrographic surveyors and nautical cartographers to achieve standardization in nautical charts and electronic chart displays;to provide advice on nautical cartography and hydrography;to develop the sciences in the field of hydrography and techniques used for descriptive oceanography
International Labor Organization	to deal with world labor issues;a UN specialized agency
International Monetary Fund	to promote world monetary stability and economic development;a UN specialized agency
International Maritime Organization	to deal with international maritime affairs;a UN specialized agency
International Mobile Satellite Organization	acts as watchdog over Inmarsat (International Maritime Satellite Organization), a private company, to make sure it follows ICAO standards and recommended practices;plays an active role in the development of international telecommunications policies
International Criminal Police Organization	to promote international cooperation among police authorities in fighting crime
International Olympic Committee	to promote the Olympic ideals and administer the Olympic games: 2012 Summer Olympics in London, UK;2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia
International Organization for Migration	to facilitate orderly international emigration and immigration
Inter-Parliamentary Union	fosters contacts among parliamentarians, considers and expresses views of international interest and concern with the purpose of bringing about action by parliaments and parliamentarians, contributes to the defense and promotion of human rights, contributes to better knowledge of representative institutions
International Organization for Standardization	to promote the development of international standards with a view to facilitating international exchange of goods and services and to developing cooperation in the sphere of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity
International Telecommunications Satellites Organization	to act as a watchdog over Intelsat, Ltd., a private company, to make sure it provides on a global and non-discriminatory basis public telecommunication services
International Telecommunication Union	to deal with world telecommunications issues;a UN specialized agency
International Trade Union Confederation	to promote the trade union movement
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency	encourages flow of foreign direct investment among member countries by offering investment insurance, consultation, and negotiation on conditions for foreign investment and technical assistance;a UN specialized agency
United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	to establish contacts with the signatories to the cease-fire agreement and to plan for the observation of the cease-fire and disengagement of forces
North Atlantic Treaty Organization	to promote mutual defense and cooperation
Nuclear Energy Agency	to promote the peaceful uses of nuclear energy;associated with OECD
Nuclear Suppliers Group	to establish guidelines for exports of nuclear materials, processing equipment for uranium enrichment, and technical information to countries of proliferation concern and regions of conflict and instability
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development	to promote economic cooperation and development
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons	to enforce the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction;to provide a forum for consultation and cooperation among the signatories of the Convention
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe	to foster the implementation of human rights, fundamental freedoms, democracy, and the rule of law;to act as an instrument of early warning, conflict prevention, and crisis management;and to serve as a framework for conventional arms control and confidence building measures
Paris Club	to provide a forum for debtor countries to negotiate rescheduling of debt service payments or loans extended by governments or official agencies of participating countries;to help restore normal trade and project finance to debtor countries
Permanent Court of Arbitration	to facilitate the settlement of international disputes
Schengen Convention	to allow free movement within an area without internal border controls
United Nations	to maintain international peace and security and to promote cooperation involving economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development	to promote international trade
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization	to promote cooperation in education, science, and culture
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	to ensure the humanitarian treatment of refugees and find permanent solutions to refugee problems
United Nations Industrial Development Organization	UN specialized agency that promotes industrial development especially among the members
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon	to confirm the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and assist in reestablishing Lebanese authority in southern Lebanon;established by the UN Security Council
United Nations Mission in the Sudan	to support implementation of the comprehensive Peace Agreement by Monitoring and verifying the implementation of the Cease Fire Agreement, by observing and monitoring movements of armed groups, and by helping disarm, demobilizing and reintegrating armed bands
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East	to provide assistance to Palestinian refugees
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization	to supervise the 1948 Arab-Israeli cease-fire;currently supports timely deployment of reinforcements to other peacekeeping operations in the region as needed;initially established by the UN Security Council
Universal Postal Union	to promote international postal cooperation;a UN specialized agency
World Customs Organization	to promote international cooperation in customs matters
World Federation of Trade Unions	to promote the trade union movement
World Health Organization	to deal with health matters worldwide;a UN specialized agency
World Intellectual Property Organization	to furnish protection for literary, artistic, and scientific works;a UN specialized agency
World Meteorological Organization	to sponsor meteorological cooperation;a UN specialized agency
World Trade Organization	to provide a forum to resolve trade conflicts between members and to carry on negotiations with the goal of further lowering and/or eliminating tariffs and other trade barriers
Zangger Committee	to establish guidelines for the export control provisions of the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NPT)
Economic and Monetary Union
European Union

Names

Belgium : Name
Kingdom of Belgium : Longname
Belgique/Belgie : Name
- Local
Royaume de Belgique/Koninkrijk Belgie : Longname
- Local

Description

Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830;it was occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II. The country prospered in the past half century as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU. Tensions between the Dutch-speaking Flemings of the north and the French-speaking Walloons of the south have led in recent years to constitutional amendments granting these regions formal recognition and autonomy.