Cook Is. (New Zealand)

Fiji

Kiribati

Micronesia

New Zealand

Niue (New Zealand)

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Solomon Is.

Australia & Oceania

Antigua and Barbuda

Barbados

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Jamaica

Seychelles

Trinidad and Tobago

Caribbean

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

Mongolia

Nepal

South Korea

East Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Eurasia

Albania

Belarus

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Estonia

Greece

Hungary

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Montenegro

Northern Macedonia

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Ukraine

Europe

Argentina

Bolivia

Chile

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guyana

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Latin America

Mauritania

Tonga

Vanuatu

None

Bangladesh

Maldives

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Brunei

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iran

Iraq

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Libya

Morocco

Oman

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Tunisia

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burundi

Cabo Verde

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of Congo

Djibouti

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mozambique

Namibia

Nigeria

Rwanda

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Sub-Saharan Africa

A map highlights China's global expansion through the Belt and Road Initiative. Yellow regions include countries in Africa, South America, and Asia. Blue regions include Papua New Guinea and Cuba. Red regions includes Cambodia (China extension).

Countries that are part of China's Belt and Road Initiative and where China has or seeks military bases

Countries

World

Green Finance and Development Center, Newsweek, USIP

Chinese Foreign Expansion

Palestine

Western Sahara

A world map shows countries where Arabic is an official or de facto language. The countries are highlighted in dark green and include Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Chad, Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Somalia.

Countries where Arabic is an official (or serves as a de facto) language

Arabic as Official or de facto Language

American Samoa (U.S.)

Australia

French Polynesia (France)

Guam (U.S.)

Marshall Is.

Nauru

Northern Mariana Is. (U.S.)

Palau

Tuvalu

Aruba (Neth.)

Bahamas

Bermuda (U.K.)

British Virgin Is. (U.K.)

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Haiti

Martinique (France)

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Martin (France)

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Turks and Caicos Is. (U.K.)

U.S. Virgin Is. (U.S.)

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

Macau S.A.R. (China)

North Korea

Taiwan

Russia

Andorra

Austria

Belgium

Denmark

Chinese Foreign Expansion	Arabic as Official or de facto Language	Gun Ownership			Average Annual Snowfall
Value	Value	Class	Rank	Per 100 people	160 in and over	110–159 in	60–109 in	30–59 in	15–29 in	Under 15 in












					5.03%	8.85%	24.9%	28.9%	11.4%	61.0%