President: The presidency rotates every eight months between a Serb, a Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) and a Croat. Prime minister: Vjekoslav Bevanda
Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a governor-general Prime minister: Danny Philip
Population
3,879,296
584,578
Life Expectancy
78.960 years
74.420 years
Capital City
Sarajevo
Largest city
Sarajevo (population: 696,731)
Honiara (population: 56,298)
Human Development Index
0.802
0.591
GDP per capita
$8,200 US
Literacy Rate
96.7%
%
Corruption Perception Index
3.2
2.9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
12.3%
0%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
43.300%
Death Penalty
NA
Abolished
Political System
emerging federal democratic republic
parliamentary democracy
Independence date
1 March 1992 (from Yugoslavia; referendum for independence completed 1 March 1992; independence declared 3 March 1992)
Religions
Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, other 14%
Church of Melanesia 32.8%, Roman Catholic 19%, South Seas Evangelical 17%, Seventh-Day Adventist 11.2%, United Church 10.3%, Christian Fellowship Church 2.4%, other Christian 4.4%, other 2.4%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.2% (1999 census)
Languages
Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca; English (official; but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population); 120 indigenous languages
Exports
metals, clothing, wood products
External Debt
$10,540,000,000 $
Exchange Rate
konvertibilna markas (BAM) per US dollar - 1.3083 (2008 est.), 1.4419 (2007), 1.5576 (2006), 1.5727 (2005), 1.5752 (2004) note: the convertible mark is pegged to the euro
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.400%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
Location
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Croatia
Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea
Area
51,197 km sq
28,896 km sq
Coastline
20 km
5,313 km
Climate
hot summers and cold winters; areas of high elevation have short, cool summers and long, severe winters; mild, rainy winters along coast
tropical monsoon; few extremes of temperature and weather
