Country
Cape Verde Seychelles
Leader
Population
523,568 90,024
Life Expectancy
71.000 years 73.770 years
Capital City
Praia Victoria
Largest city
Praia (population: 113,364) Victoria (population: 22,881)
Human Development Index
0.705 0.836 GDP per capita $4,000 US $25,000 US
Literacy Rate
76.6% 91.8%
Corruption Perception Index
5.1 4.8
Percentage of Women in Parliament
18.1% 23.5% Wealthiest Citizens Unemployment Rate 21.000% 2.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished Abolished
Political System
republic republic
Independence date
5 July 1975 (from Portugal) 29 June 1976 (from UK) Religions Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs), Protestant (mostly Church of the Nazarene) Roman Catholic 82.3%, Anglican 6.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.1%, other Christian 3.4%, Hindu 2.1%, Muslim 1.1%, other non-Christian 1.5%, unspecified 1.5%, none 0.6% (2002 census) Languages Portuguese, Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and West African words) Creole 91.8%, English 4.9% (official), other 3.1%, unspecified 0.2% (2002 census) Exports fuel, shoes, garments, fish, hides canned tuna, frozen fish, cinnamon bark, copra, petroleum products (reexports) External Debt $657,700,000 $ $1,470,000,000 US Exchange Rate Cape Verdean escudos (CVE) per US dollar - 73.84 (2008 est.), 81.235 (2007), 87.946 (2006), 88.67 (2005), 88.808 (2004) Seychelles rupees (SCR) per US dollar - 8 (2008 est.), 6.5 (2007), 5.5 (2006), 5.5 (2005), 5.5 (2004) Military Budget as percentage of GDP 0.500% 2.000% Beijing Olympics Medal Count Location Western Africa, group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Senegal archipelago in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar Area 4,033 km sq 455 km sq Coastline 965 km 491 km Climate temperate; warm, dry summer; precipitation meager and very erratic tropical marine; humid; cooler season during southeast monsoon (late May to September); warmer season during northwest monsoon (March to May)
