Country
Colombia Fiji
Leader
Population
45,745,783 896,758
Life Expectancy
75.020 years 71.870 years
Capital City
Bogota Suva (on Viti Levu)
Largest city
Bogota (population: 7,102,600) Suva (population: 77,366)
Human Development Index
0.787 0.743 GDP per capita $10,700 US $4,800 US
Literacy Rate
92.8% 93.7%
Corruption Perception Index
3.8 NA
Percentage of Women in Parliament
9.7% 0% Wealthiest Citizens Julio Mario Santo Domingo ($4.0bn US) NA Unemployment Rate 10.300% 7.600%
Death Penalty
Abolished Abolished except for special circumstances
Political System
republic; executive branch dominates government structure republic
Independence date
20 July 1810 (from Spain) 10 October 1970 (from UK) Religions Roman Catholic 90%, other 10% Christian 53% (Methodist 34.5%, Roman Catholic 7.2%, Assembly of God 3.8%, Seventh Day Adventist 2.6%, other 4.9%), Hindu 34% (Sanatan 25%, Arya Samaj 1.2%, other 7.8%), Muslim 7% (Sunni 4.2%. other 2.8%), other or unspecified 5.6%, none 0.3% (1996 census) Languages Spanish English (official), Fijian (official), Hindustani Exports petroleum, coffee, coal, nickel, emeralds, apparel, bananas, cut flowers sugar, garments, gold, timber, fish, molasses, coconut oil External Debt $73,410,000,000 $ $268,000,000 US Exchange Rate Colombian pesos (COP) per US dollar - 2,302.9 (2008 est.), 2,013.8 (2007), 2,358.6 (2006), 2,320.75 (2005), 2,628.61 (2004) Fijian dollars (FJD) per US dollar - NA (2007), 1.7313 (2006), 1.691 (2005), 1.7331 (2004), 1.8958 (2003) Military Budget as percentage of GDP 3.800% 1.600% Beijing Olympics Medal Count 2 0 Location Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and Panama Oceania, island group in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand Area 1,138,910 km sq 18,274 km sq Coastline 3,208 km 1,129 km Climate tropical along coast and eastern plains; cooler in highlands tropical marine; only slight seasonal temperature variation
