Country
Greece Fiji
Leader
Population
10,767,827 890,057
Life Expectancy
80.050 years 71.590 years
Capital City
Athens Suva (on Viti Levu)
Largest city
Athens (population: 729,137) Suva (population: 77,366)
Human Development Index
0.947 0.743 GDP per capita $26,600 US $4,700 US
Literacy Rate
96% 93.7%
Corruption Perception Index
4.7 NA
Percentage of Women in Parliament
14.7% 0% Wealthiest Citizens Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US) NA Unemployment Rate 17.300% 7.600%
Death Penalty
Abolished Abolished except for special circumstances
Political System
parliamentary republic republic
Independence date
1829 (from the Ottoman Empire) 10 October 1970 (from UK) Religions Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7% 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 Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French) English (official), Fijian (official), Hindustani Exports food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles sugar, garments, gold, timber, fish, molasses, coconut oil External Debt $583,300,000,000 $ $258,700,000 US Exchange Rate euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (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 4.300% 1.900% Beijing Olympics Medal Count 4 0 Location Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey Oceania, island group in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand Area 131,957 km sq 18,274 km sq Coastline 13,676 km 1,129 km Climate temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers tropical marine; only slight seasonal temperature variation
