Country
Greece Guyana
Leader
Population
10,767,827 741,908
Life Expectancy
80.050 years 67.390 years
Capital City
Athens Georgetown
Largest city
Athens (population: 729,137) Georgetown (population: 235,017)
Human Development Index
0.947 0.725 GDP per capita $26,600 US $7,600 US
Literacy Rate
96% 98.8%
Corruption Perception Index
4.7 2.6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
14.7% 29% Wealthiest Citizens Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US) NA Unemployment Rate 17.300% 11.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished Legal
Political System
parliamentary republic republic
Independence date
1829 (from the Ottoman Empire) 26 May 1966 (from UK) Religions Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7% Hindu 28.4%, Pentecostal 16.9%, Roman Catholic 8.1%, Anglican 6.9%, Seventh Day Adventist 5%, Methodist 1.7%, Jehovah Witness 1.1%, other Christian 17.7%, Muslim 7.2%, other 4.3%, none 4.3% (2002 census) Languages Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French) English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Urdu Exports food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles sugar, gold, bauxite, alumina, rice, shrimp, molasses, rum, timber External Debt $583,300,000,000 $ $1,234,000,000 US Exchange Rate euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004) Guyanese dollars (GYD) per US dollar - 203.86 (2008 est.), 201.89 (2007), 200.28 (2006), 200.79 (2005), 198.31 (2004) Military Budget as percentage of GDP 4.300% 1.800% Beijing Olympics Medal Count 4 0 Location Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Suriname and Venezuela Area 131,957 km sq 214,969 km sq Coastline 13,676 km 459 km Climate temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers tropical; hot, humid, moderated by northeast trade winds; two rainy seasons (May to August, November to January)
